Chae. Gejt. Gluma subaxiuivalvis, locustam trifloram tequans. Perianthia bivalvia, 

 lateralia mascula, triandra ; terminate hermaphroditum, diandrum. 



Ofo. Relationem veram Anthoxanthi ad Hierochloem, inprodr. flor. now ball. p. 209, pri- 

 mum indicatam, optime confirmat planta J avanica intermedia struetura? a D. Horsfield detecta; 

 hi hae cnim perianthium lateralium infcrius masculum bivalve, xuperius univalve, neutrum : 

 terminate hermaphroditum. Hujus novi genera (Ataxia) habitus potuis est Anthoxanthi, 

 quocum etiam gluma ina-quivalvi quadrat. 



Com Hierochloe charactcribus nonnullis convenit Artlmx-hloa«o/>. (Holeus Palls. Trinii, 

 et Wahlenb. non Linncei gen. et sp. pi. ed. prima, nee Schreberi nee Gtcrlneri ;) qua tnmen 

 facile distinguitur ab hoc gencre uti et ab Aira et Arhenathero, gluma earn npiee pedicela 

 articulata et una cum locusta decidua. 



66. Hiebochloe alpixa, ltorm. et Sch. syst. 2. p. SIS. Br. in Ross' roy. ed. 2. 

 vol 2. p. 194. Richardson in Franklins journ. p. 731. 



Holcus alpinus, Swartz in Schrad. neite journ. 2. *■/. 2. p. 45. *. 3. Wahlenb. lapp. 

 p. 81. fc 2. Svensk bot. 438. Rof. J>«». 1508. Giesecke greenl. in Bmvsler's Edw. 

 encyclop. 



67. Hierochloe SAUonrwma, race.no simplici, fluflculo masculo superiovc breviaiimc sc- 

 tigero, foliis culmi brevisairais ; radicalibus involutis. 



°Desc. Gramen 3-5-imciale. Radix repens. Culmi. erecti, infra folmii supra nu.li, 

 striati. Folia ad all bulata, muvghul I ul >» aliquotics breviora; culm,;, 



abbreviata, late subulatn, niargiuihu. iiiflc.\is, vagiuis suis laxhisculis multoties breviora. Ra- 

 cemus erectus, simplex vel subsimplex, pauciflorus, pedicellis lrevibus. Locusta ovata?, acuta', 

 triflora. Gluma bivalves, scariosx, ovata-. concava, acutiuseula, glaber.ima, locustam sub- 

 oquantes, valvula inferiore manifesto minore. Flosculi latcrales masculi, triandri, bivalves, 

 cbartacei, 2>afc>u/a t»/ cn ' or ovata ' concava ' inarginibus infra medium nudiusculis supra mnumu 

 nudis, flosculi superioris mox sub apice emarginato setigera, seta \>nn issi.na strieta valvulam 

 vix superante; flosculi inferioris mutica v. per-obsolete setigera; utriusque valvula superior 

 angustior, linearis, dinervis, semibifida. Floseulus terminalis hermaphroditus, (bander, mu- 

 ticus: ralvula inferior concava, quinquincrvis, extra medium dorso lateril)us (1 ue p.losiu,- 

 culis, chartacea, fusca, apice scarioso ; superior linearis, lnalma, glabra, acuta, iiuhu..., urn- 

 ncrvis. Lodicula 2, collaterales, lanceolata, acuminata', hyalina, ovano luiigiores. Ovarium 

 glabrum. Slyli 2. Stigmata alba, dense plumosa. 



