gij2 (JRAMiNE-iE Nardus. 



SuBTR. II. Lepture^ B"*. — Spiculae ad iiodos solitirise 1 vel 2-flor3& 

 in axeos excavationibus iuclusae. Spica tenuis. 



NARDIS (L. Geo. 69). 



SpicuUe secus spicce rachidem excavatam solitariae sessiles alternsB 

 sed unilateralcs unifllorte basi denticulo glumae vices agente e rachide 

 orto suffiiltae. Giumae nuilse Glumella lineari-subulata cariiiata subu- 

 lato-acuminata trinervia paleam breviorem bicarinatam glabram obtu- 

 sam ampleclens. Squamulae nullse. Stamina tria. Stylus unicus brevis.. 

 Sligma longissirauni pubescens. Caryopsis linearis trigona venlre 

 sulcafa stylo acuminata glabra libera. — Herba cespilosa perennis. 



l. N. stricta (L. Sp. 77^ perennis dense cespitosa, foliis glau- 

 cescenlibus rigidulis tenuibus convolutis subulatis radicalibus nume- 

 rosis, culmis tenuibus erectis folia vix superantibiis, spicd erecta 

 tenuissima laxa unilalerali, spiculis tenuibus violascentibus ereclis, 

 glumella scabrid^ asperiila longiuscule et tenuiter aristatS. %. Host. 

 Gram. II, tab. 4. — Rciib. Germ. fig. 450. 



Hab. in pratis siccis alpinis, Graecia in monte ffita Phtliiotidis 55()0'-6300 

 (Heldr!), mons Scardus Macedonise 28uO'-60aO' (Griseb. Orph!}, Oiympus 

 Bithvnus (Fritschl), mons Argaius Cappadociai 66U0' (Ball), Alpes Gaucasi 

 (M. B.}, Daghestanite 8U00'-9600' (Rupr!}, Guri» (Szov!}. 



Ar. Geogr. Europa fere tota iu borealibus campestris in austrulioribus mon- 

 tana et alpina, Groelaudia. 



PSILURUS (friu. Fund. I, 73). 



Spiculre solitariffi (rarissime bin£e) in rachidis excavalionibus nidu- 

 lantes biflor» flosculo altero sessili hermaphrodilo, allero pedicellala 

 pleruniqueabortivo Glunia unica Iriangularis ad spicuke basinexter- 

 namsita ed multobrevior. Glumellaetpalea dorso rachidemspeclanles 

 illa uiiinervis aiiguste lanceolala subulato-aristata paleam binervem 

 bicariiialam ciliolatam involvens. Squamuiae binae in«qualiter bilidtfi. 

 Siarnen unicum, Stigmata bina siibsessilia plumosa lateraliter supra 

 basin floris emergentia. Caryopsis linearis trigona externe carinata 

 hilo lineari notala glabra glumellis adhaerens. — Herba annua. 



1. P. nardoides (Trin. I.cit.) annuus cespitosus. cuimis tenuis- 

 simis in spirara tenuissimam elongatain remote spiculig . ...li abeunti- 

 bus, spiculis lineari-subulatis in rachidis articulatioribus occuitatis, 

 gluma brevi dentiformi, glumella in aristam reclam a^quilongam vel 

 longiorem abeunte O- Rchb. Germ. flg. 2-21. - Mrdiis aristata K 



