1 88 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



•S. ccerulea, Scop. ; panicle cylindrical, blue, leaves flat, 

 linear; rocky woods, frequent. S. tenuifolia, Host.; 

 panicle elliptic-cylindrical, leaves setaceous, lovper ones 

 webbed; Southern Carniola, rare. .S. sphcerocephala, 

 Ard. (PI. 119); panicle globose, white, leaves narrowly 

 linear, flowering glume shortly awned; high; Ticino, 

 Tirol, Lombardy, Carniola, Carinthia, Styria. S. ovata, 

 Kern. ; panicle ovate, dark blue, flowering glumes ending 

 in five awns ; high ; Tirol, Lombardy, Carinthia, Styria, 

 Salzburg. 5. disticha, Pers. ; raceme simple, unilateral, 

 spikelets in two rows ; very high, frequent. 5. pedemon- 

 tana, Reut. ; spike small, oval, leaves soft ; Dauphiny. 



27. Cynosurus, L. 



Resembling Sesleria ; but empty glumes setaceous. 

 Not alpine. 



C. cristatus, L., Dog's-tail Grass; spike linear, awns 

 very short ; pastures. C. echinatus, L. ; panicle dense, 

 awns long ; fields ; Valais, Ticino, Pyrenees. 



28. KCELERIA, Pers. 



Spikelets forming a cylindrical spike, 2- or more- 

 flowered ; flowering glumes scarious. Alpine. 



K. hirsuta, Gaud. ; empty glumes awned, stem tomen- 

 tose ; high ; Switzerland (rare), Tirol, Carinthia, Lom- 

 bardy, Salzburg. K. eriostachya, Pan. {camiolica, Kern.) ; 

 empty glumes not awned, stem covered with a grey felt ; 

 Southern Tirol, Carinthia, Carniola. K. valesiaca, Gaud. 

 [setacea, DC.) ; empty glumes not awned, radical leaves 

 setaceous, rolled up; Valais, Neuchitel, Aigle, Savoy, 

 Ticino, Piedmont, Pyrenees. K. cristata, L. ; empty 



