AEGILOPS. 



GRAMINEAE. 791 



irregulariter 2- vel 3-cuspidulata exaristata, in spicula terminali uni- 

 aristata. 



8. *A§. COMOSA Sibth. a Sm. Flor. Graec. I. 75. lab. 94. — Kntb. I. c. 458. no. 6. — 

 Jaub. Sc Spacb, Illuslr. plant. orient. tab. 314. — Habilat in Peloponneso et Archipelago 

 Graeco. 



Subgenus V. UROPYRL.M Jaub. & Spach. 1. c. 357. 



Spica gracilis elongata sublinearis flexuosa, laxe disticlia, e spiculis 

 7 — 9 invicem remotis rhacheos internodiis elongatis vix aut ne ^ix 

 quidem longioribus oblongo-lanceolatis non ventricosis subadpressis 

 composita, spiculae terminalis aristis longe bicaudata. Glumae valvae 

 in spiculis omnibus exaristatae. Glumellae palea externa in spiculis 

 lateralibus exaristata mucronata, in spiculae terminalis floribus duobus 

 infimis longissime uniaristata. 



9. *AE. MACRURA Jaub. 8c Spach , Illustr. pl. orient. tab. 315. — Habitat in agro Hale- 

 pensi. 



Subgenus VI. AMBLYOPYRUM Jaub. & Spach 1. c. 358. 



Spica gracilis elongata linearis flexuosa subteres, distiche interrupta, 

 ecaudata, e spiculis 7 — 15 rhacheos internodiis elongatis subbreviori- 

 bus ovato- vel oblongo -lanceolatis non ventricosis composita. Glu- 

 mellae palea externa apice rotundato mutica, simul ac glumae valvae-in 

 spiculis omnibus exaristata. 



10. AE. TRIPSACOIDES Jaub. & Spach 1. c. 358. et Ulustr. plant. orient. tab. 200. — 

 (Wlprs. Annal. I. 949. no. 1.) — Splculae subquinqueflorae , gluina paulo longiores. 

 Glutaae valvae cuneato - oblongae , apice lunato-bicuspidulatae et (spiculis lateralibus) 

 in sinu excentrice unidentatae. — Habitat in Caria. 



11. AE. LOLIACEA Jaub. & Spach 1. c. et Illustr. pl. orient. tab. 317. — Spiculae sub- 

 septemflorae (5 — 8-florae) gluma subsemel longiores. Glumae valvae cuneiformes, 



apice lunato-bilobufatae et (spiculis lateralibus) in sinu excentrice unidentatae vel sub- 

 aequaliter tridentatae. — Habitat in Cappadocia. 



Tribus XII. ROTTBOELLIACEAE Knth. 1. c. 460. 



924. OPMIURIJS /?. Br. 



(Knth. Enumer. 1. 464.) 



1. 0. UNDATUS N. ab E. in Hook. Kew gard. misc. II. 100. — Culmo simplici monosta- 

 chyo ; spica exserta lereliuscula, ad latera undalim sulcata ; gluma inferiore obtusa 

 obsolete basi leviter sulcata ; flosculo inferiore bivalvi ; foliis anguste linearibus uni- 

 nerviis strictis laevibus. — Habitat in insulis Philippinis. 



