VGROSTOGRAPHIAE AEGYPTIACA1. FBAOMH . 



LYOBIIIIAIl^ 



IT I. LYGEUM. 

 L. Gen. ed, Schreb; p. /j3. — Korth Agrostogr. i. p. 18. 



\. LYGEUM Sl'AUTlM. 



L. Sp. |>. 7& Ki.vm Agrostogr. i. p. u> ulsf. PI. atl. i. p. 5 

 Dn.n.. Fl. aegypt. p. "]->.. Sayi Catal. p. i5. 



In arenosis secus lilora niedilerranei , circa Alexandrian! , Abonkir, 

 .dibiquc. 



TuIjus vel urceolus sic diclus hujusce graminis, c palcis llorum exle- 

 noribus , coriaceis , invicem concrclis constans, ante maturitalcin fructUS, 

 faciliter in strata duo, quorum intcrius membranaceuin , tenue, exterius 

 coriaceum, lentum, extus villo Ion go , rulvescente, propexo , lota soper- 

 ficie barbalum sepatari potest. Nonne igilur paries urceoli exterior pro 

 gluma, interior vero pro parte inferiore palearum in urccolo inclnsarom 

 el cum urceolo ipso concrelarum habendae ? 



PH&L&RIDEAE. 



Ki xth Agrostogr. t. p. 18. 



IV. CRYPSIS. 

 An — Kv.nth I. c. p. 21. — Endl. Gen. p. Ho. h.° 74^. 



5. ClJYPSIS MLIACA n. Sp. 



In insulis nilolicis /Lgypti inferioris, mense Decembris el Januarii. 

 Annua. "\ ix palmaris , glaucescens. Culmi e radice fibris tenuibus , 

 praclongis , composita , cacspitosi , prostrati, vel in orbem expansi, e va- 

 ginarum axillis alterne decomposito-ramosi , ramis plerumque fascicular, 

 in planum subfastigiatim expansis , singulis basi vagina propia cinctis 

 Internodia ramorum primariorum extus ad vaginarum orium callosa, ra- 

 nioium eaelerorum basi incrassala, laevia omnia, vel superiora sul) lente 

 subtiliter puberula , saepe scmilcrelia. Vaginae striatae, laeves, tubercu- 



