578 GRAMiNE.E Catttitosa. 



acuta, paiiiciil.-c hrevis ovalre coarclatae ramis geminis brevibus. spi- 

 culis billoris, gliiini.s gl.-ibris purpnreis oblongo-ianceoiatis acutins- 

 culis siiprriore sublongiore, glumella glumis sublongiore flavida 

 oblongo-lincari truncata denticulata undique sub lenle brevissime 

 puberula "^ . 



Hab. iii Annenia ad lacum Kupgol montis Ararat majoris (Radde). Vidi 

 speciui. iii lierb. cl. a Trautvetter. 



Semipedalis, val.le affinis C. Balansue ad quam forte transit, fasciculi folio- 

 rum va^anis luagis fibrosis arctius involui;rati, folia angustiora, pauicula 

 depau[)erala ramis brevibus strictisnec erecto-patulis, spiculae bi nec triflorae, 

 gluma^ acutiores, glumella brevius hirta. 



6. G. humilis (M. B. Taur. Cauc. I, p. 57 sub Aird) radice 

 fibrosa, ciilmis Immilibus basi nodoso-incrassatis et cum foliis radica- 

 libus vaginis demuni in fibras solutis involucratis, foliis lineari-seta- 

 cels siibconvolutis flexiiosis, ligula oblonga brevi, paniculae breviter 

 pyramidatj) ramis 2-4-nis capillaribus erecto-patulis, spirulis 2-3- 

 floris nilidis argyreis llosculis superioribus stipitatis, glumis oblongis 

 acutiusculis subtequilongis flosculis brevioribus superiore basi tri- 

 nervi, gluinella prseter basin herbaceam scariosa eroso-truncata eleva- 

 tim trinervi inferne ad nervos pubescenli ^. Catahrosa fwmilis 

 Trin. Fund. p. 136. — Colpodium bulbosum Trin. M6m. Petersb. II, 

 Ser. I, p. 394. — Colp. Steveni\{o\\. Talysch nou Trin. — Poa humi' 

 lis el Poa pnmila G. Koch Linn. XXI non Koch. — P. tristriata Stev. 

 Mem. iMosq III, p. 352? (ex descr. et loco). 



Hab. in pascuis, arenosis Iberiae 4000'-5400' (M. B , Hoh !), littore Gaspio 

 ad Baku et diti(^iie Talysch 6000' (G. A. Meyl), Persia prope Ispahan (Bge!). 



/3. Steveni. — Spiculse minores, glumse ovataj. — Colp. Catverti 

 Boiss. Diagn. Ser. II. 4, p. 133. 

 Hab. iu Armenia prope Erzerum (Galv !). 

 Ar. Geogr. Rossia austro-orientalis 



7. C. parviflora, radice fibrosa, culmis basi nodoso-incrassa- 

 tis, foliis radicalibus brevibus subsetaceis minute scabridis, culmeis 

 paucis sublalioribus, ligula oblonga, panicuIcB triangularis ramis 

 capillaribus 2 3-nis patenlibus, spiculis minutis bifloris, glumis ova- 

 tis subiii,'Equalibus flosculo lerlia parte brevioribus, glumella oblonga 

 oblusa subdenticulata glaberrima inferne pallide violacea obsolete 

 trinervi superne flavida '^ . Colp. parviflorum Boiss. et BuhseDiagn. 

 Ser. II, 4, p. 133. 



Hab. in monte Ssahend Persiae borealis 9000' (cl. Buhse !). 



Afiiuis C. humili a quft difFert spiculis minoribus, glumella glabri nec 

 1 \ferne pubescente ; hac not^ proxima C. violacece quse tamen distat spiculis 

 majoribus unifloris, glumis oblongo-lanceolatis. 



