r 



Streptogyna.] clxxiii. GRAMiNEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 333 



2-3.^ Shies filiform ; stigmas 2-3, very long, at length spirally twisted, 

 t/ram linear, terete, Iree but closely embraced by the gl. and palea. 



idfo E.^***?**' Beauv. Agrostogr. 80, t. 16, f. 8; Poir. Encych Suppl 

 71 f :f. a ■^'"'^^' ^'- ^- "^^T . ^'^Ppl-'i^Q \ BoellinMart. Fl. 5m.^,ii.lII. 



P dV v^'"^' ^y"^ (^ram.S39; Griseh. Fl Brit. W. Ind. 528; Tkw. 

 ^."^•^.^•%^-374; Trim, Cat PL Gei/L 110 ; Wight Gat n. 2362. S. 



r)u!^f ^^ff ^^^ ' Courtallum, Wight, Beddovie. Ckylon; Matele district, Gardner. 



Sim 4 6 ^^ and America trop. 

 narrow^ f u ®"^^^*^'*- Leaves often as long as the stem, lanceolate, gradually 

 k^es ter 1ft ^^^^ ^'^^ apex, membranous ; sheath long, open ; ligule short, 

 arnooth ^^'^ ' ^~-*-^ ^"- long, with a spathitbrm basal sheath; rachis compressed, 

 1 i/°'T^"<^^^ beyond the spikolets, with often an imperfect glume. Spikelets 

 lU uar/ ^ T*^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^'^^^^ ^ ^*®- subcoriaceous; I lauceoUito, fiucly acuminate; 

 narrow ^ ^"^^ ^^**^ "^^^^ slender awn, ^-f in. long. Anthers very long and 



113. SZiUROPVS 



ttsaallvR ^'^*\.'^^3,nched rigid leafy perennial grasses, fiearc;? distichous, 

 ^niaJv fld ^^^-^"^^ convolute, rigid and pungent, rarely flat. Spikelets 

 (iensely cr '^^^^^^'^ ^^ subsesaile in oblong spiciform panicles or capitate, 

 '*^hilla W f 1 ' laterally compressed, villous, not jointed on their pedicels ; 

 ^^Wsia ^^f *'^^ ^^^^ ^^^ between the fig. gls. internodes very short, 

 o'mucron f ' T ?' ^®^^^^^^*^^s» dorsally rounded, apiculate cuspidate 

 served- fl] ,^^^ ^^ shorter than the fig. gls., I 1-3-nerved ; II 5-7- 

 P^'eaaslo 1 ^^ imbricate, 7-9-nerved, longer than the empty gls.; 



^'Unties 9^ t r ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ s'" broader upwards, truncate, keels ciliate. 

 ^%mas 1)1 ^ ^^^^'^ truncate. Stamens 3, anthers small. Sti/les free, 

 Oriental «!?T^®;. ^''^^'^ ovoid to oblong, free.— Species few, Keg. Mediter., 



^«a Indian. 



^ave been^^^r ** }^^^' ^' ^^^^ ^^'^^^ "^^^^^'^ ^^' IMoralia, pointed out that two plants 

 f * ^*«oraJi/ VVMi^ ^^"^ ^^* ^'^^^^* '^'''*"'» namely, Dactt/Us hrevi/olia, Koen., and 



■ vviJicj. The former of these is au Indian species, on which alone 



? **»denced hofi k '^'^*''''*^^*^>'e JEluropus, Trin., has no foundation, mat cms 



,^J bis figure nf n^ Tnnius's citation of Koeniiy's plant by name as his Iwois, 



r^^^er aDnpri** * ^''^"'^ (A-rost. Fund. t. 12), which is conclusive. It w 



""'' '^^M^iu iT''^ ^ ' ^- ^^yer(Verz. Pfl. Cauc. 18 (1831) that Trinius 



and 



would, 



may 



'''' included K Vii;''* ^- '^^^yer (Verz. Pfl. Cauc. 18 (l^'Sl) tnac innius uiuy 

 '^''^^'QgnodonU • * *^^^''/»^^'a and Httomlis under his -V. /criu-?; for that author. 

 *P^ciesofTn„- ^^'*! ^^*** '*^^- Fetershurgh Herbarium, cites Upa-is and viHosus as 

 ''^^% Bieb f''' ^'T"*^ ^*^-^' ^'^''^^^^ ^- ^i^fomlis as the authority 

 ^m"^ to adJnh^^ ^*^to.su,y. Umler'these circumstances ifappears 



ofTnn- ^^'" ^^*** '*^t. Petershurcrh Herbarium, cites Irevis and viHosus iis 



to me that tlie best 

 ^''*''" P'auu il; '*. ^'', '■'^fc=''" ^^uro/^us us "Trin. ex parte," for D. hViomZ** aud 

 ?9^ ^'tW to on- '>■ ^'^*'"" aiifclio's uiuler that ijenuric na.uo. Tiie alternatives 



,1 ""Wine 6r«, V )• '^'*' genera of brasses. It remains lo suv uiau ^..^ =.j .,.,..j ..^ 



r*' iuextrio^K, • ^'^"^ P- 295), un>i of ^Auropus littoralis and t>i«t)s«,v are 



*^^^me thT^V'^'^^^^^^ ■' «"<» 1 i'»i far from being satisfied witli iny attempt to 



"« nrst and l-iot- ^e ti 



and last of them. 



