g44 FLOEA OF THE MEADOAVS OF THE PEOVINCE OF OBAK, 



widely spread in our province. Unfortunately the species which is the most 

 useful is also the one which is of the most rare occurrence; I speak of A. 

 elatior, called 'Fromental' in French^ which is only found at the foot of the 

 Dwarf Palms. A. sterilis, or Barren Oat, is common everywhere, joined with 

 an allied species — A. hirsuta. 



,BROMUS. — We have many species of this genus, such as B. madritensis, 

 B. mollis, B. DivAKicATUs, B. RUBENS, B. stenlis, and B. maximus. They are 

 all annual species, and produce but little. 



CYXOSURUS. — This genus produces the C. cristatus, a species found in 

 all the meadows of Europe, whether natural or artificial. It is rare at Algiers, 

 and I have not yet seen it at Oran. We have the C. echinatus and C 

 ELEGANS, insignificant plants. 



DACTYLI8.— The B. glomei'ata is common in all the meadows from the 

 north of Europe: it abounds in Oran, and its leaves furnish an excellent 

 pasturage. The other species of this genus 'are not of any interest; they are 

 the D. REPRNs and D. pungens. 



FESTUCA. — In French, Fetuque. We have more than a dozen species 

 of this genus; but the most useful, the F. pratensis, is found but rarely in the 

 neighbourhood of Oran. The meadows which contain the most of this species 

 are those of M. Ramogen, at Ain-Beida. 



HOLCUS. — I have only found in the province of Oran the H. mollis, and 

 that only on the edge of the Ould-Isser, near Tlemcen. Desfontaines, in the 

 ''Flora Atlantica," states that H. lanatus, (Meadow Soft Grass,) is found in 

 the neighbourhood of Mascara. 



HORDEUM. — This genus, which includes Barley, only afibrds us three 

 insignificant species, namely, B[. murinum, called in Arabic Goult-el-far; H. 

 maritimum, and H. crinitum. 



LOLIUM. — The ray-grass of the English is L. perenne, and is found very 

 commonly by road-sides and in gardens. The L. Temulentum, the only one 

 of the European Grasses which is poisonous, is happily very rare in the corn- 

 fields. 



MELICA. — We have the M. ciliata, which grows among the Dwarf Palms 

 in barren places, and the M. aspera. 



MILIUM. — This genus affords us the M. cerulescens, M. multiflorum, 

 and M. paradoxicum. Although they are species of the middle of Europe, 

 they do not suffer from the heat. Their stalks are sought for by the cattle 

 in the heat of summer. 



PANICUM. — The neighbourhood of Algiers affords many species of this 

 genus, but I have only found the P. dadylon near Oran; the roots of which 

 replace those of the T. caninum as a Dog's-tooth Grass. 



PHALARIS. — The fodder of the plain of Mitidja, and especially that of 

 the low meadows of the neighbourhood of Bouffarick, is composed in a great 

 measure of P. aquatic a, which I have hot found at Oran. The other species 

 are the P. canariensis, P. paradoxa, and P. nodosa, L, This last plant grows 



