452 GRAMiNE^ Lygettvn. 



1. L. SpartUtti (L6fl. Ic. Hisp. tab. 2. — L. ^^. 74) rhizomal& 

 horizontali repente squamis coriaceis nitidis yestito, eaulibus cespi- 

 tosis, foliis glaucis duris filiformi-convolutis flexuosis subpungenti- 

 bus, liguld elongala, spatha terminali solitaria striata vii"^scente 

 margine scariosa acuniinata, spiculis longe sericeo-pilosis prius spa- 

 tha inchisis dein lateraliter exsertis %. Lam. III. Gen. lab. 39. 



Hab. in argillosis et arenosis maritimis, Creta ad prom. Sidero et prope 

 Pilalimmata ditionis Sitia (Sieb. Heldr 1), Egyptus inferior ad Aboukir, 

 (Husson 1), inter Alexandriam et Rosettam (Ehr !). Fl. Mart. Mai. 



Ar. Geoqr. Hispania littoralis et interior in salsuginosis, Sardinia, Sicilia, 

 Italia australis, Africa borealis. 



Tr. III. ANDROPOGbNE^. 



Spiculfe secus spicse rachidcm vel paniculse ramulos sgepissime 

 geminse vel terminales ternae a dorso compressce, altera vel media 

 fertilis, cseterse masculse vel neutne, rarissime omnes fertiles. Glu- 

 mella glumis minor hyaiina ssepe aristata. 



IMPERATA (Cyr. Pl. rar. ^'eap 2, p. 26). 



Spicu4fe in paniculse spiciformis ramis gemiiiffi altera sessilis vel 

 ssepius ambo pedicellalae utraque ferlilis et biflora flosculo inferiore 

 neutro ad glumellam reducto superiore hermaphrodito. Glumse mem- 

 branacese pilis longissimis extus obsitae subcequales mulicfe floscuiis 

 longiores. Glumella floris neutri hermaphroditum involvens et 

 eolongior, flosculi hermaphroditi glumella et palea tenuiter membra- 

 naceee inaequales apice fimbrialae muticse. Squamulae nullse. Styli 2 

 terminales elongati basi connati, stigmata longa plumosa ex apice 

 spiculse emergentia. Caryopsis ovoidea glabra libera. — Herbae 

 perennes panicuIS cylindracea longe sericea. — Genus prseler inflo- 

 rescentiam ab Eriantho et Saccharo paniculae ramulis vix articulatis 

 distinctum. 



1. I. cyllndrica (L. Sp. 120 sub Lagiird) perennis cespilosa, 

 radice longe et late repente, culmis- erectis strictis basi vaginis folio- 

 rum emortuorum stipatis, foliis angusle linearibus slrictis planis 

 demum convolutis marginibus scabris ncrvo medio lato radicalibus 

 conferlis caulinis paucis, paniculse cylindricae ramis brevibus adpres- 

 sis, glumis oblongo-linearibus extus longe pilosis obtusis apice den- 

 ticulatis, glumella et palea glabris apice fimbriatis Q|. L cylindrica 

 P. de B. Agrost. p. 1. - Rchb. lc. Germ. fig. 455. — Saccharum 

 cylindricum Lam. III. tab. 40. - Fl. Grsec. tab. 54. — /. arundina' 

 nacea Cyr. loc. cit. tab. II. — L Thmibergii et /. Kwnigii P. de B. 



