1146 CC. GRAMINEJE. [Agrostidec. 
formes divisa. Stamina 3. Styli basi plus minus connati, stigmatibus plumosis. Cary- 
opsis gluma nonnihil indurata inclusa, libera.—Gramina perennia, owspitosa, rigidula, 
foliis convoluto-teretibus v. rarius planis angustis rigidisque. Panieula spiciformis, densa, 
divisa, ped lata, nune in capitulum glol v. ovoideu tracta, nunc 
longior cylindracea. 
Species 5, Australians, Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 597. 
GawzryrnRuM, Nees in. Pl. Preiss. ii. 101, est A. turbinatus, Br., species a cxteris parum distincta, 
rhaohilla sub flore magis evoluta stipitiformi. 
120. Releochloa, Host, Gram, Austr, i. 23, t, 29, 30. (Pechea, Pour. Chlor. Narb. ex 
Kunth. |Orypsis, sp. Auct.)—Spiculse 1-flors, in spica v. panieula densa spiciformi con- 
feris, rhachilla brevissima supra glumas inferiores subarticulata, ultra florem non 
producta, flore hermaphrodito. Glums 3, 2 exteriores vacus, persistentes, parum 
inzequal b , acuis, plicat. inat istatze, carina plus minus 
ciliata ; tertia florens subsimilis nisi paullo longior ; palea brevior, hyalina, emarginata v. 
2-loba, tenuissime 2-nervis v.2-carinata, Stamina3. Styli distincti, stigmatibus plumosis. 
Caryopsis oblonga, gluma laxe inclusa, libera.—Gramina perennia, ccwspitosa, sepius 
humilia, basi diffusa, caulibus adscendentibus, nunc nana, dense czspitosa, foliis planis. 
Spica v. panicula spiciformis, cylindracea oblonga v. rarius ovoidea, rhachi lineari, intra 
vaginam folii floralis sessilis v. longiuscule pedunculata, 
Species 7 v. 8, regionis Mediterranes incole, quarum 1 v. 2 per Europam et Asiam mediam 
latissime disperse.  Kunth, Enum. DI.i. 921 (Crypsis sect. 1). Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. 84. 
Jacq. Ic. Bar. t. 16 (Phleum). | Cav. Io. 1. 62, f. v. — Nees, Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. i. a. 5, f. 1, 16. 
Reichb, Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 48, f. 1470, MT.  Delile, FI. Eg. t. 9 (omnes sub. Orypsi). 
Genus a Hostio bene distinetum, etsi serius auctor ipse cum Crypsi, Ait., junxit; differt inflore- 
scentia, rhachi lineari nec disciformi pedioellis i iculatis, aliisque notis, 
RanzocgPmarvs, Boiss. Diagn. v. 68, xiii. 49, genus ad Orypsim pygmeam, Jaub. et Spach. IIl. Pl. 
Or. t. 307, propositum, eum C. ambigua, Balansa, et C. erucianelloide, Balansa, sectionem format 
Heleochloe parum disti habitu nano dense ezspitoso, spieulis quasi echinatis, glumis nempe 
exterioribus angustis 3-nervibus rigide inatis. Charaet i tamen nobis omnino 
Heleochloe videntur. 
Hxzrzocnroa, Beauv. Agrostogr. 23, t. 7, f. 3, genus compositum videtur e specie Sporoboli, cum 
specie PAlei (Chilochloe). 
121. Maaillea, Porlat. Pl. Nov. 91.—Spicule 1-floree, plano-compressee, dense subcapi- 
tato-spicate, rhachilla supra glumas inferiores articulata, supra florem interdum in 
stipitem brevem producta, flore hermaphrodito. Glum:e 3, 2 exteriores vacus, persis- 
tentes, subszquales, rigidulse, plicats, exaristatze, carina alata; tertia florens, paullo 
minor, complicato-carinata exalata; palea linearis. Stamina 2 v. 3. Styli breves, distincti, 
stigmatibus elongatis pilis brevibus plumosis. Caryopsis parva, ovoidea, intra basin 
glumze laxe inclusa, libera.—Gramen annuum, nanum, czespitosum, foliis brevibus rigi- 
dulis. Spiez ovoidez, intra vaginas foliorum floralium sessiles, spiculis undique arcte 
imbricatis. 
Species 1, maritima, insularum Archipelagi Greci incola, nuper etiam in insula Sardinia a Rever- 
chonio deteeta. —Sfeud. Syn. Pl. Glum.i. 152. Jaub. et Spach. Illustr. Pl. Or. t. 308 (Phalaris). 
Kunth, Rev. Gram. t. 202 (Phalaris). 
Planta ab auctoribus eitatis ad Phalaridem relata, verisimiliter ob Spieulas compressas glumis 
exterioribus alatis, qui charaeter tamen in Phalaride non constans, et coetera omnia affinitatem potius 
eum PAleo v. Heleochloa indicant. 
122. Phieum, Linn. Gen. n, 77. (Stelephuros, Adans. Fam. ii. 31.)— Spiculze 1-florze, 
in panicula dense spici fertze, rhachilla b ima supra glumas inferiores arti- 
e ultra florem interdum in stipitem brevem producta, flore hermaphrodito. Glumse 3, 
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