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CATALOGUE OF SICILIAN GRASSES. 

 Anthoxanthum odoratum, L. 



gracile, 11. and S. 



Saccharum Ravenna, Spr. 



JEgyptiacum, W. banks of the Oreto, Palermo, Gussone. 



cylindricum, Lam. Sea-coast. 



Phalaris Canariensis, L. Certainly indigenous on the sandy coast, 



north of Messina, &c, J. B. sp. 



nitida, Psl. Palermo, Gussone. 



nodosa, Spr. Vizzini, Noto, Gussone. 



aquatica, L. Near Catania, &c, J. B. sp. 



minor, W. Near Catania, J. B. sp. ; Terranova, Gussone. 



paradoxa, L. Not unfrequent, J. B. 



arundinacea, L. 



Phleum pratense, L. 



\ ft, nodosum, J. B. sp. This can scarcely be separated 



even as a variety. 



echinatum, R. and S. Madonie, Gussone. P.felinum, Fl. Gr., 



is this plant. 



asperum, Pers. 



Bmhmeri, W., J. B. 



Michelii, All. Madonie, Gussone ; lower region of Etna, 



J. B. ? 



arenarium, L., J. B. ? 



tenue, Schr. Near Messina, J. B. 



Crypsis aculeata, Ait. 



schcenoides, Lam. Near Palermo, Gussone. 



alopecuroides, Schr. 



nigricans, Guss. Several places along the south coast. I 



suspect it will prove to be only a stunted variety of the last species. 



Alopecurus pratensis, L. 



agrestis, L. 



bulbosus, L., J. B. ? This is perhaps a var. of the last. 



geniculates, L. I do not know whether A.fulvus, Sm., has 



been observed in Sicily ; I cannot agree with Bertoloni in consi- 

 dering it a form of the last ; the rounded anthers and different 

 . character of the herbage seem to me constant characters. 

 utriculatus, Pers. Catania, J. B. ? 



Polypogon monspeliensis, R. and S. This beautiful grass is common 

 in salt marshes, growing sometimes, as at the mouth of the Anapus, 

 to a height of three feet. Gussone has described a remarkable 

 variety with the arista only equalling the calycine valves, not 

 three times as long. 



maritimus, R. and S. Sea- coast, Gussone. This species, 



though like the last, is quite distinct. 



Milium effusum, L. Madonie, Gussone. 



scabrum, R. and S. Madonie, Gussone. This, the M. vernale, 



M. B., is I think certainly a good sp. It always has a much sim- 

 pler panicle and the stem scabrous. 



carulescens, Pers. Near Syracuse, Gussone. 



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