418 Gramineae. 



suprema lainina sua longiore, ligula oblonga, acuta; panicula oblonga 

 vel pyramidali-oblonga, laxa, erecta vel apice nutante, ramis scabris, 

 inferioribus subquinis; spiculis ovatis, 2—4 floris, viridibus vel violaceo- 

 variegatis; flosculis basi obsolete pilosis; glumis lanceolatis, mucronatis; 

 palea inferiore lanceolata, ad carinam subsericea. 



In pratis, silvaticis x'egionis inferioris et niontanae. Indicatur in 

 Epiro: pr. Kastrica (Bald.); Peloponneso (Sibtb.); Cycladum insula Syra 

 (Weiss); Creta (Bois.); Zacyntho (Marg.); Corcyra (Mazz.) : mt. San Deca 

 (Baen.); sed probabiliter saepe cum sequente confusa. — Maio, Jul. ^j., 



4. P. silvicola Guss. enum. pl. inarim. p. 271 t. 18. — P. attica 

 Haussk. symb. p. 58, non Bois. et Heldr. — Exsicc: Orph. fl. gr. 

 n. 1199 sub P. trivialis; Heldr. herb. norm. n. 1399. 



Differt a praecedente rhizoniate stolones moniliformes edente; ligula 

 plerumque subbreviore. 



§. violasceiis. — P. attica v. versicolor Haussk. symb. p. 58, 

 non P. versicolor Bess. — Spiculis violascentibus, paleis apice pellu- 

 cide albo-membranaceis. — Exsicc. : Heldr. pl. fl. hellen. a. 1890. 



In humidis, maritimis, umbrosis regionis inferioris et montanae. 

 Thessalia: in oropedio Neuropolis, nit. Pelion pr. Paxedes (Heldr.); 

 Attica: ad Cephissum (Heldr.), Phaleron (Orph.), Lauriou (Haussk.); 

 Argolis: pr. Naupha (Haussk.), Tirynthum (Orph.); Cycladum insula 

 Keos (Heldr.); — /J. Attica: pr. Podoniphti (Heldr.); Argolis: pr. Nauplia 

 (Haussk.). — Maio, Jul. %. 



. . Ligula brevis, truncata. 



5. P. prateiisis L. sp. p. 67; S. et S. pr. I. p. 55; Ch. et B. 

 exp. p. 35, Fl. pelop. p. 6 ; Mazz. in ant. ion. III. p. 686 ; Friedr. 

 Reise p. 272 et 276; Weiss in z. b. G. 1869 p. 757; Bois. fl. or. 

 V. p. 661. — Icon: Host gram. IL t. 61. — Exsicc: N. v. 



Rhizomate fibroso; caespitoso, stolones elongatos edente; culmis 

 teretibus vaginisque laevibus; foliis planis, vagina suprema laniina sua 

 longiore, liguk brevissima truncata; panicula oblonga, laxa vel laxius- 

 cula, erecta, ramis scabris, inferioribus subquinis; spiculis ovatis, 3 — 5 

 floris, viridibus vel violaceo-variegatis ; flosculis lana protrahenda con- 

 nexis; glumis lanceolatis, acutis; palea inferiore lanceohita, dorso et 

 margine sericea. 



/3. attica Bois. et Heldr. diagn. XIII. p. 57, pro sp.; Bois. fl, 

 or. V. p. 601. — Cuhui inferne subcompressi ; palea inferiore ad ca- 

 rinam et nervos glabriuscuhi vel glabra. — Exsicc: Heldr. pl. fl. hell. 

 a, 1878. 



y. aiig'iistifolia L. sp. p. 67; Ch. et B. exp. p. 35, Fl. pelop. 

 p. 6; Form in Ver. Briinn 1897 p. 23; pro sp ; Sm. fl. brit. p. 108; 

 Haussk. symb. p. 58. — Foliis saltem radicalibus, setaceo-convokitis, 

 — Exsicc: Baen. pl. corcyr. a. 1896. 



In pratis regionis inferioris et montanae. Attica: mt. Parnes, Pen- 

 telicon (Heldr.); Peloponnesus (Sibth.): pr. Vromolimni' et Poros Argo- 



