382 I>r. Hooker's Account of a 



P. laxa. Ilanke Fl. Sudet. p. 118. Host Gram. Austr. 



V. iii. p. 10. t. 15. 

 P. flexuosa. Sm. in Engl. Bot. t. 1123. 

 /S. panicula latiuscula compacta, rigidiore. 



The var. a so perfectlj?^ agrees with the figure in Host's 

 Gramina Austriaca, that I have no hesitation in considering it 

 to be really that plant. Of the /3 I am more doubtful. Its 

 panicle is much broader ; the spikelets more numerous and 

 more compact ; their pedicels shorter and less slender ; and 

 the whole is of a more purple colour. The general form and 

 structure of the spikelets are the same. 



The more common state of this species is found in the alps 

 of Switzerland, Germany and Scotland ; also in the sub- 

 alpine districts of Lapland. 



33. Festuca. 

 54. F. ovina. 



Var. corollis valde pilosis. 



Only one, and that a very injured, specimen of this grass is 

 in the collection. The calyx is glabrous or only slightly cili- 

 ated at the margin ; the florets remarkably hairy, more so than 

 is represented in the Fest. hirsuta of Host, or the F. rubra of 

 Engl. Botany. The leaves are wanting. 

 '' Festuca ovina is common throughout Europe, and at various 

 elevations. Pursh has it not in his Flora of North America, 

 nor Elliott in his recent account of the plants of the " middle 

 and northern sections" of the United States : but Dr. Rich- 

 ardson found it plentifully, and it has been gathered by the 

 Arctic voyagers. 



34. Des- 



