434 GRAMiNE^ Panicum. 



/3 ciliare — Glnmella floris neutri secus nervos lalerales plus 

 minus longe ciliata. — P. ciliare Retz Obs. IV, p. 16. — Trin. lab. 

 144. — Rchb. Germ., fig. 508. 



Hab. in Egypto (Figari), copiose ad margines Nilijprope Thebas (Kral f), 

 Ponto Lazico in arenosis maritimis ad Rhiz6 (Ball), Trancaucasia (Nordm !). 



Ar. Geogr. Europa media et australis, regiones subtropicae et tropicae totius 

 orbis. 



Sect. II. TRIGHAGHNE Renlh. — Spiculae sericeo-piiosee solitarise 

 vel phires in spicas paniculatas disposilae. Glumellae 

 floris hermaphroditi vix coriaceae. — Trichachne Nees. 



8. P. pabulare (Ailch. et Hemsley Journ. Linn. Soc. 1882, 

 p. 190) perenne, culmis elatis, foliis glabris latiuscule linearibus 

 acuminatis scabridulis cauiinis superioribus etiam elongatis, 

 vagina prope orem barbata, ligula brevi lacera, paniculae elongatfe 

 pyramidatae ramis 10-20 elongatis sub anthesi patentibus, spiculis 

 secus ramos blnatim vel solitarie dispositis altera breviler altera 

 longius pedicellata pedicellis slrictis, glumella iiiferiore minutissima 

 ovata glabra superiore lanceolala membranacea acuminata longe 

 sericeo-pilosc1,flosculo inferiore ad glumellam glumse superiori simi- 

 lem sericeo-pilosam reducto, flosculi hermaphrodili glumella et palea 

 glabris nigricantibus subcoriaceis lanceolatis acutis gluma subbrevio- 

 ribus %. 



Hab. in Affghanise valle Kuram inter Thal et Ghapri (Aitch. exs. 531!). 

 Floret Septembri. Pabulum eximium. 



Valde affme P. leucophoeo H. B. K. et forsan hujus varietas, ex cl. aucto- 

 ribus paniculae ramis divaricatis imprimis distinctum. 



Sect. III. TRIGHOLiENA. — Spiculse longe piloste solitariae inor- 

 dinatim paniculatae, Gluma inferior sajpe deficiens- 

 Flosculi masculi glumella et palea subccriacese. — Tri- 

 cholcBna Schrad. 



4. P. Teneriffae (Linn. fil. Suppl. 106 sub Saccharo) perenne 

 cespitosum, rhizomate indurato, culmis basi ramosis ascendentibus, 

 foliis glaucescentibus glabris anguste linearibus rigidis siccatione 

 convolutis vagina ore pilosa, paniculae erectae brevis sub anlhesi 

 patentis dein contractaj oblongae ramis capillaribus flexuosisglabris, 

 spiculis minutis violascenlibus oblongis longiuscule pedicella- 

 tis, gluma inferiore obsoleta, superiore glumellaque flosculi masculi 

 similibus sequilongis membranaceis ovato-lanceolatis pilis longis 

 obsitis, palea flosculi masculi glabra angusliore obtusiuscula, floscuU 

 hermaphroditi ghima multo brevioris glumella et palea oblongis sub- 

 toriaceis nitidis %. Ic. Fl. Graec. I, tab. 53. — Jacq. Eclog. t. 34. — 



