so 



37. SssrE RiA carulea Scop. S. panlcvila spicata 

 oblonga, bracteata; Spiculis subtriflork, gluma 

 exteriori trl vel quinque aristata, arlstis brevi- 



bus. N. (Virtue (Scd I eric.) 



Hall. helv. 1446. ScLeuchz. gram. 83. Tab. q. 

 fig- 9- 



S. ccerulea Smith brit. 94. ISI° i. Host gram, 

 austr. 2. Tab. 98. 



Schrader germ. 1. p. syS. N° 3. * 



Cynosurus axruleus Lin. sp.pl. p. 106. But. 

 fl. helv. • 1. p. 77. N° 4. 



Radix fibris filiformibus , parum divisis, longissi- 

 mis cespitosa; Cespites intcxni in fasciculum elon- 

 gatum vaginis emarcidis, straiuineis striatisque tectum 

 collecti : Folia radicalia fasciculata, obtusa, mollia, 

 plana, lineam circiter lata, 4—5 uncias longa, gla- 

 bra, marginibus scabriuscula. Culnii erecti, parum 

 foliosi, superne longe nudi, glabri l^vesque, infra 

 paniculani scabriusculi , compressi vel teretiusculi» 

 trientales vel pedales: Nodi prope basin s — 3ve suh 

 vaginis latitantes : Folia culmea perpauca, brevissima, 

 reliquis fere latiora, late elliptica, obtusa: Vagince 

 radicalesbrevissimae; tulmeae longissimae, strictae, 

 teretes, laeves: Ligula culmum amplectens cylindra- 

 cea , lineam dimidiam longa, apice horisontaliter 

 truncata : Panicula spicata, fere simplex, oblonga, 

 saepeovata, densa, plerumque secunda, ex viridi et 

 cceruleo variegata, subinde etiam purpura leni suffu* 

 sa, nitida : i?a c/ii's flexuosa, hincspiculis tecta, inde 

 saepius in conspectum veniens: Rractcez ad basia 

 fpicularuj3ii injferiorvin positae , amplexicaules, latae, 



