150 
diam paleam aequantes v. superantes. ÜOvarium vertice sulcatum, 
suleo in latera decurrente. 
F. elatior L. sp. pl. ed. 2. p. 111 (1762). Cfr. Richter, Codex Linn. 
97 
ed... n. 627. 
Subsp. I. pratensis. 
Vaginae laeves, emarcidae cito in fibras fuscas irregulares 
solutae. Laminae flaccidae, subtus plerumque laeves, supra 
scabrae, longissime acutatae, ipso apice acutae v. obtusiusculae, 
basi rarius auriculatae, superne depresso-costatae, costis distantibus 
dupliei v. tripliei magnitudine. Faseieuli selerenchymaticei superiores 
omnibus, inferiores non nisi nervis primariis correspondentes (cfr. 
T. IV. f£. 15). Panicula 10—20 cm Ig., composita v. subsimplex, 
oblonga v. lineari-oblonga v. linearis, anthesi patula, ramis infimis 
geminis, ramo primario paniculä dimidiä breviore, spieulas 4—6 
(raro minus), secundario I—8 (rarissime 4) gerente; ramificationes 
ad summum tertianae. Spieulae lanceolatae v. lineari - lanceo- 
latae v. lineari - oblongae, parum compressae, lasiuscule 3—13- 
(saepius 7—8-) florae, 9—11 mm Ig., pallentes v. varie- 
gatae. Gluma I22 subulato -lanceolata, /@@ oblongo-lanceolata v. 
obovato-lanceolata, acutiuscula v. obtusa ad !!;—!/s IV“ pertinens, 
utraque late scarioso -marginata; glumae fertiles lanceolatae v. 
oblongo-lanceolatae, obsolete costatae. (Caryopsis obovato-oblonga. 
(7.31: 10), 
Var. 1. genuina. Culmi 30--70 cm alti; folia 10—30 em Ig., 
3—D mm lat., obscure viridia. Panicula erecta v. apice subnutans, 
rhachi scabra v. inferne sablaevi. Spiculae 10 mm Ig., rhachilla 
laevi v. laeviuscula. Gluma Il plerumque obtusa v. obtusiuscula 
v. apice rotundata; glumae fertiles 6 mm 1lg., plerumque obovato- 
lanceolatae, breviter acutatae, acutiusculae v. obtusiusculae, laeves 
v. punctatae, apice scarioso integrae, muticae. 
Subvar. «. Zypica. Panicula oblonga, ramis geminis infimo 
primario 4—6, secundario 1—3 spiculas gerente. 
F. elatior L. Sp. pl. ed. I. p. 75 (1753)... Fl. :suec. ed. 2. p. 32. — 
F. pratensis Huds. Fl. angl. ed. 1. p. 37 (1762). — F. heteromalla Pourr. 
Act. Toul. III. 319 (1784) ex Timb. - Lagr. (?). — Bromnus elatior. Koel. 
Deser. Gram. 214 et Poa curvata id. l. e. 207 (1802). — Schenodorus 
pratensis R. & Sch. Syst. II. 698 (1817). — Bromus pratensis Spreng. 
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