850 GRAMINEiE. (aSASS FAMILY.) 



the lower sheaths mll&us. Panicle lanceolate, .4 long, .08 broad; rachi 

 and pedicels very hisjnd, the hairs as long as the spikelets; glumes lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, more or less hispid ; awn as long as lower pale — 

 Autumn — Sandy banks of streams; coast; Lebanon; Marash; Ghor- 

 es-Safieh. 



2. E. strictus, Host. If 1 to 3; culms .004 to .005 thick at base, 

 jointed, solid. All the leaves cauline, elongated, linear, scabrous-mar- 

 gined, with a prominent, white midrib; sheaths glahrous. Panicle 

 linear-lanceolate, .2 long, .02 to .03 broad, the branches glahrous^ or 

 minutely 'oelvety-pulerident ; spikelets surrounded at base with a ring of 

 reddish hairs as long as they; glumes reddish, pale-scarious at tip, 

 obtuse, 2-denticulate, the outer with ciliate margin and glabrous back, 

 the inner glabrous; awn longer than lower pale — Autumn — Coast; 

 middle zone of Lebanon ; S6f Dagh (Northern Syria) ; Antioch. 



9. SPOXDIOPOGON, Trin. Spondiopogon. 



Spikelets three together (or by abortion 2) on the branches of the 

 panicle, the intermediate sessile, the lateral pedicelled, all jointed, 

 homogamous, 2-flowered. Glumes herbaceous, hirsute, somewhat 

 longer than flowerets. Lower floweret staminate, upper perfect, and 

 both, or only the upper, aristate. Lower pale hyaline, that of the 

 staminate floweret lanceolate, awned or muticous, that of the perfect 

 bifid with a twisted awn at the sinus; upper pale narrow. Styles 

 elongated, stigmas feathery. Caryopsis free — Perennial herbs, with 

 loose panicles. 



S. pogroiiaiitliu§, Boiss. 2X .4 to . 8 ; root-stock with stout fibres ; 

 culms branched below. Leaves linear, flat, acuminate, nearly glabrous. 

 Panicle oblong, .08 to .1 long, .015 broad, axis flexuous, branches stiff, 

 glabrous ; pedicels of lateral spikelets hirsute ; spikelets with a cluster 

 of long hairs at base ; glumes hirsute, about equal, lanceolate, mucro- 

 nate; lower pale of staminate floweret lanceolate, ciliate, with an awn 

 as long as itself or shorter ; lower pale of perfect floweret bifid to mid- 

 dle, one-third as long as its awn — September — Banks of gullies. 

 Plain of Issus. 



10. POL.L.IKIA, Spreng. Pollin-ia. 



Spikelets in pairs at each joint of hairy rachis, spiked, one. sessile, 

 fertile, the other pedicillate, staminate; at the apex of the spike some- 

 times ternate ; each 2-flowered, the lower flower reduced to a pale, 

 neuter. Perfect sjnlce: glumes 2, longer than floweret, the outer 

 herbaceous, with scarious margin, unequally bifid, the inner hyaline, 

 cymbiform, bifid, with a slender awn between the teeth. Pales hyaline, 

 the lower deeply cleft, with a long, bent and twisted awn, the upper 

 shorter, narrower, entire. Lodicles 2, truncate, glabrous. Stamens 3. 

 Styles 2, terminal, feathery. Caryopsis oblong. Staminate spike: 

 glumes 3, herbaceous, the lowest bifid, with a slender awn, the upper 

 two undivided. Pales hyaline, without awns, the inner much smaller, 

 often — Herbs with twin sj^ikes. 



P. clistachya, L. 2]! .3 to .8, tufted; culms erect, simple. 

 Leaves glabrous, or slightly hairy; mouths of sheaths bearded. Spikes 

 .08 long, .005 broad excluding awns; rachis and pedicels hairy; awn 

 of upper glume of fertile spikelet about as long as glume ; of lower 

 pale 4-5 times as long as pale — April and May — Rocky and stony 

 places ; coast to middle mountain zone ; interior plains ; Sinai. 



