x, FESTUCACE FE. 
Spicule multiflore (rarius pauciflore). Glum:e et palee dus, membranaceo- 
herbacez , rarius coriaces ; hoe plerumque aristate, aristis haud tortis. Inflorescen- 
tia paniculata , paucis exceptis. 
125. SESLERIA An». 
Spicule 2-6-florz, distichae. Glumc due, membranaceo, mutic&, rarius mu- 
cronate , inequales. Pales du: , membranacec; inferior carinata , aristato-mucro- 
nata , interdum 5-5-dentata; dentibus mucronatis; palea superior bicarinata, apice 
bifida. Squamule duc, integre vel 2-5-fidc. Stamina tria. Ovarium glabrum, ra- 
rissime (in Sesleria elongata) apice pilosum. Styli duo, breves. Stigmata longissima, 
pubescentia vel plumosa; pilis simplicibus. Caryopsis oblonga , externe convexa, 
interne planiuscula , glabra ( interdum apice pilosa?), libera. 
Gramina caspitosa. Culmi simplices. Folia plana, interdum | setiformia. Spice 
simplices, globos , oblonge vel lineares, confert, ad basim interdum bractea- 
tee 5 rhachi inarticulata. 
Genus proximum Pois, presertim sectioni prima per Sesleriam disticham. 
SPECIES GENUINJE : 
1. Sesleria czerulea Zrduin. ( Cynosurus ceruleus Linz. — Aira varia Jacq. Find. ) — Europa. 
2. Sesleria alba Sibth., Smith. — Belgrad.— Eadem ac preecedens ( Bertol. ) 
3. Sesleria phleoides Bieberst. — Caucasus. 
Á. Sesleria cylindrica Dec. Supp. (Cynosurus cylindricus Za/5b. — Sesleria cerulea B Dec. Gall. — 
Sesleria argentea Savi. — Koeleria carulea 7er. — Sesleria pallescens Zartm.)— Gallia meridionalis , 
Italia, Hispania. 
5. Sesleria tenuifolia ScArad. (Sesleria juncifolia Suffren.— Aira juncifolia et Cynosurus juncifolius 
JFulff. ) — Ystria. a 
6. Sesleria sphzerocephala Z£rduin. (Cynosurus spheerocephalus Jacq. ) — Carniolia , Carinthia , Comi- 
tatus 'T'yrolensis , Salisburgum. 
Var. f albida. (Cynosurus sphaerocephalus Koe/. — Sesleria leucocephala Jec. ) 
7. Sesleria tenella Hosz. ( Cynosurus ovatus Hoppe. — Cynosurus microcephalus Hoffm. , excl. syn. 
JFulff. — Cynosurus capitatus 7 ulff. ined.) — Alpes Noricee. 
8. Sesleria echinata Lam. ( Dactylis pungens Schreb. — Koeleria pungens Spreng. Pug. — Calotheca 
pungens Spreng. Syst. ) — Barbaria. 
9- Sesleria elongata Hos. ( Aira alba //u/ff. — Phleum autumnale Scop. — Sesleria nitida Tenore in 
herb. Deless.?) — Ystria , Helvetia. — Ovarium apice pilosum ! 
SPECIES ANOMALZA : 
10. Sesleria disticha Pers. ( Poa disticha 77^ u/fJ. — Poa Seslerioides 44//. — Cynosurus distichus Hoffin. 
— Oreochloa disticha Liz£. ) — Styria , Carinthia , Salisburgum , Comitatus Tyrolensis. 
11. Sesleria dura. ( Poa dura Scop. — Cynosurus durus Lizz.— Eleusine dura Lam. — Festuca dura 
Fill. — Sclerochloa dura Beauv.) — Europa, Caucasus. — Hinc Seslerie distiche , inde Sclerochloce 
affinis ; forsan proprii generis. 
