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GRAMINEiE. 



54. Alopecurus alimnus, spica ovata, arista periaiitliii 

 glumam sericeam lateribus villosissimis subocquantc, vagina 

 suprema ventricosa folio siio piano lanceolato triplo loiigiore. 



Alopecurus alpiiius, Smith hrit. ^,jj. 138G. E/i(/l. hot. 



112G. Hooker scot. p. 22. lloevi. et ScJud. sj/st. 2, p. 272. 



Br. in Boss voy. ^ecl 2, v. 2, p. 191. (J/ite, p. 177.) 



Hooker in Scoresbys (/reenl. 410. Bichardson in Franklin 's 



joicrn. pi. 731. 



Alopecurus ovatus, Knapp (/ram. hrit. 15. Hornem. in 

 Flor. Dan. 1565. 



Alopecurus antarcticus, Giesecke ^ reenl. in Brewster s 

 edin. encyclop. 



Ohs. Species (quam primus in Scotiae monte Loch ny 

 Gaar anno 1794 legi) variat culmo, qui ssepius adscendens, 

 erecto, spica oblongo-cylindracea, arista nunc gluma duplo 

 longiore, rarius nulla. 



A. antarcticus, VaU symh. 2, p. 18. Willden. sp. pjl. 1, 

 p. 357, ab. A. alpino diftert spica saspius cylindracea, arista 

 glumam bis superante, folio supremo lineari apice attenuato 

 vaginam suam superante v. aequante. 



A. pratensis L. distinguitur spica cylindracea, glumis 

 acutis latere tantum villosiusculis, arista glumis duplo 

 longiore, vagina suprema laxiuscule cylindracea folium suum 

 lineare multoties superante. 



PHIPPSIA. [cclxxxv 



Phippsia (subgenus Vilfae) Trinins in Spreny. neue ent- 

 deck. 2, p. 37. 



Char. Gen. Gluma uniflora, abbreviata, inaequivalvis. 

 Perianihium muticum, obtusum, imbcrbc ; valvula si/pe- 

 riore nervis sursum divergcntibus. Lodiculce 2. Stam. 

 1-3. Sliymata 2, sessilia. Caryojms libera, teres, exsulca. 



Gramcn pusUlum, aqi/aticfnn v. in innndaiis nascens. 

 Culmi hasi divisi. Folia plana ; vagina inteyra, ipso apice 



