354 ac-rostocraphiaf. af.ovptiacae fragmenta 



28. Panicum turgimjm. 



Forsk. Fl. aegypt. p. XL et Descript. p. 18. Dei.il. Fl. aegypt. p. 73 et 

 1 5a. tab. 9. lig. 2. Savi Catal. p. 16. Kunth Agroslogr. 1. p. 97. 

 In dcsertis pi-ope Kahirum el ad Suez frequens. 



Locustae turgidae, illis Panici iniliacci, bene observanle Dfxiuo facie 

 similes. Gluma 2-valvis, valvulis nicmbranaceis magniludine subaequa- 

 libus , valde concavis , inferior. 7-ncrvia super, sub 11-nervia. Flosculi 

 maseuli palea inferior glumae valvulis similis , g-nervia. Palea superior 

 mnllo tenuior, decolor, a-nervis , ad nervos plicato-carinata , carinis ci- 

 liolalis, apice obtuse emarginata. Paleae floris hermaphroilili coriaceae , 

 rigidae, nitidissiinae; liarum inferior obscure 3-ncrvia superiorem paullo 

 minorem , obsolete 2-nerviam demum arete semiamplectens. Paleolae car- 

 nosae, minutae , dolabriformes. Antherae oblongo-telragonae. Confer pro 

 reliquis oplimam Delilii descriptionem et iconem. 



29. PAINICUM M1LIACEUM. 



L. Sp. p. 86. Forsk. Fl. aegypt. p. XL. Delil. Fl. aegypt. p. y3. Savi 

 Catal. p. iG. Kunth Agrostogr. 1. p. io/(. 2. p. 81. 



In cultis /Egypti inferioris hinc hide, prae primis circa Kahirum. 



In planta aegypliaca locustae it a se habent. Gluma 2-valvis , valvis 

 amplis concavis apice constricto-cuspidalis, striatis : valvula inferiore mi- 

 nore 7-nervi, superiorc flosculum neutrum aequante i3-nervia. Flosculns 

 neuter 2-paleaceus ! Palea inferior ampla, concava, membranacea 11- 

 nervia ! superiorem et flosculum hermaphroditum amplectens. Palea su- 

 perior inferiore multo minor, tenuissima, hyalina, apice profunde 2-loba, 

 3-nervis ad nervos complicata. Flosculi hcrmapbroditi palea inferior 

 "i-nervia, superior 2-nervia! utraque tandem arete conniventes, coriaceae, 

 nitidissiinae. Qua ralione vero Panico miliaceo vel calycis valvulam in- 

 teriorcm minimam ( Forsk. 1. o. ) vel corollam 3-valvem ( Kunth 1. c. ) 

 tribuanlur nescimus ; palea etenim superior flosculi neutri, 2-nervis, ad 

 nervos plicata, apice biloba, pro glumae vel flosculi hermaphroditi glu- 

 mellae parte sumi nequil. 



