Graruineae. 419 



lidis (Friedr.); Creta: pr. Canea (Weiss) ; Corcyra (Mazz.); — /J. Attica: 

 in oliveto, ad Cephissum pr. Athenas, mt. Pentehcon (Heldr.). — 

 y. Thessaha: mt. Zygos in Pindo tymphaeo (Haussk.), mt. Cuka in 

 mt. Chassia (Form.); Corcyra: mt. San Deka (Baen.). — Apr. Jun. %. 

 /J. Paleae inferioris nervi laterales obsoleti (cf. P. pannonica). 

 X Annua. 



6. P. Grimburgii Hack. in 5. b. Z. 1898 p. 12. — Exsicc: 

 Dorfl. herb. norm. n. 4186; Sterneck it. graec. turc. n. 496. 



Radice tenui, fibrosa; culmis solitariis vel ex eadem radice paucis, 

 subcompressis, vaginisque laevibus; foliis planis, anguste linearibus, va- 

 gina suprema lamina sua multo longiore, ligula oblonga, obtusa, apice 

 lacera; panicula brevi, ovata, laxa, erecta, ramis patentibus, laeviusculis, 

 inferne longe nudis, solitariis vel infimis gemiuis; spiculis ad apiceni 

 ramorum congestis, ovatis, dense 4 — 6 floris, violaceo-variegatis ; glumis 

 ovatis, acutiuscuhs, laevibus ; flosculis basi lana crispa longe protrahenda 

 cohaerentibus ; palea inferiore ovata, obtusa, saepe leviter emarginata, 

 carina et margine dense pectinato-ciliata, ciliis patentibus, arcte contiguis 

 niveis, paleae hititudiuem subaequantibus. — Radice annua, panicuhi 

 laxa, palea inferiore obtusa, ciliis niveis contiguis late marginata ab affi- 

 nibus sequentibus egregie distincta. 



In arenosis maritimis ad ostia fl. Potamo Corcyrae (Grimb.) co- 

 piose. — Mart. Apr. ©. 



XX Perennes. 



O Rhizoma fibrosum, dense vel laxe caespitosum. 

 . Culmi basi bulbiformi-incrassati ; ligula oblonga, 

 acuta. 



7. P. bulbosa L. sp. p. 70; Ch. et B. exp. p. 35, Fl. pelop. 

 p. 6; Link in Linnaea IX. p. 138; Mazz. in ant. ion. III. p. 686; 

 Marg. et R. fi. Zante p. 97; Ung. Reise p. 116; Weiss in z. b. G. 

 1869 p. 757; Raul. cret. p. 879; Bois. fl. or. V. p. 605; Heldr. fi. 

 cephal. p. 75; Form. in D. bot. Mon. 1890 p. 8, in Ver. Briinn 1895 

 p. 19, 1896 p. 25, 1897 p. 23; Haussk. symb. p. 59. — Icon : Host 

 gram. IL t. 65. — Exsicc: Dorfl. fl. gr. n. 313. 



Rhizomate fibroso, caespitoso, non stolonifero; cuhnis basi bulbi- 

 formi-incrassatis, vaginis laevibus foliorum radicalium dilatatis tunicatis ; 

 foliis anguste linearibus, planis vel convolutis, vagina suprema lamina 

 sua multo longiore, ligula oblonga, acuta, foliorum radicahum breviter 

 exserta; panicula brevi, ovata vel oblonga, contracta, erecta, densa, 

 ramis brevibus, erectis, solitariis vel geminis ; spiculis ad apicem ramorum 

 confertis, ovatis, 4 — -7 floris, viridibus vel violaceo-variegatis ; glumis 

 ovatis, acutis, carina scabriusculis; flosculis basi lana longe protrahenda 

 cohaerentibus ; palea inferiore oblonga, acuta, carina et margine sericea. 

 — Variat (f. vivipara), uti etiam aliae species, paleis in gemmas foha- 

 ceas mutatis. 



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