296 T n I N I u s, 



riori cxspitc arlslato, superiorls brevi-cnudalo; Culmi nodis bail)atis, foliis 

 lanceolalis. 



Meoschium irHiceiim PB. R. et S. II. p. 7 90. 

 V. sp. nov. Holl. 



Vaginae aplcem versus e glandulis minimis hirsuliusculae. Ligula mem- 

 hranacea, acula, bllinealis, decurrens, pilis brevibus stipata. iS/7/ca^ validius- 

 culae Triticum mulicum rcfenmt. Arliculi liiieari-triquetri, lineis 2 longiores, 

 angulo dorsali albo-ciliati, pllis ipsis brcvioribns. Spicula injerior 4-5-linea- 

 lis, lanceolata, acula, glabra. Gluma exterior 7-nervis: nervis infcrne obso- 

 letis, lateralibus subalatis, alis bispidis ; interior paulo anguslior, obsolete iJ- 

 nervis, fere paulo lon|iior. Flosculus inferior masculus? superior fcmincus : 

 valvulls omnibus membrannceis, aequalibus, lanceolalis, acutis: ilosculi fcininei 

 iiifcriore snperne bifida, ad fissuram arista circiler 5-lincali, parnm genicu- 

 lala. Spiculae superiorii, inferiori sinulis, parum brevioris, neulrlus vel mas- 

 culae? pedicellus longitudine articuli, magis convexus quam angulatus, glaber. 

 Perlantliia 2, bivalvia: valvula superioris inferlor; in setulam excurrenlc. 



Obs. In speclniine noslro spica altera basl biparllta. 



2. S p i c a e s o 1 i t a r i a e. 



Ischaemum pectinalum. Splca solitaria, blnc florlfera ; Articulis, pedlccllo splculis- 

 que muticis glabrls; Spicula infeiiore marglnibus pectinata , superiore tabes- 

 cente; Cnlmi nodis glabris, folils linearlbus, obtusiusculls. 

 V, sp. e regno liirinan. 



Culmus decumbens? cum pedunculls fere blpedalis, lils non computalis 

 vix spithamncus, valde compressus, flaccidulus, glaber, ad nodos 3 aequus, 

 simplex. Vaginae compressae, glabrae. Ligula brevisslma, membranacea. 

 tolia linearia, firmula, a vagina genlculato-subrefracta et rectissima, inferue 

 compressa, superne plana iblque lineam cum dlmidia lata, obtusluscula, stiiata, 

 margine hispidula, parum inaequalla, dodrantaUa et longiora, (r/i/. infra Obs.^ 



