^O S T I P A. Botanique. 



res, aut casdem acquantes, dcorsum srahriusculi. Spiculae 7 — 5j linca- 

 les. Gliimae liiioarcs, angustac, acf[iiilatac, mcnihranaccac, apice ob- 

 tuso crosulae, 3 ncrvcs (supcrnc intcrdum 5-ncrvcs), infcriore paullo 

 (linea 1 — 2) majore, Jipicem versus ncrvo mcdio scahriuscula. Valvu- 

 lae acquales 1. rarius superior paullo hrevior, insidcntcs stipiti obconi- 

 co, ipsis fere duas tertias partcs brcviori, ima basi glabro, dein circum- 

 circa flavcscenti - barbato ; injerior rugosula, pubescens, apice nuda: su- 

 perior glahra, acutiuscula, binervis. Lodiculae sqq. 3. Stam. 3; antherae 

 lineari-oblongac. Caryopsis tcrcs, brunnca, scutcllo suo dccies longior. 



A Stipa rudi inprimis dillcrt allitudinc ct spicidarum dcin fuscartim 



longitndinc, nodis glabris ct panicula longc cxscrta. 



31. Stipa pubinodis n. Paniculac contortae radiis plurihus, hrcvioribus non 



longe a basi — , longiorihus circitcr a mcdio florifcris; glumis 



acutissimis, inacqualibus, infcriorc valvula 6 lineali, marginibus ail 



upicem usquc brevissimc pilosula subduplo — , superiorc fcrc (|uar- 



tani partcm longiori; arista persistcnte, flexuosa, medio rccurva, 



infra geniculum brei'issime pubescente, 3 pollicari: antbtris midis. 



Tcrra Van Dicmcn. (Hookcrl) 



Culmus 2j pcdalis, simplex, ercctus, glabcrrimus: nodis 3, albo-pu- 

 bescentibus. Vaginae infcriorcs pilosulo-scabriusculac, nodis pl. min. hrc- 

 viores, supi'cma paniculam hasi involucrans, glahra. Ligulae infcrlorcs 

 vix linealcs, rotundato-o])tusac, suprcma brcvior, apicc fimbriata. Fo/iu 

 involuto - filiformia , inferiora pl. min. pcdalia, scabra, supremum gla- 

 brum, 5 — 6 pollicare. Panicula 7 — 10 poUicaris, aristis contorta, 

 contractiuscula, basi vagina suprema involucrata. Jxis communis sca- 

 briusculus, pcr spatia pollicaria radios emittens, infcriores 8 — 10, 

 quorum longiores (non computatis aristis spicularum) 3| pollicares, sub 

 Icnte scal)crrimi , simpliccs I. compositi. PedicelU spicula breviorcs I. 

 pjusdcm longitudinis, bispidissimi. Spicutac anguste-Ianceolatae. Glumae 



