m GRAMINEAE. i.bkuma. 



Ordo GRAMINEAE Jms. 



(Endl. gen, pl. p. 77. Kunlh En. I. et app. — VVnlp. Ann III. p. 710.) 

 (E. G. Sleudel Synopsis pl. Glumaceorum, Siutlgarliae 1855.) 



In grtiminuin hac plahoralione, quam amicus meus cl. Andi-rsonius Holmiensis 

 maxima pnne benigne curavit, non omnia , quae voluii muitis aliis ne- 

 gotiis oppressus ad fiiiem perdu.\it, sed spero, ut' desiderata in cyclo 

 sequente Aunalium i ite persolvaniur. 



Tribus I. ORYZEAE. Kmh. Gra.n. 

 728. 1.KEKSBA. Sol. *) 



(Kndl. gen. pi. n. 7'^8, — Walp. Ann. III. 710.) 



1. LEERSIA HE.XAMJRA (Swortz Fl. ind. occ. 130) — L. anstralis Br. Prodr. 1. 210. 

 Steud. Synops. p. 2. — L. 7nc.vicanu Kih. Gram. I. t. 1. Steud. Synops. I. c. — .S. 

 ^nauritanica Salzin. Sieud. Synops. I. c. — L. brasilicnsis Spr. — L. contracta Nees. — 

 L. glaberrima Trin. — L. Triniana Sieh. — L. abyssinica Hochst. — omnes synonyma 

 sec. Cosson: Dullet. de la Soc. bot. 1854. p. 313. 



In paludosis Algeriae occ. prope La Callel imprimis in sylvaiicis uliginosis et in pa- 

 lude Bou-Merchen ad lacum Houbera : Cosson 1. c, In utriusqne htmis|ihaerii regione in- 

 lertropica , rarius extra occurrens: ad Tingidem (Saizmann), in /Egypio (Delile Sieber) 

 Abyssinia (Schiinper) ad promonioiium Oonae Sitei (Urege, Eckion) , in Bpngalia (Grif- 

 flih). Nepalia (Wallich), in>;ula Taprobana (Walker), ins. Piiilippinis (ruming), Florida 

 (Chapman), New.-Oiieans (Drummond), Te.xa.?, Rio lirazos (Drnmniond), Mexico (ex Kunth). 

 Guyana gallica (Poiteau, Leprieur), Pernambuco (Gardner), iNova Hollandia (R. Br.) 



2. LEERSIA AEGYPTIACA Figari et Nol. 



Mem. Acad. di Torino 1854. p. 317 tab. 1—8. 



Haec species a L. oryzoid'^ quam e plurih. Europae regionib. Iiabe- 

 mus et vivam saepe observavimns , quaiiiiuaxime differt, et primuiu 

 culmo va£iinisque laevissimis. f. vix sub laclii scnbridis nec marg. secan- 

 libus paleis fiimis non pnpyiac^^is, slaiiiiiiibii.-- 4 — 6. Diff, insuper st.itura 

 niinore, piiniculae paucifloiae conlractae lamis siiiiplicib. el lolo habilu. — 



Vide I, c, et descriiii. amplam. 



In arvis humidis Deliae, mensJb. Jan.>pi Febr. 



L. oryzoides Del. Fl. Aeg. ? Savi Cat. p. 16? 



3. LEEHSIA FEROX Figari el Notaris. 



Mem dcir Acad. Torino 1834, p, 319 lab. II. 1—10, 



lisd. fere notis ac L. Aepyptiaca F\p. ab oryzoide differt haec spe- 

 cies; nempe compai:ine palear, papyiacearum firmiore. Haec insuper 

 per belle ab oryzoide recedit , caivopsidc palrarum cavilalem fei e ex in- 

 tef^ro implente . quae in oi yzoide paleis membranaceis mullo minor. 

 Ab Aegyplica distinguimus palea infenore semi-elliptica, nervis ejusd. 



*) A. Draun: Zuruci(fuhrung der (Jaining Lcirsia zur Gatlung Oryza L.. in Virhdl. 

 d<s |;ol. Vcrcins fiir Biandciibui j; 18(0 p. P.ij — 205 i;.b. lil A. 



