1g2 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 
in meadows ; élatzor, L. (arundinacea, Schreb.), by water; 
gigantea, Vill., in damp woods; oveza, L. (including 
durtuscula, L., rubra, L., and valeszaca, Schl.), in hilly 
woods and sub-alpine pastures ; sylvatica, Vill., in woods. 
Also the following annual species :—/’. Myuros, L. (Vulpia 
Myuros, Rehb., including czlata, Lk., pseudo-myuros, Koch, 
and sczuroides, Roth); flowering glumes with slender 
awns, stamens I-3; sandy places; and F. vzgzda, Kunth 
(Sclerochloa rigida, Lk.), a small, very rigid plant; walls 
and dry places. 
The following are more or less alpine :— 
A. Stem thickened and bulb-like at the base:—F. 
spadicea, L.; spikes brownish-yellow; high alpine pas- 
tures in the South. 
B. Leaves more or less folded; ligule lobed at the 
base; caespitose :—/. amethystina, L.; panicle lax, often 
blue, leaves filiform; rare; Switzerland, Tirol, Salzburg. 
F. alpina, Sut.; stem 3-5 in., flowers often replaced by 
buds; high; Switzerland, Dauphiny. /. Hallerz, Vill. 
(Gaudini, Kunth); panicle small, denser, often violet ; 
high elevations in the South, also Bale, Jura. 
C. Stem-leaves flat; ligule lobed at the base; czespi- 
tose :—F. heterophylla, Lam. (including nzgrescens, Lam.); 
leaves very long, panicle loose, drooping; wood -sides. 
P. violacea, Gaud.; panicle spike-like, dark violet, leaves 
capillary; high, frequent. 
D. Leaves setaceous; ligule not lobed :—/. jz/osa, 
Hall.; spikelets bearded, 3-5-flowered; pastures, local. 
F. Brenneri, F. and H.; spikelets bearded, 6—8-flowered ; 
Tirol, rare. F. flavescens, Bell; panicle spike-like, nod- 
ding, spikelets 3—5-flowered, glume not awned ; Carinthia, 
Carniola, Dauphiny. FF. pumila, Chaix; panicle race- 
