the Féfluca fpadicéa, c. 113 
The accurate Gerard, in his Flora Gallo-provincialis, has given the 
firft good defcription of this grafs, accompanied with an excellent 
figure of its panicle of flowers, but no fynonyms. Haller has like- 
wife defcribed it as a Poa, and quotes Gerard: but as it appears 
rather to belong to the genus of Feftuca, I beg leave to offer a new 
differentia fpecifica an  defcription of it. 
Festuca panicula erecta, fpiculis ovatis quadrifloris, glumis acu- 
minatis muticis, foliis fetaceis glabris pungentibus. 
Poa paniculà ereéta, fpiculis trifloris glabris, corollis acuminatis, 
calyce duplo longioribus. Ger. Gallo-prov. 91, tab. 2, f. 1. 
Poa culmo recto, locuftis trifloris glaberrimis, calycibus ariftatis. 
Hall. Hif. V. 2, 223, No. 1463. 
Poa Gerardi. Alion. Flor. Pedemont. V. 2, 245, No. 2201. 
ANTHOXANTHUM (paniculatum) floribus paniculatis. Linn. Sp. 
Pl. 40, Am. Acad. 1. 145. 
GRAMEN fparteum, panicula flavefcente. Rudb. Elf. V. 1, 40, 
I-14. 
Habitat in pratis et pafcuis alpinis, 4 
i 
Rapix perennis, cæfpitofa, fibrofa. 
CurmI tripedales, erecti, ftricti, teretes, ftriati, glaberrimi: geni- 
culo uno alterove purpureo. 
Fozia involuto-fetacea, ftriéta, glaberrima, ftriata, mucronato- 
pungentia, glauca; bafi dilatato-membranacea, vaginantia, 
albida. S#pule intrafoliacee, breviflimæ, aut nullæ. 
PANICULA erecta, ramofa, multiflora, laxa, aureo-fpadicea, ra- 
mis plerumque binis. 
PEDUNCULI angulati, fubflexuofi, eredi. 
SPICULZ ovatz, compreffz, plerumque quadriflorz, glabra. 
Carvcis valvulæ fubzquales, carinatz, acuminate, nec arií- 
tatæ, margine membranaceo-pellucidz, bafi fufcæ. 
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