2^ N A R D U s. A E G P G ^. Botanique. 



Faginae imbricatae, pollicares, angustae, saepe amethystinae, arctum den- 

 sumque caespitem formantes. 



Lisula folioi'um inferiorum vix uUa, folii supremi menibranacea, circiter 

 semilinealis, acutiuscula. 



Folia setacea, striata, plurima, ubi vaginas linquunt saepe horizontali -in- 

 curva, pi. min. 3 - poUicariaj deoi'sum asperiuscula. 



Racemus terminalis, simplicissimus, erectus, laxns, iVi — 2 — siib 3-polli- 

 caris. Axis communis continuus, dorso convexus, fronte concavus et 

 linea longitudinali' divisas^ alternatini squamulam minimam obtusiuscu- 

 lam emittens, qua, câlycis loco, suffulta exit spicula lanceolato -lincaris, 

 sossilis, 4-linealis, plerumque amelhystiiio-fusccscens, 2-vaIvis: Vcdvula 

 inferior cliartacea, aciiminalissima, convoluta, obscure 3-nervis, basi intus 

 brevi-pilosula, margine et siiperne bispida; superior involula, obtusa. 

 paullo brevior, linearis, dissiliuscule 2 -nervis. 



Lodicula nulla. 



Stam. 5. Aiitherae lineares. 



Ovarium lineari-oblongum, glabrum. Slrlus 1, longus, pubcscens. 



Frnc/us lineari-oblongus, dc-pressiusculus, liber I. leviter adnatus, cbcrbis, 

 dorso coniplanatus 1. leviter excavatus, scutello suo fere V* longior. 



1) Nardus stricta L sp. pi. éd. 1. RetS. II. p. 263. Kth. agr. synopt. p. 460. 

 Lapp. Angl. Petrop. Germ. Gall. Cors. Cauc. Pers. 



2. Aegopogon fFilld. 



Racemus. Spiculae binae 1. ternae : una hermapbrodita, reliquae 

 niasculae 1. neutrae. Glumae 1 -nerves , valvulis dimidio breviores. 

 Vah'ula inferior S-nervis^ ex apice plerumque bifido 1 — 3-setifera. 



