354 



8. F. gigantea (Vill. delph. 2, p. 110) rhizomate fibroso, foliis 

 planis latis lineari-acuminatis, Jigula truncata, panicula patente nutante, 

 ramis geminis elongatis, spiculis 3 — Sfloris , palea inferiori oblongo- 

 lanceolata sub apice aristata arista flexuosa breviori. 



F. gigantea. Jundz. Fl. lithuan. p. 29. — Besser Enum. p. 6, No. 115. — 

 Ledeb.! Fl. alt. 1, p. 108. — Eichw Skizze p. 118. — Ej. casp. cauc. p. 22. 



— Hohenack. ! Enum. Talusch. p. 17. — Fleisch. et Lindem. Fl. d. Ostseeprov. 

 p. 52. — C. Koch! in Linnaea XXI, p. 412. 



Bromus giganteus. Giub. Exerc. phytol. II, p. 537. — Stephan Fl. mosq. No. 73. 



— Georgi Beschr. d. Russ. lt. III, 4. p. 699. — Drumpelm. Fl. livon. 

 VII, p. 6. — M. a Bieb. Fl. t. C. I, p. 74 j //, p. 456. — Mart. Fl. mosq. 

 p. 22. — Lucb Fl. osil. p. 19. — Hofft Cat. Kursk p. 9. — Claus Ind. des. 

 in Gobel It. II, p. 317. — Weinm. Fl. petropol. p. 16. — Rchb. ic. fl. germ. 

 XI, t. 76, fig. 1602. — Wage Fl. polska 1, p. 222. 



Festuca aristata. C. Koch! in Linnaea XXI, p. 412. (Forma arista paleani sub- 

 aequante: errore quodam a cl. autore ovarium apice pilosum dicitur, quod in 

 ipso specimine Kochiano eoque chartae adglutinato glaberriinum video. 



Hab. in Rossia s epten tri o nal i [Fennia (F. Nyland. in litt.)] , media [Pe- 

 tropoli! (Weinm. , Kuhlewein pl. exs.), ins. Osilia (Luce) , Livonia (Dbum- 

 pelm.), Curonia (Fleisch. et Lindem.), Lithuania (Gilib. , Jundz. , Eichw.), 

 Polonia (Wage), Volhynia (Bessek, Eichw.), Kursk (Hofft), Mosqua (Steph., 

 Mart.), Simbirsk et Saratow (Claus)] et australi [Kiew (Trautv. in litt.), 

 Podoiia (Besser, Eichw.), ad Tanain (Henning)], in provinciis caucasicis 

 (M. a Bieb.) [Iberia et Mingrelia (Eichw.), Guria (Nokdm. pl. exs.), Elisabeth- 

 pol! (Hohenack.), Ossetia, Daghestan! etc alt. 500'— 5000' (C. Koch)], inque 

 Sibiria altaica! (Fl. alt.). 21. 



9. F. subulata (Bong. Veget. ins. Sitcha p. 173) „rhizomate 

 fibroso v. subrepente, foliis planis latis sublanceolato-linearibus, Jigula 

 brevi, panicula effusa flaccida, spiculis sub 5floris, palea inferiori Jan- 

 ceolato-lineari angustissima aristata aristam subaerjuante". 



Hab. in insula Sitcha (Bong.). 4. 



Sect. III. Phaeochloa. Griseb. spicil. rum. 2, p. 433. 



Spiculae Eufestucae. Ovarium apice pilosum. Caryopsis sulco 

 exarata. 



Obs. Caryopsiden liberam e charactere sectionis relego, quum 

 etiam in F. fibrosae palea inferior inferne aliquid adhaereat: quae 

 adhaesio nunc mihi probus character videtur, quo Festuca a generibus 

 Poae affinioribus removeatur. 



10. F. varia (Hk. in Jacq. coll. 2, p. 94) rhizomate fibroso, 

 foliis setaceis, Jiguia oblonga obtusata, panicula tenui sub anthesi pa- 

 tente, ramis imis 1 — 2, spiculis 5 — Sfloris, palea inferiori late lanceo- 

 Iata sensim attenuata mutica v. breviter aristata obsolete nervata. 



F. varia. Rchb. ic. fl. germ. t. 65, fig. 1552. — M. a Bieb. Fl. t. c. III, p. 73. 



646. — C. A. Meyer Ind. cauc. p. 23. 

 Hab. in provinciis caucasicis [Kuba (M. a Bieb.) alp. Tufandagh alt. 1400 



hexap. (C. A. Meyer)]. 4. — Specimina rossica non exstant. 



11. F. altaica (Trin. in Ledeb. Fl. alt. 1, p. 109. — Ic. Fl. 

 T0SS. t. 228) rhizomate stolonifero, foliis angustis planis complicatis, 

 Jigula truncata, panicula laxa, ramis 1 — 2 nutantibus, spiculis 3 — 5- 

 floris tinctis , palea inferiori ovato-lanceolata acuta mucronata 5nervi, 

 nervis protninulis. 



