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glauco-pruinosæ. Ligula truncata, ciliata. Laminæ e basi æquilata 
rotundata a vagina distincta anguste lineares, 5—20 em. longæ, 1,5— 
4 mm. latæ, folii summi in ramis brevissima, sensim angustatæ, flacci- 
dulæ v. rigidulæ, glaucæ, subtus sæpe plus minus pruinosæ, demum 
rubescentes, prope basin sæpissime longe fimbriatæ et intus pilis 
stipatæ, ceterum supra (raro subtus) pilis basi sæpe tuberculatis 
adspersæ v. glabrescentes, supra marginibusque scabræ, costa media 
medullosa, nervis lateralibus primariis utrinque ternis, secundariis 
singulis, neutris prominulis. Racemi sæpissime 5"i—7* raro—20, 
rarissime tantum 2" aut terni, rhachi communi glaberrimæ plerum- 
que binodi raro—8 nodi, internodiis imis—1 cm. longis inserti, pedun- 
culis 5—9 mm. longis glaberrimis fulti, inzequales, 4—8 em. longi, 
strieti v. leviter eurvati, anthesi patuli, plerumque sordide purpureo- 
suffusi, raro virescentes, sericeo-pilosi: rhacheos subtenacis articuli 
pedicellique a basi v. a '/, inferiore pilis albo-sericeis sursum aceres- 
centibus dense ciliati. Spiculz sessiles plerumque 4 mm. (raro 3 v. 
5 mm.) longs, oblong& ; gluma IT 7-(raro 5—9)-nervis, dorso plana 
v. secus nervum medium levissime impressa, callo brevissime pilosulo ; 
II^ lanceolata, acutiuscula v. obtusa mueronulataque, carina superne 
setuloso-eiliata, dorso glabra, margine ciliolata ; II" oblongo-lanceo- - 
lata, acuta, parce ciliata; IV** arista 10—17 mm. longa, columna 
receta v. medio paitini geniculata; antheræ 2—2,5 mm. longæ. 
Spiculæ pedicellatæ 5, rarissime neutræ, lanceolatæ, intensius colo- 
rate: gluma I™ acutiuscula v. acuta, herbaceo-chartacea, carinis 
superne setuloso-ciliatis, manifeste 9-nervis, dorso (etiam inferne) 
glabra ; II“ I*» æquans, lineari-lanceolata, acuta, 5-nervis, marginibus 
anguste implicata, ciliata; IIT* ut in spieul. 2, sed. obtusior ; IV* I 
æquans v. brevior, angustissime linearis, superne ciliata. Palea 0. 
Antherz ut in spicula 2 , raro effætæ, tum etiam deest gluma IV". — 
Spieul& leviter aromatieze. — Antheræ in spiculis sessilibus seepe non 
dehiscentes, polline deformato repletz, in spieulis pedicellatis pollen 
perfectum spargentes (Ita in specimin. vivis in Austria inf. observa- 
tum). 
Var. a, genuinus ; vaginis ad Hom pem eS supra seabris ; 
aristee spiculá 2—3-plo longioris geniculata, subula 
illi concolor. A. villosus æ. Lam. fl. fr. 3, p. 634. 
Per totam Europam meridionalem et mediam (Reichb. 651, Schulz . 
181); in septentrionem versus usque in Belgas et Lothringiam, Germa- 
niam mediam, Rossiam mediam (Lithuaniam, Volhyniam); in Africa 
boreali (Algeria) raro; in Asia minore, provinciis caucasicis, Persia 
