Tab. 219. KOELERIA glomerata. 



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Culmis erectis vaginisque retrorsum sericeo-pilosis^ foliis linearibus, sulcato 

 striatis, utrinque moUiter sericeo-pilosis 5 panicula angusta^ glomerata|ramis cylin 

 draceo-oblongis , fasciculato-congestis , erecto-patulis , inferioribus parum distan 

 tibus^ spiculis bi-trifloris^ glumis molliter pubescentibus ^ inaequilateris , flores sub 



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sequantibus^ floribus scabris ^ sub apice bifido breviter aristatis, summo mutico. 



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Radix perennis; fibris filiformibus, duris, villosis, fiiscescentibus. Culmi erecti, simplices, 

 adjecta panicula bipedales, teretes, striati, moUiter retrorsum sericeo-pilosi, subtrinodes, crassitie 

 pennge columbinae. Nodi sericeo-pilosi. Folla linearia^ angustato-acutata, striato-multinervia, 

 obsolete sulcata, plana, crassluscula, utrinque moUiter et dense serlceo-pllosa, duas lineas lata. 

 Vaglnae teretes, usc[ue adbasim fissae, striatae, dense et molliter retrorsum serlceo-pllosa^ , tri- 

 qulnc[ue pollicares; summa 6 5 polllces longa ; Infima internodlum superans 5 secunda eo brevior. 

 Ligula abbrevlato-ovata, rotundata, glabra, irregularlter fissa. Panicula longe e summa vaglna 

 exserta, ramosa, glomerata, angusta, qulnqpiepolllcarls et longlor; ramls splcaeformlbus , cyfin- 

 draceo-oblongls, fasciculato-congestls (fasclculls parum dlstantlbus ) , erecto-palulls ; inferlbribus 

 polllcarlbus; superlorlbus gradatim breviorlbusetmagls approxlmatls j summls tres Ilneas longls; 

 ramulls valde abbrevlatls. Rhachls rectluscula, teretluscula ramique dense et molllter pubescentl- 

 villosula. Splcae brevlter pedlcellatae, imbrlcato-conglomeratGe , tri-rarius blllorae, duas lineas 

 longae. Flores omnes hermaphrodlti j inferlor glumls approxlmatus, semper arlstatus 5 superiores 

 remoti, vel ambo mutlcl, vel nonnlsi termlnalls 3 in splculls biflorlsflos superior semper mutlcus, 



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interdum tabescens. Rhachls splculae subflexuosa,pIIosa,subfloribusarticulata. Glumaeduae, cari- 

 natse, lanceolatae, acutae, InaequIIaterae, latere exterlore unlnervio, interlore angustiore, enervio, 

 membranaceae , externe molllter pubescentes, praeserllmad nervos, nervo laterali superne eva- 

 nescente, longitudlne subaequales, patulae, florlbus paulo brevlores^ superior paulo latior. Paleae 

 duae, Inaequalesj Inferlor oblonga, apice blfida, lobls aequalibus acutatis, sub apice breviter 

 arlstata, carlnato-concava , dorso obsolete qulnquenervla , herbacea, rlglda, strammeo-Yiridula, 

 externe marglneque pills mlnutls scabrataj superlor | brevior, oblonga, binervia, concavo-bi- 

 carlnata, apice bifida, lobls acutls, externe praesertlm ad nervos hispidulo-scabra , hyalino- 

 membranacea. Arlsta recta, hlspldo-scabra , inflore secundo interdum, intertlo semper abortlens 

 etadmucronem obsoletum redacta. Squamulae duae, laterales, hyalino-membranaceae, inferne 

 carnosae , oblongae, aplce blfidae, lobls acutls parum inaequaUbus, albidae, glabrae, ovarium su- 

 perantes. Stamlna trla, hypogyna. Filamenta capillacea, glabra. Antherae oblongo-llneares , 

 utrlnque bifidae , lobls obtusls , blloculares, glabrae , pallide croceae , secundum totam longitudi- 

 nem dehiscentes, glabrae. Ovarium obllque obl ongum , glabrum. Styll duo, termlnales, breves , 

 dlvarlcatl. Stigmata plumosa, albldaj pilissimpllclbus velbifidis, argute dentatis, hyallnls. Fructus 

 mihi haud suppelit. 



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