Gramineiie. 397 



OO Spiculae lanceolatae aristae inaequales, eae flos- 

 culoruni superioruni geniculato-divaricatae, ea flos- 

 culi imi valde abbreviata vel subnulla. 



19. B. japoiiicus Thunb. fl. japon. p, 52 t. 11. — B. patnlus 

 M. et K. deutsch. fl. I. p. 685; Hal. beitr. fl. Epir. p. 42; Bald. riv. 

 coll. bot. alb. 1896 p. 99; Haussk. symb. p. 54. — Serrafalcus pa- 

 kdus Parl. fl. it. I. p. 394. — Exsicc: Heldr. it. thessal. IV. a. 1885. 

 — Bald. it. alb. epir. IV. n. 200. 



Culmis erectis, glabris; foliis planis, vaginisque pubescentibus vel 

 glabriusculis, liguhi subelongata, saepe lacera ; panicula laxa, pyramidata, 

 demum nutante, ramis semiverticillatis, elongatis, flexuosis, erecto-patulis, 

 demuni nutantibus; spiculis lanceolatis, compressis, 6 — 12 floris, glabris; 

 glumis subinaequalibus, elliptico-oblongis, superiore submajore; palea 

 inferiore elliptico-lanceolata , elevatim 7 — 9 nervia, sub apice bifido 

 aristata, arista demum geniculato-divaricata, ea aequilonga. — Habitu 

 JB. arvensi similis, a quo flosculis remotiusculis, aristis divaricato-re- 

 curvis et antheris duplo brevioribus praesertim discedit; affinis quoque 

 5. commutato, panicula demum contracta, spiculis ovato-lanceolatis, 

 flosculis non remotiusculis, paleis inferioribus ovato-oblongis, aristis rectis, 

 diverso. 



/?. vestitus Schrad. g5tl. gel. anz. IH. p. 2074 pro sp. — B. pa- 

 tulus V. velutinus Koch syn. p. 821; Heldr. fl. Aegina p. 397; Haussk. 

 symb. p. 54; non JB. velutinus Schrad. — B. patulus v. vestitus 

 Stapf in Thyselt. fl. cap, VII, p. 730. — B. japonicus v. velutinus 

 Aschers. et Gr. syn. II. p. 819. — Spiculis dense velutino-pubescen- 

 tibus. — Exsicc: N. v. 



In cultis, arvis, herbidis regionis inferioris et montanae. Epirus : 

 pr. Vromonero distr. Ljaskovik (Bald.), pr. ^''ulgarelion ad. radices mt, 

 Tsumerka (Hal.); Thessalia: pr. Malakasi, Orman Magula, Pharsalus, 

 Aivali, Volo (Haussk.); Argolis: paeninsula Methana (Haussk.). — 

 (i. Argolis : in peninsula Methana (Haussk.) ; iusula Aegina (Heldr.). — 

 Maio, Jul. 0. 



20. B. squarrosus L. sp. p. 76; Ch. et B. exp. p. 38, Fl. pelop. 

 p. 6; Mazz. in ant. ion. III. p. 680; Bois. fl. or. V. p. 651; Form. 

 in D. bot. Mon. 1890 p. 8, in Ver. Brunn 1895 p. 19, 1896 p. 25, 

 1897 p. 23; Hal. beitr. fl. Epir. p. 42, beitr. fl. Achia p. 34; Haussk. 

 symb. p. 55. — B. leptostachys Mazz. in ant. ion. III, p, 680. — 

 Serrafalcus squarrosus Bab. mau, bot, p. 875. — Icon: Host gram. 

 I. t. 13. — Exsicc. : Hal. it. gr. secund. a, 1893. 



Culmis gracilibus, glabris; foliis planis, vaginisque pubescentibus, 

 liguhi brevi, truncata; panicula laxa, simplici, flaccide nutante, ramis 

 tenuibus, spicula brevioribus, demum nutantibus; spiculis ovato-lanceo- 

 hitis vel lanceolatis, compressis, 8 — 20 floris, glabris; ghxmis subinaequa- 

 libus, oblongis, superiore submajore ; palea inferiore oblongo-rhombea, 

 obsolete 7 nervia, apice breviter bifida, aristata, arista ab apice remota, 

 demum divaricatim-patente, — Culmis humilibus, panicula simplici, 



