PLANTÆ VASCULARES, 
GRAMINEEÆ, 
BROMUS PICTUS Hook. fil. 
B. strictus erectus simplex puberulus; culmis folia pa- 
rum superantibus; panicula simplici; spiculis 3-4 magnis 
pedicello longioribus; glumis oblongis subacutis medio ner- 
vosis paleisque purpureo pictis 5-floris; palea inferiore lan- 
ceolata obtusa, infra apicem arista brevi capillacea instructa, 
7-nervi, inferne sericeo-puberula ; caryopsi lineari, appendice 
obscure bifida hinc terminata ; stylis lateralibus. 
Has. secus fretum Magellanicum ? 
BrOmUS PICTUS HO0k. fil., FL, antarct., p. 387. 
Gramen 0°,10 ad 0,20, cæspitosus. Culmus simplex , basi ge- 
niculatus, foliosus, strictus, puberulus. Folia pauca, culmo bre- 
viora; vagina Striata; ligula ovata, lacera; lamina quam vagina 
brevior, plana v. involuta, horizontalis, pilosa, Paniculæ 0",06 
longæ, eréctæ. Spiculæ pedicellatæ, magnæ, fere 0",03 longæ, 
erectæ, Glumæ ovato-oblongæ, muticæ, nervosæ, sericeo- 
villosæ, purpureo tinctæ. Paleæ inferiores superne glaberrimæ , 
coloratæ, summo apice membranaceæ, infra apicem aristatæ ; 
arista flosculo brevior, scaberula; palea interior lanceolata in- 
- tegra, nervis ciliatis. Caryopsis lineari-oblonga, hinc planius- 
cula, obscure nervosa, illinc convexiuscula, appendice terminali 
biloba, villosa, stylo laterali, ramis inferne discretis, 
