ALIEN PLANTS 105 



*Triticum ^Egilops, Beauv. (sEgilops caudata, L.). Two fine clumps, 

 at Leith. 



*T. caudatum, G. and G. One plant, Leith, in 1904. This plant 

 was in error recorded as T. speltoides, var. Aitcheri, Aschers. 

 and Grbn. in my paper on ' Alien Plants ' in the " Ann. Scot. 

 Nat. Hist." for April 1905. 



*T. crassum, Ait. a/id Hemsley, nov. var. oligochaetum, Hackel. 

 Plentiful at Slateford, several at Gorgie and Leith. identified 

 by Professor Hackel, who adds the following remark : " Differt 

 a typo glumis fertilibus scabridis non tomentellis, aristis 

 glumarum fertilium in spicula terminali elongatis, in spiculis 

 lateralibus brevissimis vel ad mucronem redactis. Spica quam 

 ilia typi minus crassa." 



*T. peregrinum, Hackel, nov. spec. Once found at Leith and once 

 at Slateford in 1906. 



For convenience the description of this plant, by Professor 

 Hackel, is reproduced below to accompany the figure (Plate III.), 

 which is from a dried specimen grown from the seed of one of the 

 original plants. 



" Triticnm (sub-gen. &gilops) peregrinum, Hackel, nov. 

 spec. Annuum. Culmi graciles, circ. 35 cm. alti, apice longe 

 nudi, glaberrimi. Vaginae ventricosae, ore plus minus fimbriatse, 

 ceterum glaberrimae. Ligula brevissima, truncata. Laminae 

 anguste lineares (6-8 cm. longs, 2-7 mm. latae), acutae, utrinque 

 pilis mollibus patentibus plus minus conspersae. Spica brevis 

 (3-6 cm. lg., 6-8 mm. diam.) sursum attenuata, e spiculis 

 fertilibus 4-5 constans, adjectis in basi spiculis sterilibus 

 3 parvis v. minutis, rhacheos articuli subcurvati sursum modice 

 dilatati dorso complanati, ventre concavi, plus minus scabri, 

 spicula adjacente plus minusve breviores. Spiculse fertiles 

 ovato-oblongas (circ. 12 mm. lg., 4 mm. It.), 4-florae, floribus 

 2 inferioribus fertilibus, superioribus sterilibus, decrescentibus, 

 viridulae. Glumae steriles subaequales, --5- spiculas aequantes, 

 obovato-oblongae, circ. 7 mm. lg., sinuato-bidentatas, dentibus 

 triangularibus acutis v. acutiusculis in spicula terminali interdum 

 (altero v. ambis) in aristam brevem latiusculam productis, inter 

 dentes interdum denticulum minutum exhibentes, dorso elevato 

 7-nervis, nervis aculeolato-scaberrimis. Glumae fertiles oblongae, 

 retusas, bidentatae, dente altero nervum medium excipiente 

 plerumque in mucronulum crassum obtusiusculum producto, 

 altero depresso-triangulari, interdum tertio rotundato aucto, 

 ceterum muticae, 5 -nervis, tota superficie minute scabro- 

 punctatae. Palea glumam fertilem aequans, oblonga, obtuse 

 bidentata, carinis setuloso - ciliolata. Lodiculae ciliatae. 



