PLANT AE H1SPANICAE. 199 



Gramen fparteum 2. panicula brevi folliculo in- 



clufa. Bauh.pin. 5. no. 2. theatr. . . . Morif. 



hift. 3,p. 216. fi 8. /. 5./. 3. 

 Gramen fparteum 2. Clufii. 2fa&//. Ztf/?. 2. p. 



511. jR^'. Mb 1259. 

 Gramen fpicatum fparteum fpica fericea ex utri- 



culo prodeunte. Tournef, inft. 518. 

 Hifpanis Albardin, Alvardin, nomine ab 

 Arabibus, ut videtur, Yeli&o. 



DESCRIPTIO SPECIE I. 



Radix repens, fafciculata, filiformis, culmos et 

 folia fafciculata in caefpitem emittens. 



Culmi teretes, filiformes, glabri, fubnudi, uni- 

 co articulo nudo fupra medium vel verfus 

 apicem inftrufti, qui poltflorefcentiam longe 

 excrefcit, verfus bafin vero duobus tribul- 

 que articulis confertis, vagina tecYis ; fpitha- 

 males ufque bipedales 



Folia radicalia copiofa, praeter culmos fructifi- 

 cantes caefpitofa, tereti-filiformia, nempe 

 acutiflime convoluta f. conduplicata, glabra, 

 apparenter ftriata, culmorum altitudine, 

 tenacifTime bafi pro fitu altiori longius va- 

 ginata: Vagina ar&e convoluta, fimiliter 

 glabre ftriata, terminata membranula utrin- 

 cjue acuta, bifida, tenuiflima. Culmorum 

 O 4 radi 



