li"f"""ii"-- A L P E C U R U S. ^7) 



1) Alopcciirus lanalus Siblli. Tliyrso suhrotundo, semipollicnri; Gliimis 2- 

 lineafibus, brevisubulalis , liberis , undique albo-hirsutis •■, Valvnla 

 ohlique truncata; Slylis brevissimis, connatis:, Radice e basi rhi- 

 zomutis crassissimi et pl. min. polliearis fibrosa. 



E.v Olympo Bithyniae [AucJicr l'E!oy.') Iberia (Steven). 



(j, (ilumis acutis tantum, foliis glahris: Phalaris .... Syria, pro|)e 

 Him ct Asafis (Ehrenberg.) 



Radix e basi rhizomatis crassi, perpendicularis, pl. niin. pollicaris, 

 undiijue vaginis emarcidis nigresccntibus arcte bbtecti fibrosa, %. Cul~ 

 mus spithamacus — pedalis, simplev, incurvus, filiformls, glaber, supcrne 

 longissime nudus. Nodi 2: alter basilaris, alter pl. min. pollicem supra 

 culmi basin. Vagina e nodo superiori, infra angusta et glabra, supc- 

 rius inflata et albo-tomcntosa. Ligula praeter tomcntum vix ulla. Folia 

 radicalia plurima, confertissima, patentissima et saepe recurva, 1 — 2- 

 poUicaria, dense tomento albo tecta (quo fere teretia videntur), in ev- 

 tremo apice mucrone glabro et pimgente munita ; culmcum folioluui 

 5-iincale, Thyrsus dcnsus, albo-1. flavido-pallidus. Pedicelli brovis- 

 simi. Gbimae ad imam basin usque discretae, undique hirsufae pllis 

 alhidis, 3-nervcs, aplce in suhulam brevem , glabram et pungentcm 

 evcuirentes. Valvula glumas aequans, glabi'a, aplcc suboblique truu- 

 cato tonuissime fimbriata ; Arista subbasilari, glimias duplo excedente. 

 Styli infra stigmata brevissimi, connatl. Antherae 3, lincares. 



Var. (i, 9 — 12-pollIcaris, ceterum ex toto similllma, glumas hahct 

 aculissimas tantum, ct folia glabra, virldia, fere llneas 2 lata. 



basi connatae, acutae 1. acutiusculae, totae densiuscule et longius quam 

 in alpino villosae. Jrista Infra nudium exserta, valvula duplo lon^ior, 

 paullo geniculata. Slyli vix connati. 



