g22 GRAMINE.E Festicca. 



Sect II. BOVIN/E (Fries, Hackel). — Vaginse basi non incrassalse. 

 Ligula3 truncalte exauriculalse sed vaginae os Sccpe iu 

 auriculas falciformes prolractura. Foliorum lamincestT3pius 

 plan.T. vernatione convolulae, glumella superne scariosa 

 fructifera valde involuta. T^iryopsis venlre late canalicu- 

 jata glumelise et palese arcte adhserens macula hilari 

 lineari aequilonga notata. 



5. F elatior (L. Sp. Ed. II, p. III, sensu ampl.) cespitosa, sur- 

 culis plerumque extravaginalibus basi curvatis inlerdum breviter 

 repenlibus oligophyllis, culmis elalis terelibus, vaginis glabris ad 

 basin usque tissis, ligula brevissima truncato-lacera, laminis confor- 

 mibus lineari-lanceolalis planis siccatione subconvolutis longe acuta- 

 tismullinerviis superne scabris mullicostatis, panicula composila vel 

 simplici, spiculis oblongis vel ellipticis, glumis subinsequalibus, glu- 

 mella mutica vel breviter arislata. 



i. p ra ten s i s Hackel. — Vaginse emarcidse cito in fibras 

 fuscas solulae. I amin» flaccidfe raroauriculatse. Fasciculi scler. supe- 

 riores omnes nervis omnibus inferiores autem nonnisi nervis primariis 

 correspondentes.Paniculasubsimplexvel parum compositaoblonga vel 

 hnearis sub anthcsi patula ramis infcrioribus geminis paucispiculalis, 

 spiculis lanceolatisvel lineari-lanceolatis laxiuscule 7-8-lloris. Caryop- 

 sis obovalo-oblonga. — F. pratensis Huds. Rchb. Germ. lig. 330. 



Hab. in pratis prsesertim montanis, Attica in Pentelico (Heldr!), Macedonia 

 in Scardo (Grieeb.), Pontus Lazicus ad Djimil (Bal !), Caucasus et Transcau- 

 casia (M. B. Becker!), Persiae borealis mons Demawend (Ky!). 



p. simplex. — Panicula spiciformis simplex ramulis brevissiniis 

 strictis monostachyis subsolitariis. — F. simpkx Boiss. et Bal. 

 Diagn. Ser. II, 4, p. 138. 



Hab. in planilie Takirjaila montis Argsei Cappadocioe 6000' (Bal !). 



2. arundinacea Hackel. — Vagin» emarcidse inlegrse vel 

 subfibrosa?. Laminae duriusculse basi auriculatse. Fasc. scler. omnes 

 inferiores et .superiores nervis omnibus correspondentes Pariicula 

 composita ramis inferioribus ramulosis plurispiculatis. Spiculae ellip- 

 licae 4-5-flora3. Caryopsis oblonga. — F. elatior var. /3. L. — F. arun- 

 dinacea Schrel). Ic. — Host Gram.Austr. t. 8. — Rchb.Germ. fig. 334. 



Hab in rivulos sKpius montanos et alpinos, prope Byzantiuiu (Cast !), Ana- 

 tolia(Tchib !), Cataonite mons Berytdagh 8000' (Haussk!), Libanus et Anti- 

 libauus (Gaill! Post.),mons Sawers Persia^ australis 8000' (Haussk!). 



/3. Fenas Hackel. — Foliorum laminse saepius abbrevialie glauces- 

 centes exsiccatione arcliusconvolutae. Fasciculi scler. oi ,.. cum ner- 

 vis confluentes. Panicula striclissima linearis. — F. Fenas Lag. Gen. 

 p. 4. — F. arundinacea var. fjlaacescens Boiss, Voy. Esp. — F, 

 interrupta Gr. et Godr. an Desf ? 



