GRAMINÉES. 227 
59. Ctenopsis DE Nor.! -— Flores (fere Wangenheimiæ) in spicula 
3.5, hermaphroditi, v. summus imperfectus. Glumæ 2, sub articula- 
ione persistentes, valde inæquales : extima minima; intima autem 
hnceolata rigida concava crassa, extus rotundata, intus profunde 
ulciformis. Glumellæ 2, paulo breviores : extima carinata rigidula, 
acuta v. breviter mucronata, obscure 3-nervis; intima autem brevior, 
?-earinata. Glumellulæ lanceolatæ, basi connatæ. Styli distincti, apice 
plumosi. Fructus sublineari-oblongus, hinc sulcatus, inclusus at liber. 
— Herba humilis annua, œ-caulis; foliis angustissimis; spica ter- 
minali erecta, plus minus arcuata, aut solitaria, aut altera minore 
slipata ; spiculis sessilibus, 2-seriatim 1-lateralibus, callo brevi insi- 
dentibus; rhachilla tarde articulata?. (Africa bor.°) | 
60. Melica L.! — Flores in spiculis 1- œ, hermaphroditi v. poly- 
garni ; glumis nunc hyalinis muticis, acutiusculis v. obtusiuseulis, 
iæequalibus v. subæqualibus, 3-7-nervibus. Glumellæ majores : extimä 
lune carinata apiceque mucronata v. aristata, 3-7-nervis; intima 
2nervis. Glumellulæ in squamam anticam carnosam plus minus evo- 
lulam connatæ. Stamina 3; filamentis basi plus minus dilatatis ibique 
lunc connatis. Styhi distincti remoti, apice dense plumosi. Fructus 
oblongo-fusiformis, dorso sæpius compressiusculus, inclusus at liber. 
—Herbæe pérennes, erectæ v.nunc scandentes ; foliis planis convolutis; 
panicula subsimplici v. varie ramosa effusave; spiculis laxe remolis 
*Approximatis crebris, ovoideis v. oblongis, sæpius breviter stipitatis, 
mc subsecundis v. nutantibus; floribus inferioribus fertilibus 1 v. 
PaUCIS ; Superioribus À v. paucis masculis v. ad glumellas 1, 2 re- 
duétis; rhachilla continua v. nune tardius supra glumas articulata, 
nature glumigera. (Europa, Asia et Africa temp, Ame- 
ain. et austr.-extratrop.5) 
1. 
rs si Hort. gen. (1847), ex Ann. sc. n. 60. — Enpr., Gen., n. 887. — B.H, Gen., 
Lu X,324.— Sreup., Syn. pl.glum., III, 1189, n. 297. — HACK., Pflanzenfam.. 70, 
" un Gen., II, 1174, n. 188. ie 81. — Chondrachyrum Nees, in Lindl. 
deis agen” Wañgenheimia, nunc Chlori-  Introd. Nat. Syst., cd. IL, 449 (ex B. H-): 
Miplum casque certe cum Festuceis 5. Spec. ad 30. CAv., le. t, 479, 473. — 
rèle Connectens 
pee. 1. C. Pecti Scares., Beschr. Gr. t. 6, 
Pectinel}a D. fra -0 DE Nor. — Festuca  græc., t. 10, 71. — HOST, Gram. 
P. Eg., 1 63 
æœC 9, 
H. monsp. (1836), 24 ; t: 9-12 : IV, | 93. — VIV., FL. lyb. Spec., reg 
d. i H.B. K uré- 
K., Enum., 1, 375; Rev. Gra 1 302. — VAS. 
+ le à ; . mn. , Wats. Bot. Calif., If, . , : 
Gen. Fi. germ., Monoc., Lt. 49, 50. — E. DESVX, in C. Gay F1. chil., NA, 
