HORDEACE.E I I 5 



nisi racliide nuda nec extus hiisuta 5 ceterse difFe- 

 rentiae levissimae. 



% 4« ^* cjlindrica = Host: gram: austr: II. p. 6. 

 t. 7. = Bertol: fl: ital: I, p. ^92. M* caudata Spr: 

 syst: I. 32^. jE. squairosa DC. fl: fr: III. p. ^21. 

 n. i655. * = Sclireb: gram: t. 72. f. i. (^Pedem: in 

 vineis Au^ustce Prcetor: Balb: aJdit: p. 98. sub jE, 

 caudatal et misc: bot: p. 45. sub M. squarrosa. Sar- 

 din: in pascuis aridis Moris st: sard: I. p. 49- sub 

 M, caudala L. ). Magis accedit priori quam prsece- 

 dentibus , difFert autem spica equidem cjlindrica sed 

 brewiori graciliori et generatim quinque tantum locu- 

 stifera , spiculse terminalis valvulis longissime i-ari- 

 statis , reliquis dentatis suh-muticis. An yE, caudata 

 L. ad hanc stirpem pertineat , valde dubito. Gons: 

 R. et S. syst: II. p. 770. n. i. et 2. 



XXVII. HoRDEUM Lin: gen: ed: Schreb: n. 1 29. = Spr: 

 syst: n. 2^8. = Lam: ill: t. 49« 



» Glumula involucriformis i-£lora 2-valvis, val- 

 » vulis angustissimis aristatis inter se distantibus. 

 )x Perigon: 2-valve , valvula exteriore majore acumi- 

 » nata vel aristata. Stam: 3. Stigm: 2. sessilia latere 

 » interno plumosa. Squamulce 2. Carjopsi oblonga 

 » lateraliter i-sulcata perigonio adhserens, raro li- 

 » bera ( Spica continua articulata , spiculis seriato- 

 » ternis intermedia hermaphrodita lateralibus quando- 

 » qus masculis vcl neutris ). » 



Ohs: Genus ex dispositione spicularum facile di- 

 fitingtiendum , constans 10. circiter stirpibus ann: vel 



