^ GRAMINE.E Ventmata. 



Hab. in Cedreto Libani supra Hadet (Septembri fructiferam legit cl. 

 Blanche I). 



rnlmi nedales, panicula paucispiculata 4-5-pollicaris, spiculse raagnitudinis 

 f: rfuAt^s Species in genere ob llosculum fertilem spiculae unicum arista- 

 tura anomala, sed a Ventenatd non sejungenda. 



Sect. II. GAUDINOPSIS.— Spiculse breviter pedicellatse spicatae. 



4. V. macra (Stev. in M. B. Taur. Gauc. I, p. 77 sub Avend) 

 annua, culmis mediocribus erectis vel inferne geniculatis, foliis 

 ant^uste convolutis brevibus rigidulis erecto-patulis, ligula lanceolata 

 lacera, spiculis oblODgo-linearibus pedicellis strictis eis sequilongis 

 vel brevioribus suffultis, glumis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis pariim 

 insequalibus glabris exteriori uninervi superiore trinervi, glumella 

 floris inferioris mutica oblongo-lanceolala acuta glumae superiori si- 

 mili,glumelIisilorum superiorumcalli basi excepta glabris apice bre- 

 vissime bidentatissupramedium dorsumarista conlorta eis sesqui vel 

 duplo iongiore obsitis 0. V. macra Bal. Sched. — Bromiis Hohena- 

 ckeri Ilochst. in Sched. Hoh. — Avena Georgica Boiss. Mss. olim. 



Hab. in siccis.Phrygia in quercetis prope Ouchak 3000' fBal.13351), Elraalu 

 Lyciae In agris incultis (Bourg. 267 !), Cappadocia ad radices montis Alidagh 

 (Bal!), regio montana TauriCilicici (Bal. 7571), Mesopdtamia ad Orfa et in 

 deserto Chabur (Haussk!), Tauria meridionalis (Stev.), Sonchetia (Szov.), 

 Georgia et prov. Kerabagh (Hoh. sub Avend fragilH). 



5. V. quercetorum (Boiss. et Bal. Diagn. Ser. II, 4, p. 130) 

 annua, culmis pumilis inferne geniculatis, foliis brevibus angustis 

 demum convolutis, ligula lanceolala lacera, spiculis ovatis compres- 

 sis pedicellis incrassatis strictis eis brevioribus suffultis, glumis sub- 

 inaequalibus flosculis brevioribus carina scabridis inferiori uninervi 

 superiore trinervi, gLumella floris inferioris glabraacuta mutica glu- 

 rais simili, flosculorum superiorum glumella dorso ad medium usque 

 adpresse relutina apice biseta dorso mediu arista geniculata flosculo 

 triplo iongiore inslructa O. 



Hab. copiose in quercetis prope Bulghas Kioi Phrygioe 3000' (Bal!). 



Planta semipedalis. Species a V. macrd valde afflni glumeM flosculorura 

 superiorum inlerne velutina nec glabra, apice biseta nec breviter bidentatsi 

 tantum distincta. An hujus varietas ? 



AVENA L. Gen. 91 (ex parte) 



Spiculffi a latcre compressae vel teretiusculae, 2-3 vel pluriflorfe, 

 flosculis liermaphroditis supremo sfcpius sterili, superioribus saltem 

 slipitatis cum racliidc arliculatis. GlumcB concava carinatse. Glumella 

 niajor concava plus minus coriacea et semen deraum involvens, 

 apice bilida vel bicuspidata dorso stepius aristala, arista geniculata 



