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hoc grnmen, quod RotlhoIIaemiiricatae Rrtz. valde aflinis vldctur, et quod 

 iconi Sprengclianae in act. Petropol. (]Me'nioiies, Vol. II. Tab. 7.) quodam- 

 modo simile est, mera Jschaemi peciinati varietas? 

 Ischaemiim mastrucalum. Spica solitaria, undique llorifera ; Arliculis, pediccllo spi- 

 culisque mutlcis (albo-) villosis; Spicula superiori inani; Culmi nodis glabris, 

 foliis Involutis, pungentibus. 

 Trilicum aegilopoidcs Forsk. 

 RotthoIHa hirsuta Fahl. P». et S. II. p. 784. 

 V. spp. Aegypt. 

 Ischaemum laxum Br! Spica solilaria, undique floilfera; Arliculis pedicelloque 

 utrinque ciliatis; Spicula inferiori, e gluma supcriori setigcra, longc aristata, 

 supcrioris muticae glumis subuliferis ; Culmi nodis bnrbulatis, ioliis hncaribus, 

 acumiuatis. 

 Ischaemum laxum. li. et S. II. p. 781. 

 V. sp. nov. Holl. 

 yaginae scabriusculae. Ligula brevis, in pilos densos soluta. Folia inferiora 

 pcdalia, acuminatissima, lineas fere 2 lata. Arliculi bilineales, utrinque pilis 

 mollibus, ipsis brevioribus, accrescendo-ciliati. Spicula inferior non computatis 

 armis lineas 4 longa, glabra. Gluma exterior lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, q-ner- 

 vis, superne ad marglncs angustlsslme membranaceo-alala ; interlor tertiam par- 

 lem brevior, sub- 5-nervis, apice emittens setam erectam, fere semipolllcarem. 

 Flosculus Inferlor masculus ; superior femlneus?, arlsta sesquipolllcari. Spiculae 

 superioris, magniludlne sessills, pedlcellus artlculo slmdls, paulo brevlus ciliatus. 

 Glumae brevi-caudato-subulalac: Inferlor 7-, superlor 3-nervIs. FIosculI 2, 

 bivalves, ambo mascull. 

 Ischaemum? crinitum. Splcls solltariis, undique floiiferis; Artlculis pedicelloque 

 villosis; Splcula utraque longisslme setoso-arlstata: supeiiorl i— flora, feminea; 

 Glumls hcrbaceo-membranacels, apice fimbriatis: superiori longisslme setlgera; 

 Culml nodls barbulatls, follis lineaii-lanceolatls. 



