440 GRAMiNE^ Panicum. 



15. P. antidotale (Relz Obs. IV. 17) perenne, culmis elatis 

 slriclis ad nodos subincrassatis, foliis longis linearibus acuminatis- 

 simis, ligula brevi lacera tomeiitella, paniculae oblongae nutanlis com- 

 positee ramis inferioribus 3-2-nis cseteris solilariis, spiculis breviter 

 pedicellatis glomerulos in spicas tenues laxas dispositos formantibus 

 minutis glabris oblongis acutis virentibus, gluma exteriore ovato- 

 triangulari acuta trinervidimidiobreviore,superiore et glumellafloris 

 masculi oblongo-lanceolatis aculis ?)-7-nerviis nervis omnium valde 

 prominentibus, flosculo hermaphrodito coriaceo albo oblongo acato 

 neutro subbreviore %. P. siibalbidum Kunth. Gram. II, tab. 112. 



Hab. in valle Kurram Affghania prope Ghapri (Aitch. exs. 544 !). 



Herba tripedalis, panicula e& P. maximi brevior apice nutans, spiculse 

 magis glomerulatse minores, glumce multo acutiores prominenter nec obsolete 

 nervosae. 



Ar. Geogr. India, Nova Hollandia, Senegalia, Mauritius. 



16. P. repens (L Sp. 87), perenne glaucum repens stolonife- 

 rum, culmis strictis inferne crassiusculis squamosis, foliis villosulis 

 vel glaucescentibus linearibus acuminatis rigidis subdistichis erecto- 

 patulis planis demum subinvolulis supremis paniculam saepe sequan- 

 tibus, paniculfe terminatis erectfe subcompositae ramis solitariis vel 

 2-3-nis slrictissimis flexuosis, spiculis secus ramos paniculse gemi- 

 natim disposilis laxissime spicatis stricte pedicellatis glabris albidis 

 ovato-oblongis aculiusculis, gluma inferiore triplo breviore orbicu- 

 lata obtusissima subenervi, gluma superiore et glumell^ floris mas- 

 culi similibus ovatis acutis obsolete 5-7-nerviis, flore hermaphrodito 

 vix breviore ovato acuto coriaceo albo laevi :^. Sibth. Fl. Gr. tab. 61. 

 — P. arenarkm Brot. Phyt. Lus. tab. 6. — P. coloratum Gav. Ic. 

 tab. 110 non L. 



Hab. in arenosis humidis prnesertim maritimis GriBcise et Peloponesi 

 (Sibth. Heidr!), Gret» (Sieb ! Heldr!), Gypri (Sint. et Rigol), Pamphyliae 

 (Ball), Syrife littoralis (Bl ! Gaill!), Egypti ad Alexandriam (Gaill!) et in 

 Oasi parva (Asch!), Babylonia inter Bassora et Bagdad (Haussk!). 



Ar. Geogr. Hispania, Lusitania, Madera, Gallia australis, italia australis et 

 Sicilia, Sardinia, Africa borealis, P. B. Spei. 



17. P. coloratum (L. Mant. 30) perenne cespitosum, culmis 

 ascendentibus elongatis inferne ssepe geniculatis, foliis lanceolatis 

 acuminatis planis flexuosis ut et vagintfi ciliis sparsis e tuberculo 

 ortis obsitis, paniculse brevis oval» pyramidalae compositse ramis 

 patentibus capillaribus, spiculis purpureis laxissime ramulosis pedi- 

 cellatis ovatis obtusis, gluma ioleriore ovato-triangulari 2 7« P[o 

 breviore, superioreglumellaque floris neutri sessilibus ovatis obtusis 

 obsolele 5-7-nerviis, flore hermapbrodito subbreviore ovato coriaceo 

 albo laevi %. Jacq. Ic. I, tab. 12. 



Hab. in Egypto medii ad ripas Nili prope Siut, Farschut (Auch. 2960! 

 Boissl Schweinf !), ad Derraui (Ehrenb!), prope Galiiram (Sickenberger i;. 



