5g8 GRAMiNE£ Melica . 



gis miicronulalis subaequalibus flosculos subaequanlibus, glumelia 

 oblongafipicescariosaoblusa dorso scabriuscula nervis 5 parum pro- 

 minuiis %. Ilost Gram. tab. 11. — Fl. Dan. lab. 1144. 



Hab. iii Rvlvaticis rnontanis, Attica in monte Parnes (Pichl !), mons Dirphys 

 Eubese (Hefdr!), Kyllene supra Flambourilza (Orphl), Macedonia iGriseb), 

 Byzantii (Post!), Pontus australis (Tchihl), Poiitus Lazicus snpra Trapezun- 

 tum (Bourg!) et intra Khabackar rBall), Transcaucasia (Led), ditio Talysch 

 (Hoh). {'ersia boreali-orientalis ad Siaret (Bgel). 



Ar. Geogr. Earopa fere omnis a Scandinavia australi et RossiA mediA ad 

 Hispaiiiam mediam, Italiam, Dalmatiam, regionern Danubialem. 



7. M. rectiflora (Boiss. et Heldr.in Heldr. exs. 1847. — Diagn. 

 Ser. L 13, p. 56) cespilosa caadiculis induraiis ramosis ascendenti- 

 biis, culmis ereclis rigidulis foliosis.foliis planis linearibus attenuato- 

 acuminatis slrictis margine remote scabridis, ligula brevissimii mar- 

 giniformi in appendicem ovatam oppositifoliam producti, panicuia 

 erecta racemiformi laxa subsimplici pedicellis striclis inferioribus 

 l-!2-spiculalis brevissimis spiculis superioribus subsessiiibus, floscu- 

 lis binis supcriore neutro pyriformi longe pedicellato, glumis strami- 

 neis oblongis mucronatis subaequalibus flosculum sequantibus, glu- 

 mella elliptic^ obtusS dorso laevi elevalim plurinervi i, 



Hab. in Creta a-i rupes, faux Hagio Rumeli ditionis Sphakia (Heldr !), ad 

 promontorium Maleka (Raull). 



Gulmi 8-12-pollicares, foliorum lamina 3-4-pollicaris, racemus 1-2-polli- 

 caris. Affinis M. unifloroB differt ligulai forma, spiculis subsessilibus fere dimi- 

 dio minoribus, glumelld multinervi. 



8. M. altlsslma (L. Sp. 98) rhizomate repente, culmis valde 

 elatis crassis terelibus foliosis. foliis planis latc linearibus glabris 

 longe acumiiialis, ligul^ ovato-oblongd lacera, paiiicu!?^ racemiformis 

 eloiigaUe inferne interruptae ramis brevissimis capiliuribus striclis a 

 basi spiculiferis, spicis congestis securidis breviter pedicellatis cer- 

 nuis, flosculis 2-3 superiore sterili, ghimis amplis membranaceis 

 albis suhaBqualibus ovato-elliplicis obtusiusculis flosculos subtequan- 

 libus eisque latioribus, glumelia oblongo-lanceolala herbaced dorso 

 scabra et elevatim multinervi superiie longe scariosa aculiuscula 

 sa^pe mucronulaia paleam valde superante %. Host bram tab. 9. 

 -- Rchb Germ. lig, 439 et 440. — M. Sibirica Lam. III. N° 955. 



^ Hab. in dumosis humidis, sepibus Ponli Lazici ad Zylzyi Khan 9000' (Ky. 

 bappl. 5-iOl), Gaucaso occidentali et monte Beschtau 120O'-aJ4O0' (G A.Meyl). 



Ar. Geogr. Hungaria, Transylvania, Gallicia, Rossia media et australis, 

 Sibina Uralensis et Altaica, Turkestania. 



* Glumella margine tantum vel totavillosa. 



0. M. cillata (L. Sp. p. 97) rhizamate repente, ciilmis fasciculatis 

 erectis elongaiis fere totJ\ longitudine stricte folialis. foliis tirmis 



