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Descr. Radix densissime fibrosa, fibris capillaceis 
eburneis puberulis, stolones breves repenti-radicantes cul- 
mosqiie cæspitosos emittens. Culmi stipati, declinati, 
inæquales, minores stoloniformes 1-3-unciales erecti 
validi, majores palmares vel ultra e basi arcuata adscen- 
dentes, basi vaginis squamaceis involuti, sursum nudiu- 
sculi, rigidi, glaberrime flavo-nitentes, teretiusculi, sulcati. 
Folia inferiora abbreviata vaginis latissimis ampliatis sul¬ 
catis tantum derelictis; media 1-2-uucias longa IV 2 lin. 
lata plana acutiuscula, supra secus nervos prominulos et 
margine demum subinvoluto serie setularum minutissima¬ 
rum scabra, subtus glabra striata, costa prominente, rect— 
angulariter patentia; summa minuta vix semiunciam longa; 
ligula producta sublineali, lata, apice integra truncata, 
glabra; vaginae subampliatæ, infimæ fere inflatæ, glaberrimæ, 
striatæ, ad oram utrinque fulvo-maculatæ. Panicula ar¬ 
recta post anthesin contracta, ovato-oblonga v. ovali, in¬ 
terrupta; rachis teres, glabra, striata, verticilli 2-3-lin. 
remoti, rami 3-5-semiverticillati, inæquales, breviores 
simplices, longiores divisi, omnes setulis plus minus scabri, 
erecto-patentes; ramuli adpressi. Spiculæ lineares basi 
sublatiores, lin. longæ, erectæ, sessiles, pallide vi¬ 
rentes vel e violaceo-viridivariegatæ; axis teres scabriu- 
scula; glumce duæ inæquales, convexæ, subscariosæ medio 
sc. herbaceæ margine latissime byalinæ, inferior minor 
flosculo imo triplo brevior latissime ovata subtriangularis, 
uninervia, superior major flosculo secundo duplo brevior 
" ovato-oblonga oblusa nervis tribus parallelis, medio vix 
in apicem excurrente lateralibus mox evanidis, notata; 
flosculi lineari-oblongi, dorso subrecti, margine antico 
obsolete arcuati, basi truncati, apice obtusiusculi, fructi¬ 
feri remoti excurvati; 'palea exterior membranacea, sursum 
latior, apice scarioso serrulato truncata vel triloba semper 
mutica, marg. rolundato-arcuato late hyalina dorso ner¬ 
vis quinque viridulis basi obsoletis apicem versum præ— 
sertim medio evidentioribus, striata glaberrima, convexa v. 
nervo medio sursum prominente apice summo apiculata 
et subcarinata; palea interior exteriorem subæquans, 
apice bifida, ad angulos flexuræ ciliata; lodiculoe byalinæ 
germinæ breviores, e basi latiori ovata angustatæ oblique 
