Danthonia. gramine^ 551 



3-5000' CHaussk!), in saxosis ad Nudaja Antilibani supra Zebdani 5000' (Ky. 

 ■exs. 3 sub A. Palestino) 



A varietate p prsecedentis spiculis fere duplo majoribus, glumellis apice 

 longe 2-4-setis, arista Horis masouli basilari, utr^que longiore et validiore 

 distinctum . 



OAMHOMA (D. C. Fl. Fr. III, p. 32). 



Spicnlse distiche 2-5 -flora3 a lalere siibcompressa3 floribiis herma- 

 phroditis siipremo sterili. Rachis articiilata callis barbalis. Glumoe 

 subaequales concava3 flores pequanles vel superantes.Glnmella concava 

 multinervis apice bifida et inter dentes arista elongala inferne com- 

 planala et tortili aucta, palea bicarinata. Squamula^ bin.T carnosulffi. 

 Styli duo breves, stigmata plumosa lateraliter emergentia. Caryopsis 

 obovato-oblonga glabra ventre planiuscula dorso convexa macula 

 lineari vel lineari-oblonga. — Herbje spiculis in paniculam racemo- 

 sam vel spicatam dispositis, 



1. D. Provincialis (D. C. Fl. Fr. III, p. 33) perennis cespitosa 

 glabra, culmis gracilibus erectis, foliis anguste linearibus acuminatis 

 margfne asperis, ligula ciliata, paniculjfi spiciformis subsimplicis 3-6- 

 spiculatae pedicellis brevibus strictis, spiculis distiche 4-5-flons, glu- 

 mis chartaceis lale lanceolatis longe attenuato-acuminatis flosculos 

 longe superantibus carina asperis caeterum glabris, glumella subco- 

 riacea ad callum basilarem et margines longe ciliata apice longe 

 biarislulata, arista terminali basi complanata et spiraliter torla flos- 

 culo duplo longiore %. Nees Gen. Germ. Ic. — Rchb. Germ. 

 fig. 220. — Avena calijcina Vill. Dauph. II, p. 148, tab. 2. 



Hab. in graminosis alpinis, mons Atbos Maeedonia3 prope Panagia 4500' 

 (Griseb.). 



Ar. Geogr. Hispania australis, Gallia, Helvetia et Germania australes, 

 Italia borealis, Dalmatia, regio Danubialis, Serbia. 



2. D. Forskahlei (Vahl Symb. II, 25, sub Avend) perennis 

 tota velutina, rhizomate cespitoso indurato longe flbrifero, culmis 

 basi procumbenlibus et sa^pe ramosis ascendenli-diffusis, foliis bre- 

 vibus latiuscule linearibus acuminatis rigidulis inferioribus congcstis, 

 ligula piloso-annulari, vagina suprema dilatata paniculam involu- 

 crante, panicula; contractfc spiciformis oblongo-linearis ramis slrictis 

 brevissimis infimis plurispiculatis, spiculis trifloris, glumis pluriner- 

 viis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis velutinis flosculos superantibus, 

 glumclla subcoriacea plurinervi dorso longe barbatA in callum 

 subulatum basi attenuata, arisla recliuscula glumellam mquante cjus 

 laciniis duplo longiore %. Ic. Del. Eg. tab. 12,fig. 1. — Danth. Fors- 

 kahki Trin. Gram. t. 49. — Avena Pensylvanica Forsk. 23. 



