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pressa) pulchre distichi, lana densa 
coharentes. — 
— wivipara: culmus basi crassa cylin-|—  vvipara: culmus basi bulbiformis, 
drica squamosus, folia ut in nor-|folia ut in normali tenuia, glumze pa- 
mali lata, glume palecque exter. Seu tesqua exterior acutissimz. 
P. concinna (Gaud. agr. helv. 1. 196.) P. bulbose non viviparz simillima 
eique sepe subsumta; differt autem, sec. Koch, flosculis liberis et spiculis 
6-10-floris. 
e) Annua. Radix annua v. biennis. — Rami panicule gemini v. solitarii, 
Flosculi glabrescentes. 
42. P. ANNUA (L. sp. 99): panicula szpius secunda, diffusa, ramis subge- 
minis glabris denique deflexis; spiculis ovato-oblonsis v. linearibus 3-7-floris, 
üosculis liberis v. lana parca coherentibus, palea infer. 5-nervia glabriuscula; 
folis undulatis obtusis; ligula elongata acuta; vaginis culmoque compresso gla- 
bris. 
S y n. Zznn. su. n. 83; Jg. su. n. 1412; Zn. Fr; — Hornem. p. 111; Zange 
A 150. - - Gunn. F. N. n. 609. — Kam, Fl. F. p. 2. — Kunth enum. f, p. 
349. 
Fig. Sw. B. 126. Fl. D. 1686. ieich D. fl. f. 387. Tab. n. V. f. 51. 
Exs. 
Hab. locis cultis, in pratis et pascuis ad vias &c. per totam Scandinaviam 
usque in alpes vulgatissime. — In omni Europa. 
Gramen molle flaccidum, lxtissime virens. ./adix culmos cespitosos fa- 
sciculosque foliorum sterilium emittens nec verestolonifera. Cu/mi digitales v. 
pedales, adscendentes v. inferne geniculatim procumbentes et ramosi, inter- 
nodio ultimo stricto, compressi, glaberrimi, Zia 2-3 unc. longa, 2 lin. lata, 
subcomplicato-plana, sepe transverse undulata, marg. scabriuscula, utrinque 
glabra, flaccida, obtusa; vaginz internodia sepius tegentes, compresse; ligula 
lineam producta. Panzcula erecta, ovato-pyramidalis, demum secunda, rara, 
pallide viridis v. ex purpureo et viridi variegata; rami gemini v. solitarii, 
capillacei, inferne longe nudi, sub anthesi divaricati, post eandem s:zpius de- 
flexi, cum ramulis flexuosi. .Spzcu/c oblongo-lineares, acutiusculz, 1j lin. lon- 
ges; glume inequales dorso carinate acutz, superior ex medio latiore angu- 
stata, J-nervia; palea inferior ovato-oblonga ad medium dilatata, apice obtu- 
sa v. subiruncata rarius acutiuscula, dorso 5-nervia carina et nervis laterali- 
bus plus minus evidentibus, margine et apice late hyalina, glabra v. carina 
et marginis parte inferiore pubescens. — Floret per totum annum, etiam 
hieme miti. 
Variat in pratis locisque ruderatis: major v. minor, simplex v. ramosa, spi- 
culis ovatis v. linearibus, flosculis glabris v. parte inf. puberulis. 
in alpibus: spiculis longioribus 5-7-floris eximie violaceo-variegatis, 
panicula rariori culmis pumilis valde decumbentibus ccespites 
magnos formantibus, radice subrepente. — Hoc statu formis ma- 
cris P. alpine et laxe non parum similis, sed spiculis fere line- 
aribus, paleis apice rotundato laceris, panicula ramis strictis de- 
flexis rara &c. diversa. — 2. annua varia Gaud, Koch, Hoppe. 
P. supina Schrad. germ. p. 289. P. variegata Mall. fil. (non 
Lam.). 
in Zitore marino: a) major, culmo sc. pedali radice stolones (cul- 
mos laterales non rite evolutos) emittente, panicula densitlora spi- 
culis elongatis sexfloris, acutis, flosculis viridibus infra apicem 
hyalinum subbilobo-lacerum purpureo maculatis, dorso evidenti- 
us prominulis nervosis, carina et nervibus (presertim margina- 
