AUCTORE JOSEPIIO DE NOTAnifi. 437 



Ic. yEgyIo|)S bronioides iiiba purpiir-osccnlc Scheuchz. Agrost. p. 267. 



tab. 6. fig. I. — Reichb. Iconogr. fig. i5oi. 



In pascuis siccis vulgalissimus. T/^ 



Flores in paniculam amplara dispositi, pctlunculis simplicilnis vel iuler- 

 dnin Ijifidis; pedunculi sub apice oblique arliculati, ad arliculalionem pilis 

 confertis, brevibus involucrati, articulo locustifero brevi, obconico, com- 

 jiresso, barba involucrantc breviore. Locuslae triflorae, flosculus interme- 

 dius sessilis hermaphroditus, lateralcs masculi pedicellali, pcdi( cHis sur- 

 sum incrassatis, facie superne concavis, dorso conve\is, gluuiam dimidiain 

 lloris hermaphrodili loiigitudiiie paullo superantibus, basl barbatis, ad 

 latera ct superiori parte articuU locustiferi adnatis. Flosculi hermaphrodili 

 gluma bivalvis, valvis cartilagincis, duris, canaliculalis; exlcrior linearis, 

 nervis laleralibus superne setulis incurvis, brevilnis, rigidis , aculeolatis , 

 niargine \\s. menibranacea, apice in apiculum bifidum, inlcgrunivc , sub 

 lcnte minutc setulosum producta; interior exteriore airplior ct paullulum 

 sub ea inserta, lateribus contracto-convergentibus, raargine raeinbranaceis, 

 ciliata, apice bifida, obscure trinervia, ex incisura in aristam gluma sescpii- 

 loiigiorem producta, cnrina sub apice et ad aristae basim setuloso-ciliata. 

 — Glumellae palea exterior ol)verse oblonga, membranacea, canaliculato- 

 complicata, pilis dcflexis copiosis ciliala , interior membranacea, apice in 

 aristam pubescentcm, gluma cjuadruplo longiorem producta; arista ad me- 

 dium fiacta, parte ipsiusinferiori breviori complicata, intus glabra, slriata, 

 contortacpic; palea terlia hyalina inter exteriorem glumellae et vaginulam 

 infundibularcm genitalem cingentem. Stylus unicus: sligmata duo aspergii- 

 iiformia. — Gluma floris masculi bivalvis uniflora, valvae canaliculalae , 

 exterior tenuiter 3-5-nervis apice in selam gliima breviorem producta, iii- 

 terinr inargine membranacea, ciliata , acutissiina, vd breviler scligera. 

 (iluir.ella 3-paleacea: palea extcrior maior olilusinscuia, interior apice bi- 

 deiilala, utrac|ue margine ciliata, intermedia brevior, linearis , apicc 

 sui>lruncala, omnes membranaceae hyalinae, subindc paleae 4- 5. 



Haro ob.scrvautur locustae compositac, nempe loco floris unius mascnli, 

 locusla altera longius pediccllata ex flore hermaphrodito sessili ct uiasculo 

 pedicellato constans. 



Hisce praemissis, cjuantum Cli. Gryllus ab Audropogone distacliyo 

 diirerat, unicuicpie facilc inanifestuin erit. 



