176 GRAMINEA § 2. 
varicata , spiculis linearibus sub-^-floris , glumis 
obtusis obsolete nervosis. N. (Gall. Pclturin des 
walines*) 
P. distans SuL FI. helv. 1. p. 52. 
TVilld . iSp. />/. 1. p. 4oi. Smith brit. 96. A?r/. Gram. 
178. Decand. Fl.fr . 1602. Schrad. germ. i. p, 282. 
Jrlost. Grani, austr. 2 . lab. 63. 
■vv-w-ww 
Schleich . T 3 /. exs. helv. cezzA 1 . n.° 9 . 
Ehrh. Gram. exs. T)ec. 2 . n°. i3. 
Schleich. cat.nov . p. 20 . Thom. I. c. p. i4. 
Radix perennis, mere fibrosa. 
Culmi erecti, basi tantum modice incurvi, trien¬ 
tales, pedales, glabri lcevesque , foliosi. 
Folia glabra, moliiuseula, leevia: radicalia ces- 
pitosa A numerosa, erecta, 4-5 uncias longa, angus¬ 
tissima, convoluto-setacea 5 culmea brevissima, pla- 
niuscula, paulo latiora. Vaginae culmeae teretes, 
foliis longiores latioresque, laeves. Ligula exserta, 
oblonga , bifida, seu lacera , obtusa. 
Panicula junior valde contracta , florens minus 
angusta , deflorata plerumque patula vel divaricata. 
Pedunculi longiusculi, geminati, parum ramosi, 
pauciflori, scabriusculi. Pedicelli breves, adpressi, 
apice paulum incrassati. 
Spiculas oblongae, lineares , graciles , sesquili- 
neam longae, vix lineam unam latae, pulchellae, 
4 - 6 -florse. 
Calyx albidus, seariosus, corollis brevior. Yal- 
