26 ALOPECVRUS. Botaniqne. 



valvulam aeqiiante; Stylis totis connatls; Radice lighosa . crnssa, 

 fibrosa ; (Foliis planis.) 

 Phleum Gerardi AU. Pedem. n. 2135. 



capitatum Scop. Garn. 2, n. 79- 



Alopecurus [Colobachnc) Gerardi Tr. ic gr. I. tb. 1. 

 Alp. Delph. M^ Cenis. Pyi-en. Olymp. 



Radix e rhizoniate crasso, lignoso, pollicem dimidium — pollices 2 

 longo, fibrae breves, ^. Cuhnus semipedalis — pedalis aut paullo lon- 

 £;ior, nodis 2 — 3, glabris, ad intimum geniculatus, glaber, demum sub 

 thyrso longe nudus. Vaginae internodio pl. min. breviores, glabrae, 

 suprema superne valde inflata. Ligula brevissima, truncata. Folia plana, 

 margine aspera: radicalia 1 — 2-pollicaria, circiter lineam lata, culmea 

 ])oI!icai'ia et breviora, lineas 1 — 2 lata, pl. min. obtusiuscula, supre- 

 nium angustius et brevius. Thyrsus ovalis I. subrotundo-oblongus, 

 densus, ev dilute viridi-albo et quandoque purpureo varius. Axis an- 

 gulatus, radiis brevissimis, subdivisis in pedicellus claviformes, brevis- 

 simos, glabros. Spicidae bblongae, compressae, lineas 2 longae. Glumae 

 subaequales (inferior nonnihil brevior), undique albo-hirsutae, 3-ner- 

 viae, nervis apice confluentibus in subulam ex albo flaventem, gluma 

 p!us duplo breviorem. Valvula inferior membranacea, obHque trun- 

 cata et subcrenulata, 5-nervis, nervis viridibus, infra medium emittens 

 Aristam, nunc brevissimam, nunc valvulam aequantem, nunc plane 

 nullam. Valv. superior , si adest, angustissima , acutissima, 1-costata, 

 inferiori aequilonga. Antherae lincares, flavae. Fructus oblongus, dorso 

 convexus, stylo coronatus. 



13) Alopecurus vaginatus Pall\ n. act. Pelrop. 10. p. 304. Thvrso oi'ato, 

 unguiculato:, Glumis 2-linealibus, liberis, undique hirsutis, subulatis: 

 subula ipsis plus duplo breviori: \alvida inferiore oblique trun- 



