Siphonogamen (A. Engler). 



ligula brevissima, laminis linearibus acuminatis flaccidis utrinque margineque scaberrimis; panicula 



oblonga laxissima flaccida ramis plerumque binis hiaequalibus, primario dimidiam paniculam sub- 



aequaiite, ramulosis, ramiilisqiie subeapillaribus angulosis scaberrimis subflexuosis; spicis terminali- 



bus ramorum 3 — 4-spiculatis, ramulorum 1— 2-spiculatis adjecta spieula pedicellata ad ramuli basin, 



rhachi omnium ramificationum atqiie pedicello spiculae cujusvis spicae imae et adjectae ramulorum 



in setam capillarem scabram rectam spiculam summam plerumque triplo superantem protractis; 



spicidis distantibus, alternis, lanceolatis, hinc planis illinc valde convexis glabris; gluma prima 



spieula quadruple breviore rotunda 3-nervi, secunda spiculam dimidiam aequante v. subsuperante 



late ovali rotunda miuute apiculata nervis 5 — 7 viridibus scabridis notata; tertia quartam (florentem) 



aequante, ovata, acutiuscula, membranacea, 5-nervi, paleam ol^longam obtusam binervem (floremquec??) 



includente; quarta lanceolata, acuta, valde convexa, infra apicem carinata, cum palea (ovata 



acutiuscula) coriaceo-chartacea minutissime punctulata; caryopsi elliptico-lauceolata albida, facie 



liilari canaliculata, facie embryonali convexa, embryoue caryopsin dimidiam aequante. — Taf. II. Fig. I. 



Culmi 40— 60 cm alti, superne filiformes, 3 — 4-nodes, plerumque simplices raro inferne ramum floriferum agentes. 



Vaginae iiiternodiis multo breviores. Laniinae basi angustatae, 8 — 10 cm Ig., 4—6 mm It., planae, virides, flaccidae, saepe pilis 



basi tuberculatis adspersae, nervo medio tenui percursae. Panicula gracilis 12— 20 cm Ig., rhachi üliformi superne angulis 



scabra; setae terminales ramorum ramulorumque v. pedicellorum 5—7 mm lg.; spiculae 2,5 mm lg., interstitiis breviores, virides 



V. leviter fuseescentes. 



Ins. Timor, in collibus siccis ad Baung prope Koepang. Majo fructiferam legit Lt. Zeyb. 



Affinis Ch. spinescenti Poir. et magis Ch. abortivae Poir., quae vero longe differunt spiculis multo angustioribus, 

 gluma secunda tertiam subsuperante in acumcn longum protraeta, aculeolata, quarta quam tertia multo minore obtusa, tenera. 



Stenotaphrnm suhulatum Trin. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. Sör. VI, 3, p. 190 (1833.). — St. lep- 

 turoides Henslow in Ann. Nat. Hist. I. (1838.) p. 346. — Neu-Guinea, in insula sinus 

 Mac Cluer-Bai, in silva humida prope litus (20. 6. 75.). 



Mariannen-Inseln (Trin.), Keelings-Inseln (DARWIN), Neu Caledonien (BaLansa), Philippinen, Mauritius, Rodriguez, 



Galega Island (Baker). 



Sjtinifex longifolius Brown Prodr. 198. — Ins. Dana prope Savu, in regio ne arboribus destituta 

 praevalens (11. 5. 75.); Australia boreali-occidentalis, juxta Arcliipelagum Dampieri (28. 4. 75.). 



Verbreitet in Nord- und West-Australien. 



Aristida arenaria Gaudieb, in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 407. — Arthratlierum arenarium Nees. — 

 Australia boreali-occidentalis. (Pbmberton-Walcott.) 



Extat etiam speeimen nimis incompletum aut ad hanc speciem aut ad A. stipoidem Br. pertiuens a cl. Baro 

 DE SCHLEINITZ juxta Archipelagum Dampieri lectum. 

 Verbreitet in allen Theilen von Neu-Holland. 



A. Adscensionis L. Spec. 121. — Ins. Ascension; planta regioni inferiori aridae plagae bor.- 



occid. pi-opria (18. 8. 74.). 



Varietäten dieser Art in fast ganz Afrika und den anliegenden Inseln, in Spanien, Sieilicn, Arabien, Ceylon. 



Phlenm alvinum L. Spec. 88. — Fretum magellanicum: in pascuis prope Punta Arenas (7. 2. 76.). 



Durch die ganze arktische Zone und die höheren Gebirge der gemässigten Zone beider Hemisphären; in der alpinen 

 Region in Mexico, dann wieder in Chili und Argentinien. 



Agrostis magellanica Lam. III. gen. nr. 807; Poir. Encycl. Mitth. Suppl. I. 207. — A. antarctica 

 Hook.! Fl. Antarct. I. 374. t. 132. — Fretum magellanicum, Tuesday-Bai (2. 2. 76.); in 

 insula Kerguelen ad Winter Harbour etc. (13. 6. 75.). 



Von Süd-Chile und dem Chonos-Archipel bis zum Kap Hörn und den Falklands-Inseln. 



A. jjaucinodis Hackel in Bot. Jalirb. VI. 242. — Perennis, caespitosa; culmo erecto v. geniculato- 

 ascendente subrobusto uninodi rarius binodi nodis in '/* inferiore culmi superne longe nudi sitis, 



Foischungsi-eise .S M. S. , Gazelle". IV. Theil: Botanik (Siphonogamen). 2 



