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apice aristata. 3Iasc. pedunculati, solitarii v. gemini, her- 

 iTiaphrodito adstantes subniutici. — 'Flores rachei articu~ 

 latae adpressi. Spicae digitatae. 



A. I s c h a e m u m L. ; IX. 7—9. 2(m 9if)cinufer snjifc^cu 

 55enc( imb (Jaffel, am ^Borgcbirgc bei ^orntjcim, bei ©obc^berg, 

 !^anncr'3borf, (Srpeler Sct)e unb am 2Berncr6ccf. 



Radix fibrosa. Cuhni adscendenres^ saepe ex geniculis inferiori- 

 bus radicantes, 1 — 11/2 pcdales^ ad genicula purpurascentfis. Folia 

 linearia, carinata, pilosa, ad ligulani barbata, niargine retrorsum 

 scabra; vayinae conipressae. Spicae plures (4 — 7), in apice culmi 

 confertae, subdigitatae, lineares^ plumosae^ purpurascentes. Flosculi 

 lanceolati, compressi, basi una cum rachi propria pcdicellisque pilosi. 

 Hermapbr. Valva ext. planiuscula, multinervis, interior subcarinata. Val- 

 viilae tenuissiniae, inferior tota in aristam gluma tri-quadruplo longi- 

 orem tortam geuiculatam redacta. 



Tribus VIII. Skslerie ae. 



Panicula contracla, spiciformis^ cylindrica. Gluma bi- 

 valviSj 2-pluriflora. 



Sesleria L. 



Gluma 2 — 3-flora, subaristata. Glumella bivalvis, val- 

 vula inferiorc apice aristata. Caryopsis libera^ glumella 

 tecta. Flores racemosi. 



S. caerulea L. 24-. 4. 5. 9(n bcn (^clfcnatl^dncjcn im 

 Sicbcngebirge, hd ^inj unb im %{)xi\)a\, befonber^ f)auftg am 

 2)urc^brucf). 



Fol. linearia, obtusiuscula, facie glaucesceutia et saepe pilis bre- 

 vibus adspersa; radicalia culmum superantia v. subaequantia, culmea 

 brevissima, margine et carina scabra, Racemus spicatus, oblongus^ 

 caerulescens. Spiculae pedicellatae, compressae, inferiores bracteatae; 

 bractea solitaria amplexicauli obtusissima eroso -denticulata ciliata. 

 Valvae subaequales, compressae^ ad carinam scabrae, margine ciliatae^ 

 in aristam brevissimam excurrentes. Valvula inferior 5-nervia^ (3 v. 

 rarius 5)- aristata, arista intermedia longiore glumis duplo breviorej 

 valvula superior bicarinata^ apice bifida, 2-dentata v. breviter 2 ari- 

 stata. 



KOELERIA PeRS. 



Spiculae corapresso-planae, 2-muItiflorae, in panicu- 

 lam spiciformem dispositae. Glumella bivalvis, valvula in- 

 feriore apice eraarginata v. integra^ acuminata v. mucro- 

 nata v. aristata. Caryopsis libera, glumella tecta. 



