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birsk et Saratow (Claus)] et australi [Kiew! (Tbautv. in litt.) , Podolia 

 (Besser, Eichw.), Jekaterinoslaw (Guldenst.) , ad Tanain (Henning , Falk) 

 et alibi in terra Cosaccorum (GSldenst.) , pr. Astrachan! (Pall. , Blum pl. 

 exs.), in des. casp.! (Claus)] , in Tauria (Pall. , M. a Bieb.)] et provin- 

 ciis caucasicis (M. a Bieb.) [in Kabarda (Giildenst.) , pr. Gronnaja (C. 

 A. Meyer), in Sonicbctia et Mingrelia (Eichw.), Imeretia (Guldenst.), Eriwan! 

 (C. Koch>, pr. Lenkoran! (Hohenack.), inter Baku et Sallian (C. A. Meyeb)], 

 inque Sibiria uralensi [in Turcomania! (Karel. pl. exs.), in des. Kirghis. 

 (Falk)], altaica! (Fl. alt.) in des. soongoro-kirghisico! (Kabel. et Kiril.) 

 et baikalensi (Georgi). 0. 



12. B. maximus (Desf. atl. /, p. 95, t. 26) culmo scabriusculo, 

 vaginis pilosiusculis, ligula protensa , panicula erecta v. apice nutante 

 patente simpliciuscula subsecunda , ramis apice incrassatis, spiculis 

 elongatis lineari-lanceolatis 5 — Sfloris, palea inferiori infra apicem bifi- 

 dum aristata arista longissima duplo breviori, superiori ciliata. 



B. maximus. Rchb. ic. fl. germ. XI, t. 73, fig. 1585. — Griseb. Spicit. envm. 



2, p. 448. 

 B. rigidus. C. A. Mi;yer Ind. cauc. p. 23. — Eichw. casp. cauc. p. 22. — 



Hohenack. Enum. Taliisch. p. 17 (non Roth, Koch, R.chb.). 



Hab. in provinciis ca ucasi ci s [Iberia et Mingrelia (Eichw.), ad mare caspium 

 (C. A. Meyer) , iiis. Sara m. caspii ! (Kieseritzky pl. exs.) , Taliisch 



(Hohenack.)]. ©. 



13. B. rubens (L. Spec. 114) culmo superne vaginisque pubes- 

 centibus , ligula protensa , panicula erecta conferta , ramis abbreviatis 

 apice incrassatis , spiculis lanceolatis 5 — Sfloris , palea inferiori infra 

 apicem bifidum aristata aristam rectam aequante, superiori ciliata. 



B. rubcns. Sibth. Fl. graec. t. 83. — C. A. Meyek! Ind. cauc. p. 23. — C. 



Koch! in Linnaea XXI, p. 419. 

 Hab. in provinciis caucasicis pr. Baku ! (C. A. Mey.), in peninsula Apsche- 



ron (C. Koch). ©. 



/3. rigidus (Roth in Roem. et Ust. Ann. fasc. 10, p. 21) paniculae ramis paucio- 

 ribus paullo longioribus, arista paleam inferiorcm paullisper superante. 

 B. rigidus. Rchb. ic. fl. germ. XI, t. 73, fig. 1586 (accedit fere ad a.). — C. 



Koch! in Linnaea XXI, p. 419. 

 Hab. in Tauria! (Parrot vl. exs.) et provinciis caucasicis [in declivitate 

 orientali Caucasi versus peninsulam Apscheron ! alt. 500' — 800' (C. Koch)]. 



14. B. viadritensis (L. Spcc. 114) culmo glabro, ligula protensa, 

 panicula erecta , ramis apice incrassatis, spiculis lineari-lanceolatis 4 

 — lOfloris , floribus 2 — (l)andris, palea inferiori infra apicem demum 

 bipartitum aristata aristam rectam aequante, superiori ciliata. 



B. madritensis. Rciie. ic. fl. germ. XI, t. 73, fig. 1584. — Pall. Ind. Taur. — 

 Georgi Beschreib. d. Russ. R. III, 4. p. 700. — M. a Bieb. Fl. t. c. I, 

 p. 73, III, p. 81. 



Hab. ifl Rossia australi [ad Tanain (Henning)] et Tau ria (Pall., M. a Bieb.). 

 ®. Specimina rossica non exstant. 



Sect. II, Ceratoc hlo a. P. de Beauv. Agrost. p. 75. — Trin. 



fund. p. 145. 



Palea inferior carinata v. carinato-complanata. Gluma inferior 

 3— 5nervis, superior 3 — 7nervis. — Radix perennis. 



Obs. Haec sectio, cum B. ciliato arcte conjuncta, inprimis Sche- 

 donorr Fr. a Bromo (Serrafalco Parl.) separationi genericae obstat. 



