43 



Hall, lielv. 1457. Scheuchz. gram. 160. Prodr. 

 Tab. IV. 



Poa laxa Willd. sp. pi. 1. p. 38. Sut. fl. helv^ 

 1. p. 45. N° 3. 



Schrad. germ. 1. p. Q91. N° 11. Host gram, 

 austr. 3. Tab. i5. 



Poa elegans Decand. fl. fr. 3. N° i6i5. 

 ^Poa fexuosa Smith brit. p. lei. N° g. 



Radix fibrosa , valde cespitosa (sic milii ut 

 Scheuchzero et Smithio visa est , CI. Schraderus 

 tamen ei radicem repentem tribuit) ; Cespites dense 

 fasciculati , numerosi ; Culmi laeves, 3 — 5 uncias 

 alti , erecti , compressiusculi , subglauci , superne 

 nudi; Folia lineara fere lata, larlceolato-linearia , 

 laevissima, margine tantum scabriuscula, obtusiuS' 

 cula , tenera , -vaginis longiora ; VagiiKZ laxae , mar- 

 gine 5cariosae , inferne dilatatae, plerumque leviter 

 purpiirascentes , laevissimae , vix striatae; Ligul<z 

 omnes exsertae , elongatap, acutae ; Pan/cu/a elegans 

 in racemum obi on gum , spiciformem coarctata, un- 

 cialis vel biuncialis, ex 12 — 20 spiculisapproximatis 

 constans; Pedunculi geminati; superiores alterni soli- 

 tatiique ; omines basi nudi, filiformes, laeviusculi , 

 flexuosi, erecti, pauciflori; Spicule late ovatae, dis- 

 tichae , bi-vel szepius triflorae, ex viridi, violaceo 

 et albo variegatae; Valvida corollas fere sequantes, 

 parum inasquales, oblongae, acutae, sagpe mucronu- 

 litae, obsolete trinerviae , carina scabriusculae : Co- 

 rolla lanugine brevi, parca, complicata , curvula, 

 vix protrahenda ad basin connexae 5 Gluma exterior 

 inferne viridis, dorso purpurea, apice alba, ovato 

 Unceolata, obtusiuscula , carina superne scabra ii> 



