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«piculls subtrifloris, basi sericeis. N. (^at^tt* 



Poa flexuosa Schleich. pi. exs. 

 Radix repens, longisslma, articulata, hinc ind© 

 f tolones cespitosos , ipsosque reptantes protrudens ; 

 C u-lmi inmores, adhucque steriles bi vel tiiunciales, 

 tod foliis patentibus, alternis , »quedistantibus , 

 pulchre distichis obsessi: Cu/m i floriferi erectlusculi, 

 vel adscendentes, laeves, semipedales, vel pedales, 

 superne longe nudi, profunde striati: Folia culmea 

 vix disticha, inaequaliter distantia , erecto-patentia, 

 superiora vaginis multo breviora; omnia laeviuscula, 

 glauca , tenera , llneaii lanceolata , acuta , brevia , 

 inferne sesquilineam lata : Vaginiz striata? Izeves, 

 cupiemae longissim£e: Ligul(S, omnes exsert3e xj% ad 

 3y4 lin. longaa , obtusae, superiores laciniatae : Pani- 

 cula oblonga, coaixtata, flexuosa, multiflora; Pedun- 

 culis plerumque geminatis, filiformibus, crassiusculis, 

 flexuosis, laeviusculis, vel obiter scabris, brevibus, 

 crectiuscuUs : Spicuice. tri-rarius quinqueflorae , ob- 

 lojigae, acutae, e^ glauco, violaceo et albo pulchre 

 variegatae, totius fere generis maximse (reperitur 

 tamen varletas cujus spiculso parvae remaneant) ; 

 Valvules parum inaequales, acute carinatae, obsolete 

 ^rinervijE, nervis nempe lateralibus vix conspicuis, 

 coloratae, marginibus scariosas, carina scabrs, acu- 

 tissimse: Qluma exterior oblonga, acuta , rarius ob- 

 tusiuscula, carinata , b^si glauca, superne eleganter 

 violacea, margin ibus alb is, obsolete 5-nervia, cervi* 

 carinaque versus basin sericeis, ibidem margmibus 

 coplosc ciliata, interior albida, obiter bifida, ad 

 ^exuiSE nervos scabra ; Corolla in hac specie lanugine 



