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folded, caul. Is flat. Also varied with larger spikelets 
(v. megastachya), with glaucous Is (v. glaucescens), with 
thicker, almost rush-like, Is (v. juncea), with the spike- 
lets short-pubescent (v. barbata). —b . planifolia Trautv. 
Like a. but all the Is flat, 2—8 mm broad.—c. tricho- 
jphylla Duct. Ls all folded-filiform, scarcely 1 l2 mm broad. 
— d. fallax Thuill. PI. forming a dense tuft, in other 
respects like a.—Pasturages, road-and wood-sides; dis- 
trib.; d. principally (like v. alpestris = F. nigrescens Lam. 
not Gaud.) on the Alp. and Jura. 5 rubra L. 2501. 
— Shoots short erect, or suddenly curved-ascending; pis 
consequently more or less ceespitose. Ovary hairy 
at the top, rarely glabrous. 10 
10. Most of the shoots intravaginal. Spikelets linear-oblong, 
gen. greenish. Stem 60—120 cm. Ls limp, very long, 
those of the shoots filiform, the caul, broader (2—3 w»i), 
flat. Panicle loose, often slightly drooping.—Wood-sides 
and -clearings; rather rare. 6 heterophylla Lam. 2502. 
— Shoots all, or mostly, extravaginal. Spikelets elliptic or 
elliptic-lanceolate, gen. tinted with violet.—a. genuina 
(F. violacea Gaud.). Ls of the shoots soft, smooth, ca¬ 
pillary; the caul, very little broader (*/2 mm). Stem 
angular above, 15—28 cm. Panicle with few spikelets. 
Spikelets unarmed or short-awned, rarely (v. aurata 
Gaud.) yellowish.—b. nigricans Schl. (nigrescens Gaud, 
not Lam.) Ls rough, at any rate towards the end, the 
caul, broader (2 mm when spread out), almost flat. Stem 
taller, 30—40 cm, subcylindric above, smooth. Panicle 
with many spikelets, the spikelets larger, awns V 2 , or 
more, as long as the glumella.—Alp.; b. Alp., subalp. 
and Jura. 7 .... violacea Gaud. 2503. 
11 (3). Lower branches of the panicle gen. 5 together. Ovary 
glabr. Poa violacea Bell.—Alp.; G. T. W. U. 7 
pilosa Hall. f. 2504. 
— Lower branches of the panicle 1—2 together. Ovary 
hairy at the top. Type of F. varia . . . 12 
12. Ls capillary. Stems 15—20 cm. Spikelets containing 3 to 
5 fls. Lower glumella distinctly acuminat e.—Varied 
with yellowish spikelets (v. lutea).—Alp. and southern 
/Jura. 7 .pumila Chaix. 2505. 
— Ls thicker. Stems 15—40 cm. Spikelets 4—7-fld. Lower 
glumella not, or indistinctly, acuminate. Spikelets varie¬ 
gated (v. versicolor) or yellowish (v. acuminata = F. 
flavescens Gaud, not Bell.*)—Alp., especially the southern 
chain. 7.varia Hanke. 2506. 
*) The true F. flavescens Bell, is found in the valley of Cogne, which 
opens into that of Aosta. 
