236 TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



Ic. Hoft. l. c. t.i. BarreL 1. c. t. ig. /. 2. 



Zannlih. l. c. ^ i35- C.Bauh. l.c. (excl. flore feor- 



Scheuchz. l.c. t.e.f.x. fi»" Pi"0)- 



Geint. Pmpiirrothes Bartgvas. 



In pralie, collibus, ad vias Litoralis, Iftriae, Foriinlii, 

 Tyrolis (Scopoli, Ilnfl). 



Percnnis. Flor. lunio ad Auguftum. 



Radix e fibris pluriniis, tenacibus compofita. Ciilmi 

 Iti - tripedales , rarius altiores, erecti . rigidi, vix 

 ftiiati; inferne [ubcompreffi et glabri, fnpeine magis 

 teretes et pletumqne pube breui \ eftiti , geniculis 

 4- ) et pluribus, faejje purpurafcentibus. Folia linea- 

 ria, acuminata, carinata, a])ice reflexa , ad oras et 

 fupremam carinae ])artem fcabra, ciliata et pilis 

 fparfis aibis, imprimis dovfo, obfefla; iuniora quan- 

 doque rugofa. Vaginae terctiufculae, parum fcabrae, 

 iiudae, aut paucis pilis infperfae. Ligula breuilflma, 

 iruncata, ciliata. Panicula erecia. Rachis angulata, 

 ftriata, vna cum ramis, jthis minus villofa aut pu- 

 befcens, rarius glabra. Kami pierumque verticillati, 

 fimplices, tenuillimi, filiformes, fubilexuofi, apice in- 

 crairati, fub antheli patentes: linguli tribus flofculis 

 terminati. Flofculi lanceolati, nitidi, ex viridi pur- 

 purei: intermedio fnbfcnili, hermaphvodito, bafi pilis 

 fuluis aut rufefcentibus cincto; laieralibiis pedicel- 

 latis, masculis, nudis. Pedicelii flofculo hermaphro- 

 dito apprtfli, tenues , incralTati, glabriufculi, latere 

 interiori plani , exteriori conuexi. Hermaphroditi 

 calix vniflorus, biualuis, valuis lanceolatis, coriaceis, 

 margine membranaceis : exierior acuta, mutica, dorfo 

 conuexa, marginem verfus compvcira, obfolete feptem- 

 nenus, neruo laterali vtrinque felis paruis, rigidulis 

 exafperato; interior paulo broutor, obtufior, fuperne 

 compreifa et cavinata, carina ciliata, obfolete quin- 

 queneruis, neruo dorfali in ariltam tenueni, rectam, 

 gluma fua duplo fere longiorem cxetjnte. CoroIIa e 

 glumis tribu.s inaequalibus, compveflis, tenuiirimis, 

 ciWatis, purpuiafcentibus ; exterior lanceolata . acu- 

 tiufcula, mutica; interior angultior, apice atiftata, 

 arilta lonoiliinia, primo recta , dein geniculato- in- 

 itexa ei infra gcniculum cuni Itiperiori glumae parte 



