550 GRAMiNEiE Ai-rkenatherum. 



flores sequaiis. Glumella concava apice bidentata vel 2-4 fidain flore 

 inferiore prope basin aristala arisla elongata inferne tortili, in flore 

 hermaphrodito infra apicem arista recta instructa rarius mutica. 

 l^aiea minor bicarinata bifida. Squamulse binae glabrae lanceolato- 

 lineares integree vel dente laterali auctae. Stamina tria. Stigmata bina 

 sessilia terminalia plumosa supra basin floris iateraliter emergentia. 

 Caryopsis oblonga teretiuscula pubescens macula hilari lineari ad 

 medium notata glumellis tecta sed libera. — Ilerbae spiculis in pani- 

 culas laxas aiigustas dispositis. 



1. A. elatius (L. Sp, 117 sub Avend) percnnis, radice fibrosa, 

 culmis elatis, radicis collo tuberculis 2-3 superpositis (iriternodiis 

 inferioribus abbreviatis et incrassalis) interdum obsito, foliis elonga- 

 tis linearibus planis longe acuminatis, ligula brevi ciliata, paniculse 

 elongati^ apice subnutanlis effusaj dein contractae subinterruptse 

 ramis brevibus asperis semiverlicillalis, glumis lanceolalis obtusius- 

 culis carina scabris, glumella apice breviter bidentata, arisla floris 

 inierioris infra medium inserta glnmam superiorem longe superanle, 

 floris supcrioris arista brevi 2|. A. elatius Mert. el Koch Deutsch. 

 Fl. I, 546 — A. avemiceum P. de B. Rchb. Germ. lab. 98. — Aoena 

 hulhosa W. (forma collo tuberifero). — Avena precatoria Thuill. 



Hab. in pralis pracsertim montanis et alpinis, Grcecia in montibus Ghelmos 

 Hymetto, Parnasso (Orph !). CEla et Delphi Eubeai 40O0'-6.3OJ (Heldr !), Mace- 

 douia in Atlionc (Pichl !j et in pratismaritimis Bithyniae (Griseb !), Olympus 

 (Siljtli.), Cyj)ri montes (Ky!', Caucasus et TranscaucasiiR montes 2400', ditio 

 Talyscli od()0" etinsula Sara (C. A. M.), montes Avroinan et Schahu Kurdis- 

 tania^ (Haussk I). 



/3 Palestinum. — Spicula minorcs, flosculi superiori glumella non 

 inrenie tantum sed ad - 3 Io?igiludinis longe et adpresse hirsuta. — 

 A Palestinum Boiss, Diagn. Ser. I, 13, p. 51. 



Hab. in montibus Rliodi (Bourg!), Lycia) (Bourg !), monte Bulghasdagh 

 Phrygii>3 (Bal!), Liljano (Bl !), Palestina (Boiss! Barbey !), ^hBsopotamia inter 

 Bir et Orfa (Haussic!). 



Ar. Gaogr. Enropa tota regioae arclicA excepta. 



2. A. Kotschyi(Boiss. Diagii. Ser. I, 7. p.12 2) perennis, radicis 

 fibrosce collo tuberculis rolundis superimj)Ositis s.epe aucto, foliis 

 linearibus acumiiiatis j)lanis fasciculnrum sterilium anguslissimis, 

 ligiila brevi truncata, paiiiciilie subsecundjc ramis pedicellisque cer- 

 nuis, ghimis lanceolalis acuiis ncrvo excurrentc aristulalis, glumella 

 jnferiore floris masculi basi et superne secus niarginem longe j)iIosa 

 apLce longc bisela selis bilidis ad l)asin ipsam arista ea triplo longiore 

 ()l)sila, gliimella floris Iiermaphroditi longe et deiise liirsula apice 

 biseta paiilo supra mediiim arista recta tenui aequilonga obsila %. 

 Jaub. ct Sp. III. Orl, 198. 



Hab. in ^lareosis el rupe>trilju3 umbrosis ad Persepohn Persia^ (Ky. 272 f 

 c- 287 !j. iij graminosis montis Pir Omar Gudrnn ICurdistaniie Persica^ 



