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��GRAMINEiE.
54. Alopecurus alimnus, spica ovata, arista periaiitliii glumam sericeam lateribus villosissimis subocquantc, vagina suprema ventricosa folio siio piano lanceolato triplo loiigiore.
Alopecurus alpiiius, Smith hrit. ^,jj. 138G. E/i(/l. hot.
112G. Hooker scot. p. 22. lloevi. et ScJud. sj/st. 2, p. 272.
Br. in Boss voy. ^ecl 2, v. 2, p. 191. (J/ite, p. 177.)
Hooker in Scoresbys (/reenl. 410. Bichardson in Franklin 's
joicrn. pi. 731.
Alopecurus ovatus, Knapp (/ram. hrit. 15. Hornem. in Flor. Dan. 1565.
Alopecurus antarcticus, Giesecke ^ reenl. in Brewster s edin. encyclop.
Ohs. Species (quam primus in Scotiae monte Loch ny Gaar anno 1794 legi) variat culmo, qui ssepius adscendens, erecto, spica oblongo-cylindracea, arista nunc gluma duplo longiore, rarius nulla.
A. antarcticus, VaU symh. 2, p. 18. Willden. sp. pjl. 1, p. 357, ab. A. alpino diftert spica saspius cylindracea, arista glumam bis superante, folio supremo lineari apice attenuato vaginam suam superante v. aequante.
A. pratensis L. distinguitur spica cylindracea, glumis acutis latere tantum villosiusculis, arista glumis duplo longiore, vagina suprema laxiuscule cylindracea folium suum lineare multoties superante.
PHIPPSIA. [cclxxxv
Phippsia (subgenus Vilfae) Trinins in Spreny. neue ent- deck. 2, p. 37.
Char. Gen. Gluma uniflora, abbreviata, inaequivalvis. Perianihium muticum, obtusum, imbcrbc ; valvula si/pe- riore nervis sursum divergcntibus. Lodiculce 2. Stam. 1-3. Sliymata 2, sessilia. Caryojms libera, teres, exsulca.
Gramcn pusUlum, aqi/aticfnn v. in innndaiis nascens. Culmi hasi divisi. Folia plana ; vagina inteyra, ipso apice
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