118 
IT« late lanceolata, aentiuscula v. obtusiuscula, mediam IV vix 
superans, fertiles 3 
4 mm Ie., elliptico-lanceolatae laeves v. scabe- 
rulae, sub apice carinatae, breviter aristatae (arısta 1 mm 1g.) 
.Palea oblonga acute bidentata. Antherae minimae (0,75—1 mm Ig.) 
oblongae, paleä quadruplo breviores. 
F. brevifolia R. Br. Supplem. t. Append. t. Parıry’s Voy. CCLXXXIX 
(1824) non Muehlenb. Deser. 158 (quae ceterum alius generis). — F. brachy- 
phylla Schult. Mant III, 646 (1327). 
Distributio.e. In insula arctica Spitzbergen (Treuenburg- 
Bay, Hecla Cove, Hinlopen Strait). 
Extra Europam: in Groenlandia (Parıy!; „vulg. a latit. 69° 
usque 82° 27“ [Hart]), in „ins. Melville* (R. Br.), ad Wahsatsh 
Mts. in Utah |. Jones; Rocky Mts. 
Obs. 1. In alpibus Scandinaviae indaganda; fortasse etiam „F. ovina v. 
violacea® nonnullorum autorum rossicorum huc spectat. 
2. F. alpinae Sut. valde affinis, sed glumarıum indole satis diversa. 
Spee. 2. F. HYSTRIX Boiss. 
Humilis (8—20 cm alta). Culmi tenues, uninodes, nodo supra- 
basilari, occulto, superne angulati, laeves. Innovationes confertissime 
foliati, eurvato-adscendentes. Vaginae foliorum innovationum omnino 
integrae, absque sulco, teretes, laeves, ö-nerves, tenuissimae, sub- 
argenteo-hyalinae, citissime marescentes nervosque dimittentes, 
ideoque demum parce fibrosae, laminas emortuas retinentes. Ligulae 
longiuscule biauriculatae, aurieulis acutiusculis v. obtusiuseulis. 
Laminae brevissimae (1—2 em 1g.). setaceae v. subjunceae (0,6— 
0,7 mm diam.) rigidae, curvulae, a basi ultra medium usque compli- 
catae (vivae semiapertae?), parte superiore sensim esxplanatae, sub 
apice obtusiusculo v. acutiusculo abrupte acuminato ommino 
planae (etiam in sicco!) ibique marginibus scabrae, ceterum laeves, 
glaucae, non pruinosae, a dorso compressae, semper B-nerves, intus 
unicostatae, costa elevata, sub epidermide inferiore stratis sclerenchy 
maticis 3—4 continuis instructae (T. IL, f. 11). Panicula minima 
(1—2 cm Ig.) densissima, linearis, simplieissima (ramis imis raro 
bispieulatis, religuis semper unispiculatis), rhachi scabra, stricta. 
Spiculae brevissime pedicellatae, lanceolatae, 3—5-flores, majores 
(7 mm I1g.). Glumae steriles imaequales, acutae, sordide violas- 
centes, IId42 lanceolata, ad mediam IV ,„ pertinens, fertiles 4 mm I1g., 
