446 GRAMiNBJE Pennisetum, 



inferiore ovata iininervjacuta floscuio hermaphrodito triplo breviore, 

 superiore ovalo-lauceolata acuminata trinervi flore hermaphrodito 

 vix breviore, glumelia floris masculi et floris hermaphroditi subcon- 

 formibus ovato-oblongis 5-nerviis acuminatis breviter aristatis, palea 

 apice bimucronata ^,— H. fasciculatum Trin, xMem. Petr. Ser. III, 

 VI, p. 181 — P, Sinaicum Decaisne Fl. Sin.. p. 9. — P. Persicum 

 Boiss. et Buhse Aufz. p. 232 (forma spicis paucispiculatis,glumis et; 

 glumellis longius aristulalis), — Cenchrns Orientalis Willd. ined. 

 P. tenue. P. variabile et P. spectabile. Figari et Not. Agrost. iEgyp- 

 tiac» Fragmenta, p. 2-5, ex descriptione non specifice difTerre- 

 videntur. 



Hab. in collibus siccis et ad rupes, Anatolia in Lycaonia ad Konieh 

 (Heldrf), Galatia (VVilld.) et ad Toliat (Wied !), Pontus (Auch. 29971), Ar- 

 menia Turcica ad Baibut (Bourg !)Gappadocia ad Csesaream [BaX !), Gataonia 

 ad Marasch (Haussk l), Gilicia ad Giilek 3500" (Ky. 861 Bal ! ), Syria borealis 

 in monte Amano (Ky 122 !), ad Gassii radices (Boiss I), Arabia petrea iu 

 jugo Sinaico (Bove ! Schimp. 115 !), deserta Arabica Egypti inferioris ad 

 Ouadi Hamaka (Sckweinf !), prov. Transcaucasicse Karabagh et Talysch 

 (Hoh I), Persia borealis ad Budbar (Buhse !), orientalis ad Schahrud (Bgel> 

 et Jezd (Buhse !), australis ad Kaserun (Haussk!), Affghania ad Otipore 

 (Griffl et in valle Kurram (Aitchl), Belutschia (Stoksl). 



Ar. Geogr. Algeria iuterior. 



5.. P asperifolium (Desf. Al. II, 388 sub Cenchro) perenne 

 cespilosum, culmis erectis alatis foliosis scabridis, foliis longis rigi- 

 dulis anguste linearibus acuminatis plicalis carinalis scabris, vaginis 

 ore ciliatis, spicis longis cyiindraceis densiusculis rachide scabra 

 hirtula, involucris J-2-spiculalis pedicellis fasciculatim setuloso-hi.s- 

 pidis suffuitis multisetis setisinsequalibus albidis vel rubellis spicula 

 triplo longioribus interioribus basi subcoalilis crassioribus inferne 

 pilis e tuberculo orlis pluniosis, altera aliis longiore, glumis hyalfnis 

 inferiore ovalo-triangulari acuta subenervi triplo vel quadruplo bre- 

 viore, superiore oblongo-lanceolata mucronato-aristulata 3-5-nervi, 

 flosculo neutro nullo vel ad rudimentum setiforme reducto, glumella 

 floris hermaphroditi oblongo-lanceolata 3-o-nervi paleani bidentatam 

 involvente %. P. asperifolium K*''. Gram. I, 49. — P. Tiberiadis 

 Bolss. Diagri Ser. I, 13, p. 43. 



Hab. ad rupes Palestinae prope Khau Hussein ad lacum Tiberiadis et 

 eirca Banias (Boiss!), in monte Garmelo (Labill !\ Libano inter Arissa et 

 Antoura (Ehr!) ad Nahr el Kelb prope Berythum (Barbey !). 



Diflert a P. Orientali spicis longioribus et densioribus 5-6-pollicaribus,. 

 involucri setis longioribus, spiculis unitloris, gluma inferiore brevissim4. 



6. P. mollisslmum (Hochst. Fl. 1844, p. 253) annuum, caule 

 erecto ad nodos piloso basi ramoso tota longitudine folioso, foliis 

 lifiearibus acuminatis planis flexuosis sparsim pilosis, spica densis- 

 sime cylindrica rachide villosissima, involucris pedicellis brevibus 

 hispidis suffultis fere horizonlalibus^multisetis setis albidis paruna 



