592 GRAMiNE^ Briza. 



M. caricina (Urv. Enum. p. 7) foliis longis scabris strictis aculius- 

 culis, supremo paniculam elongalam coerulescentem vaginante,glumis 

 acutis glabris inermibus. 



Hab. ia pascuis Tauriie ad littora Bosphori Cimmeriani freqaans (Urv.). 



Facies Seslerice, prob. nou Melicce species. 



BR1Z\ (L. Gen. 84). 



Spiculae pluriflorae a latere compressse ovato-orbiculares flosculis 

 hermaphroditis dense imbricatis. Glumse binae membranaceye sub- 

 aequales concavse dorso rotundatse orbiculatae muticae flosculis bre- 

 viores. Glumella late ovata compresso-concava plurinervia basi cor- 

 dala mutica, palea multo minor bicarinata obtusa. Squamulae binae 

 ovato-buiceolaUe integrae vel lateraliler lobulatae. Stamina tria. Styli 

 2 terminales breves, stigmata plumosa ad medium floris emergentia. 

 Caryopsis glabra obovato-orbiculata glumella et palea obtecta, huic 

 adnata vel libera. — Herbae annuse vel perennes spiculis paniculatis. 



1. B. media (L. Sp. 103) perennis, radice fibrosa stolonifera, 

 culmis gracilibus erectis saepe geniculatis, foliis brevibus planis 

 linearibus acufninatis, ligula brevissiraa truncata, panicula? erectae 

 compositcc ramis pedicellisque capillaribus , demum horizontaliter 

 patentibus, spiculis ovato-orbiculalis 5-9-floris, glumella cordata 

 dorsoconvexa,caryopside inter glumellam et paleam libera hilo lineari- 

 oblongo 3i. Host Gram. -2, tab. 29. — Rchb.Germ. fig. 4-29. 



Hab. in pratis pra^sertim alpiniset mont3nis,montes Macedonise et Thracise 

 3800'-4600' (Griseb! ), Anatolia borealis (Tchih!), Armenise Turcicae mons 

 Techdagh (Huet !), Pontus Lazicus supra Djimil 8200' (Bal!), Gaucasus et 

 Transcaucasia (Ledeb, Radde!). 



Ar. Geogr. Europa media et australis a Scandinavia et Rossi^ ad Hispa- 

 niam et Italiam centrales, Sibiria. 



2. B elatior (Sibth. et Sm. Fl. Grac. I, p. 59, tab. 7i5) perennis, 

 rhizomate obliquo fibras et stolones abbreviatos edente, culmis elatis 

 validis, foliis late linearibus acuminatis, ligula brevi truncata den- 

 tata, paniculae erectae compositae ramis pediceliisque filiformibus erec- 

 tis strictis, spiculis orbiculatis 9-12-floris, glumelta cordata ad dorsi 

 basin gibba, caryopside inter glumellam et paleam libera %. B. me- 

 dia var. irachijclada Panc. Sched. — B. vireris Trin. non L 



Hab. in pratis insula^ Tassos Macedonire (Griseb !), montium Korthiati et 

 Atho.s(Sibth.,Auch. 2!>20! Ornh!), Bvzantii (Auch. 2918! Noe72S!), Ponti 

 prope Sanisun (Tchih!), Ponti Lazici ad Khabackar (Bal. 6000'», Abchasise 

 (Nordni,), Guria? (Szov!j, ditionis Talysch ad Lenkoran (Hoh!), Daghestaniae 

 ad Gunib(Rupr!). v ^, b 



Affinis /?. mcdife cujus forsan varietas, robustior, folia latiora, paniculae 

 rami slricti nec patentes, spiculaj majores et plurillorie, glumella inferior 

 dorso evidenter gibba. 



