292 Mr. J. Hogg's Catalogue of Sicilian Plants. 



Briza maxima. 



Festuca ciliata'.f 



F. poceformis.\ 



F. divaricata. Places near the sea about Catania, Biv. 



F. ccespitosa ;*f Fl. Atl. i. p. 91. t. 24. f. 1. 



F. sicula*j- Presl. 



F. bulbosa* Biv. ; Syst. Veg. i. p. 353. 



F. exaltata ;• Fl. Sic. i. p. 45. praef. 



Bromus lanceolatus.\ 



B. alopecurus^ Pers. ; B. contortus, Desf. 



B. tectorum. Common on Mount Etna, Biv. 



B. ligusticus,* Biv. ; B. rubens, Spr. ; Biv. Sic. Cent. i. p. 21. In 

 grassy places at La Grazia, near Palermo. 



Kceleria phfeoides, Pers. ; Festuca phleoides, Biv. 



K. villosa.'f 



Trisetum Hispanicum,\ Pers. ; Avena panicea, Lam. 



T. parviflorum. Observed amongst corn. 



T. splendens*\ Presl. 



Stipa tortilis, Desf. ; Pers. ; S. paleacea, Sibth. ; Fl. Gr. i. tab. 86. 

 Mount Etna; Palermo, Biv. : also in other parts of Sicily. The 

 floscules are troublesome by sticking to one's clothes. 



S. aristella ; Fl. Gr. i. tab. 87. 



S. Lagascce,*-f R. and S. 



Avena sativa. Oats are not grown in any great quantities in Sicily. 



A. se7npervirens.\ 



A. puberula\*\ Ind. Sem. p. 3. Planta annua. 



Sorghum Halepense.-f 



A r undo Donax. The stems of this reed are used for many domestic 

 purposes in Italy and Sicily ; inter alia, for fences in gardens, in 

 vineyards, for props for vines, for making pipes, distaffs, fishing- 

 rods, &c. 



A. Mauritanica. A most frequent species throughout Sicily. 



A.festucoides, Pers. ; A. ampelodesmos, Cyr. Cyrillo has given the 

 specific name Ampelodesmos to this plant, on account of its being 

 so suitable for the support of vines, &c. 



Saccharum Teneriffce', Fl. Gr. i. tab. 53. In montibus prope Mes- 

 sanam Siciliae, nee in Graecia, legit D. Sibthorpius (p. 39). 



S. officinarum. In Sicilian, La Cannamele. It was some years since 

 much grown in the neighbourhood of Syracuse, and near Melelli. 

 but of late it has been neglected. 



S. Ravennce ; Fl. Gr. i. tab. 52. The rustic pipe of the Sicilian shep- 

 herds, which is still cut after the ancient form, is, I understand, 

 mostly made of the Arundo Donax : sometimes, however, this cane 

 is substituted. The word canna is promiscuously bestowed on 

 every kind of reed in Sicily. Sea-shore near Catania. 



S. cylindricum \\ Fl. Gr. i. tab. 54. 



Andropogon distachyon; Fl.Gr.i. tab. 69. In collibus Siciliae, Bocc; 

 Pers. 



A. hirtum. Palermo, sotto Santu Spiritu, Biv. 



A .angustifolium^fSibth.', A . Ischcemum, Pers.? Prod.Fl.Gr. i. p. 47. 



