ALOPEEURUS ALPXNUS. 



Alpenfuchsschwanz. Alpine Fox-tail-grafs, 

 TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



ViHAR GEN. Cal. bivalvisj unlfloms, valvulis fub- 

 aequalibus basi connatis. Corolla unival- 

 vis , basi aristata. Sem. iibernm, corolla 

 te&urn. * 



ALOPEEURUS aljrinus culmo ereclo laevij fpica 

 /ovata, glumis villosis muticis aristae corol- 

 linae fubaequalibus smith Fl. Britt. III* 

 ■ p. 1386. 

 soWERnfs Engl. Bot. t. 11$ 6* 

 Habitat in alpibus. 



S coticis ( on tnountains abotit Loch Nagore, Aberdeen* 



fhire.) 

 SMTTH. I. c. 



Tempus florescentiae ignotum. 21. 

 Radix repens , nigricans. Culmi pedales* 

 ere&i, basi 'geniculati , fnnplices, foliosi, glaberrimi. 

 Folia radicalia linearia, angusta ; caulina latiora, acu- 

 ta, abbreviata, glabra , vaginis elongatis, parum 

 ventricosis. Stipula brevifsima* Spica haud uncia- 

 lis terminalis, ovata, obtusa, in lobos fifsiiis. Ca- 

 lyx ovatus, purpurascens, undique villosus , glumis 

 lubretusis , basi connatis. Corolla c-lliptica, nuda» 

 carina tantum fcabra* calyce parum minor bafi ari- 

 ftata. Arista fubtortilis, fcabra, purpurea, yix caly- 

 ce longior* 



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