Festucopsis serpentini, (C. E. Hubbard) Melderis

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 190

1. F. serpentini (C. E. Hubbard) Melderis , Bot. Jour. Linn. Soc. 76: 317 (1978)

( Brachypodium serpentini C. E. Hubbard ).

Stems up to 40 cm. Leaves up to 12 cm x 0-5 mm, filiform-setaceous, inrolled or conduplicate, minutely puberulent on the inside, smooth and glabrous on the outside; leaf-sheaths disintegrating into more or less parallel fibres. Spikes 4-5-6-5 cm, with 6-14 spikelets. Spikelets 1-6-2-4 cm, whitish-green. Glumes ellipticoblong, acute, the lower 7-9 mm, 3-veined, the upper 8-10 mm, 3- to 5-veined. Lower lemmas 9-12 mm, 5- to 6-veined, with an awn 2-5-4-5 mm, the upper usually unawned. Palea shorter than the lemma. Anthers 3-3-5 mm. 2« =14. Serpentine rocks. • S.E. Albania. Al.