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ad apicem pedunculi 3-4 brevibus confertis, glumis obtusis, caryopsi 
suborbiculata a dorso compressa valde rugosa antice concava. Hleusine 
brevifolia, Hochst. et Stend. Pl. Schimp. exs. n. 799 non R. Br. 
Celachyrum brevifolium, Nees in Linnea, xvi. 221. 
Has. Sandy shores of the Red Sea, near Djedda, Schimper, S. Fischer, 
n. 133; between Kosseir and Ras-Benass, Schweinfurth, n. 1577. 
glabrum. Folia ad basin caulis plura, in caule florido 1 y. 2, supra 
vaginam sessilia, plana, acuta, 4-1 poll. longa, 14-2 lin. lata, ligula. 
parva nune vix prominente. Pedunculus supra folium summum 1-14 
poll. longum. Spicw ad apicem pedunculi arcte approximate, v. in- 
lin. longe. } 
obtusissimew, laxe imbricate, tenuiter membranaces, nervis 3 pro- 
minentibus. Caryopsis gluma paleaque laxe inclusa, libera, late ovata v. 
orbiculata, a dorso compressa, insigniter rugosa, media facie foveola 
repens, and place Kunth in Poa (but not the Aluropus levis, 
Trin.), by Sprengel in Koeleria, and rown in Wallich’s 
Catalogue in Hleusine. It has, however, all the characters of Eragrostis, 
and may take the name of J. brevifolia. It is sometimes quite dwarf, 
Ziluropus. The leaves are quite those of H. Celachyrum, but the 
spikelets are larger and flatter, with 6 to 12 flowers and hairy glumes, 
and collected into a dense, 4 in. dia- 
meter. vluropus is readily distinguished by the many-nerved glumes 
as well as by habit.—G. BentHam. 
Fig. 1. Spikelets. 2,3. Lower empty glumes. 4. Flowering glume, side view. 5. 
The same, open, with the margins turned in. 6. Palea, lodicules, and caryopsis. 7. 
Stamens and pistil. 8. Caryopsis, back view. 9. The same, front view. 
PuaTe 1369. 
NEPHELOCHLOA ORIENTALIS, Boiss. 
Graminea, Tribe Festuces (Hufestucee). 
N. orientalis, Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Or. v. 73. 
Has. Levant, province of Caria near Gheyra, Boissier, and in 
Phrygia, near Ouchak, Balansa. 
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