894 GRAMINE^. (GRASS FAMILY.) 



length twisted awn— Spring — Fields and roadsides; Syrian coast; 

 Hauran. 



Var. laiiugiiioius, Boiss. Panicle larger; spikelets large, wool- 

 ly — Fields; coast to middle mountain zones and interior tablelands. 



Var. paiicl3orii§, Post. Panicles narrow. Spikelets 5-10- 

 flowered, .015 long, exclusive of awns — Beirut; Tiberias; Moab; 

 Gilead. B. argyplimis, Paine. 



Var. triarB§tatsis, Hackel. Culms low. Panicle of 1-5 or more 

 spikelets; lower pale of one or more of the lower flowerets 1-awned, the 

 upper ones 3-awued, the awns purplish — Zableh to Antilebanon, Da- 

 mascus, Syrian Desert, Aleppo, and northward, and eastward. 



15, S. internie€liH§, Guss. (D .3 to .4; culms glabrous. 

 Leaves linear, sheaths velvety. Panicle erect, at first somewhat loose, 

 then contracted, cylindrical, .1 to .13 long, .02 broad, branches erect, 

 short, the lower branched ; pedicels shorter than spikelets ; spikelets 

 linear -lenticular, .03 long, .002 to .003 broad, 6-12-flowered-, glumes 

 lanceolate, acute, the upper broader and somewhat longer ; lower pale 

 oblong, obliquely acute at tip, bifid; awn a.s long as 2^aJe, inserted, at or 

 Moid its upjyer third, spreading — May and June — Waste places; coast 

 to subalpine Lebanon ; Hasbeiya ; Aintab. 



16, M, mollis, L. © .3 to .6; culms velvety or glabrous. Leaves 

 linear, acuminate, more or less hairy, especially at sheaths. Panicle 

 erect, contracted in fruit, oblong, .05 to .1 long, .01 to .03 broad, 

 branches erect, half-whorled, the lower often with several spikelets ; 

 spikelets soft-pubescent or glabrescent, ollong -lanceolate, .01 to .015 

 long, .002 to .003 broad, 6-10-flow^ered, slightly compressed; glumes 

 lanceolate-oblong, the lower narrower and shorter, acute ; lower pale ob- 

 long-lanceolate, prominently 7-9-nerved, apex short-bidentate, awn 

 inserted at sinus, shorter than pale or the upper ones a little longer — 

 Spring — Nazareth ; Merj (Damascus). 



17, B. toracliystaetiy§, Horn. © .3 to .5; culms ^^^' ^■^^• 

 erect, slender, glabrous. Linear leaves and sheaths pubes- 

 cent. Panicle oblong-ovate to oblong, .06 to .1 long, .03 to 

 .04 broad, branches half-whorled, erector somewhat spread- 

 ing, the longest as long as spikelets; spikelets oblong to ob- 

 long-lanceolate, .015 to .02 long, .003 to .005 broad, 10-15- 

 flowered, glabrous or hirsute; glumes nearly equal, with pro- 

 minent nerves, oblong-lanceolate ; lower pale oblong-rhom- 

 boid, prominently 7-nerved, apex retuse or short-bidentate, 

 awn as long as pale or shorter — Spring — Esdraelon ; Jor- Spikeiet of 

 dan Valley ; Palmyrene Desert. ^' ^^l^''^'^^' 



Var. loiigipes, Post. Glabrescent; 1 to 1.5. Panicle .3 to .4 

 long, .15 broad, branches .08 to .03 long, pedicels often twice as long 

 as spikeiet — In rich soil under trees; near the New Bridge over the 

 Jordan. 



1§. B. patulu§, 3L K. (D .2 to .8; culms erect, glabrous. 

 Linear leaves and sheaths pubescent. Panicle loose, pyramidal, 

 branches .05 to .1 or more long, half-whorled, capillary, spread- 

 ing oMd at length nodding, as long as sjnMet or longer; spikelets 

 glabrous or appressed-villous, oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate or 

 oblong, .015 long, .004 to .006 broad, 8-16-flowered; ghimes oblong- 



