Melica. gramineje 589 



linearibus acuminatis planis tandem subinvolulis, liguld oblonga, 

 panicuUe spiciformis cylindriCcT. a?qualis Stcpe lobulatjB ramis brevjs- 

 simis adprcssis, spiculis erecto-patentibus pallidis, spiculis 2-3-floris 

 inferiori unico lerlili, glumis membranaceis stramineis inferiore 

 oblongo-lanceolata apiculata, superiore longiore lanceolata acuminata, 

 gliiniella lanceolata aciita dorso glabra luberculato-scabra margine 

 {)ilis albo-luleseentibus ejus lalitudine longioribus a basi ad apicem 

 ciliata %. Siblh. Fl. Gr.nec. tab 70. — M. Magnolii Gr. et Godr. Fl. 

 Fr. 111, 550. 



Hab. in collibus et rupestribus apricis fere ubique, Griecia iu Hymetto et 

 regione inferiori Parnassi (Heldr !), rupes regionis inferioris Cretaj (t^aul!), 

 Macedonia (Friv!), Byzantiuni (Gast!), Bithynia et Paphlagonia (Wiedlj, 

 Smyrna! montes (Boiss!), montes Gappadocia^ (Bal !), Syria in Aiitilibano 

 (Gaiil!) et circa Aintalj (Hau.ssli!), Caucasus et Iberia (M 13. Hoh! Hausskl) 



/3. micrantha. — Spica angustior. Spiculae minores. Glumte minus 

 acuminala3. — M. micrantka Boiss. et Heldr. Diagn. Ser. I, 13, 

 p. 51 — M. Cretica var. major Heldr., Orpli. pl. Graec. exs 337. — 

 M. Tanrica G. Koch Linn. XXI, 395. — Polius forma quam varielas 

 recle definita. 



Hab. in saxosis regionis subalpinae et alpinae, Grajcia in monte Gbelmos, 

 (Orph !), Ivyllene, Gorax yEtoliae, iEnos Gephalonioe, Parnes, Delphi EubesB, 

 '(Eta et Parnassus in regione superiore (Heldr !), Sipylus Lydia (Bal !J, mon- 

 les Lyciae (Bourg. 2*3!), Taurus Cilicicus 4000' (Bal*!), Pontus Lazicus 6000' 

 (Bal!), Tauria (Rehm!), Caucasus orientalis (Beclcer !), Persiae borealis mons 

 Elbrus (Ky. 43-5 !) 



y. JSehrodensis Cosson Fl. Alg. — Minor, folia arcte involula 

 auguslissimi.Spicadepauperata laxiuscule subsecunda. Glunifemagis 

 acuminatcB scepe rubellce, glumellae pili nivei. — M. Nebrodensis 

 Parl. Fl. Palerm. I, p. 120. — M. Cretica Boiss. et Heldr. Diagn. 

 Ser. I, 13, p. 54. — M. laxijlora Boiss. et Bl. Mss. 



Hab. in rupestribus alpinis Cretae in monlibus Sphacioticis 7000' (Heldr!), 

 Libaiii ad Cedros (Boiss!), supra Dimam et Yamouny (Bl I), Ain Soghar et 

 Gebei Sannin (Post!), Gebel Kennisa (Sohweinf!), Antilibino supra Zeb- 

 dani (Ky !). 



(J. tomentella. — Folia plana demum plus minus involuta cum 

 vaginis breviter pubescenli-velutinacanescentia. Glumajovato-oblongae 

 i.cuttB. — M. BalanscB Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I. 4, p. 132 — M. Cappa- 

 doicca Boiss. Mss. — M. Boissieri Reuter Mss. 



Hab. in monte Bulghasdagh Phrygiye 3300' (Bal. 839 ! sub A/. dlialalf 

 collibus Armeniae supra Baibut (Bourg!). 



Inter formas supra enumeratas transitus manifesti observantur. Auctores 

 nonnulli species plures disiingnunt et ego prius nonnullas proposui, sed spe- 

 ciminum ex variis locis conferturum copiA characteres differentiales evanea- 

 cunt. 



Ar. Geogr. Europa omnis a Scandinavia meridionali ad Rossiam mediam 

 .et auslnilem, Sibiria Uraleusis et Altaica, Africa l)orealis, M:idera, Iiisuhe 

 Canarienses. 



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