1194 €C. GRAMINEJE. [Festucew. 
250. Lasiochloa, Kwunth, Rev. Gram. ii. D5O, t. 192 ad 194.—Spicule 2-3-florz, in 
panieula densa spiciformi cylindracea v. interrupte subramosa fasciculatw, rhachilla 
brevissima supra glumas inferiores et inter flores demum articulata, glabra, floribus herma- 
phroditis v. summo masculo. Glum:e 2 inferiores AEST spiculam subzequantes, 5—7-nerves, 
acutz v. breviter t issime e tuberculis hispidz ; florentes breviores, tenuiores, 
interdum scarioso-subhyalinze; g- —9-nerves, muticz ; palea 2-carinata. Stamina 3. Styli 
breves, stigmatibus pilis brevibus plumosis. uc oblonga, gluma paleaque inclusa, 
libera.— Gramina csespitosa, annua. (v. perennia ?), foliis angustis planis v. ssepius convo- 
luto-teretibus setaceisve. :Spiculce BR, pilis. rigidis glumarum inferiorum conspiegarum 
hispidze, paniculis scepius fi iter ovatis v. sul is, 1 dum dense 
cylindraceis. 
Species 3 v. 4, Africze australis incole. — Nee, Fl. Afr. Austr. Grain. 430. 
Genus Kolerie (Lophochloe) quodammodo accedit quacum mediante K. Gerrardi, Munro, con- 
nectitur sed infloreseentia et glumse oc-nerves potius eum JDactyli comparande,. Spieule etiam 
sepe xequaliter 2-florz 4ireas referunt, 
251. Demazeria, Dwumort. Conument. Bot. 26. (Brizopyrum, Link, Hort. Berol. i. 159.) 
—BSpieule co-florz, compresse, distiche spicatz v. inferiores subfasciculatz, rhachilla 
inter flores articulata, floribus hermaphroditis v. summo imperfecto. Glumse coriacere, 
carinatz, obtuss v. mucronato-acutz, muticz, 2 inferiores vacuswe, persistentes, 3-5- 
nerves, florentibus minores ; florentes imbricatz, 7 ;-nerves ; palea rigidula, gluma vix 
brevior v. sublongior, juxta € 2. ia. Stamina 3. Styli breves, distincti, 
stigmatibus plumosis.  Caryopsis oblonga, a' dorso compressiuscula, antice concava, 
gluma paleaque inclusa, libera.— Gramina annua v. perennia, foliis angustis Swpius con- 
volutis. Spiculee nunc majuscule, secus ped lum. dissitze, H distichze, nunc 
minores secus rhachin conferta. Pura imbricat:;, spica unica terminali v. rarius 
2-8 in axillis superioribus addit:e. Glum:e florentes basi dorso v. ad margines pubes- 
centes v. ciliato-pilosc. 
Species nobis notz 4, quarum 1 regionis Mediterraneze e:eter Afriez australis incolw, Jacq. Ic. 
Har. t. 303 (Poa). .Necs, Fl. Afr. Austr. Gram. 369 (Brizopyrum, excl. B. cyperoide). 
Charaeter Linkianus imprimis ad 2. siculaz, regionis Mediterranes eductus fuit, Jirizopyrum 
-— americanum, Link, spieulis dioieis, ost typus generis Distichlis, Rafin. (Brizopyri, Presl). 
952. Sclerochloa, Beawv. Agrostogr. 97, pro parte, t. 19, f. 4. —Spiculee co- (3-6-) florze 
compresse, in panicula secunda confertze, rhachilla sub floribus articulata incrassataque, 
floribus hermaphroditis v. summo imperfecto. Glum:e 2 inferiores vacus, extima brevis 
acutiuscula, secunda major, latior, obtusissima, 3- DIVIN 2 Ilorentes longiores, com- 
plicato-carinatze, rigide sub-b-nerves, apice I v. , costa. 
rarius in mucronulam excurrente, nervis lateralibus minoribus ; palea gluma paullo 
brevior, 2-carinata. Stamina 3. Styli breves, distincti, stigmatibus plumosis. Caryopsis 
oblonga, subteres v. a latere compressiuscula, exsulca, gluma paleaque inclusa, libera.— 
Gramen annuum, humile, foliis planis. Panicula brevis, unilateralis, spiculis breviter 
pedicellatis, superioribus solitariis, inferioribus in ramulis brevissimis 2-3-nis. 
Species 1, Europ: australis et. Asiz occidentalis et medie ineole. Host, Gra. Austr. ii. t. 73 
(Poa). Heichb. Jc. Fl. Germ. t. 58, f. 1516. 
Genus a. Festuca. (Scleropoa) glumis florentibus a basi earinatis facile distinetum, ad S. duram, 
Beauv., limitatur; 5. philistea, Boiss., potius ad Cutandiaim referenda est. 
253. Briza, Linn. Gen. n. 84. —Spieuleo co-florwe, paniculateo, rhachilla inter flores 
articulata glabra, floribus hermaphroditis v. summo i io. Glum:e scarioso-mem- 
branacez, valde concave v. vesiculosse, 2 inferi vacum, p , 9-D-nerves, parum 
insequales ; florentes. imbricatze, appresso v. patentes, vacuis latiores, obtuss acute v. 
breviter aristatze, 5-co-nerves, nervo medio interdum evanescente, summa sepe multo 
angustior vacua v. floris rudimentum fovens; palea lata et ssepe gluma multo minor, 
hyalina, plana, prope margines 2-carinata v. 2-nervis. Stamina 3. Styli distincti, stig- 
