2 
Spiculae pedicellatae sessilibus similes, 5-7 mm. longae, callo indis- 
tincto glabro, utroque anthoecio 3 vel hebetato.—Stapf in Prain, Fl. 
Trop. Afr. vol. ix. p. 68. Sib hirsutum, Forsk. Fl. Aeg. -Arab. 
p- 16. Rottboellia hirsuta, Vahl, Symb. vol. i. p. 11; Delile, Fl. Aegypt. 
Tllustr. tab. xiv. fig. 1; Hack. Mon. Androp. p. 311. Ischaemum 
: : . iL. p. 296. 
I. hirsutum, Nees ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. vol. i. p. 261. Coclor hacks 
mera Brongn. apud Decne in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 2, vol. ii. 
: nto hirsutus, Munro apud Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
a xix. p. 68; Boiss. Fl. Or. vol. v. p. 466; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
162. 
vol. vil. p. 
Norru-Hast Arrica To Inpta. Africa: from Egypt along the 
littoral of the Red Sea toSomaliland. Asia: tropical Arabia ; through 
Baluchistan and Afghanistan to Scind and the Punjab, as far as the 
Salt. Range.—O. Srapr., 
Fic. 1, trio of two sessile and one pedicelled spikelet, with the pedicel in front ; 
2, same with the joint in front ; 3, sessile spikelet with the lower glume removed ; 
\ 0 
of upper floret ; 8, valvule of same (4-8 of sessile spikelet); 9, upper glume ; 
10, lower floret ; 11, upper floret (9-11 of pedicelled spikelet). ‘All enlarged. 
