456 GRAMiNE^ Arthraxon. 



lariceolatis abrupliiiscule attenuato-acuminatis basi cordatis obtus& 

 auriculatis amplexicaulibus scabrido-hirtis ciliisque basi tuberculatis 

 marginatis, spicis 3-9 in fasciculos terminales dispositis tenuibus 7-12- 

 spiculatis, spiculis rachidis flexuosse glabrse arliculis sublongioribus 

 basi glabris vel parce hirtulis, spiculce abortivse stipite obsoleto, glu- 

 mis ad nervos breviter murlculato-ciliatis, aristatenui spicula dupla 

 longiore O, Pleuroplitis Centrasiatica Griseb. in Led. FI. Ross. IV, 

 p 477. — P. Caucasica Rupr. — Andropogon amplexifolius Trin. 

 Fund. — Alectoridia Qnartiniana Rich. Fl. Abyss. II,447,tab. 99. 

 Andropngon Alectoridia Steud. Glum. p. 383. 



Hab. in paludosis, humidis ad mare Nigrum, Pontus Lazicus circa Rhize- 

 (Bal !), Mingrelia ad Poti (Rehm!), in graminosis humidis Kachetise inter 

 Quareli et Sazchenis (Rupr I). 



Gulmi V»-2 pedes longi, folia majora 1-1 V»-poJhcaria 4-5 lineas longa 

 valde acumiuata, spicse tenues 1-1 V»-pollicares, glumte 2 lineas longae. 



Ar. Geogr. Songaria, Japonia, Abyssinia. 



POLLIMA (Spreng. Pug. 41-12, excl. speciebns). 



Spiculffi in spicarum articulis binse allera sessilis fertilis altera 

 pedicellata neulra, in apice spicse interdum ternae omnes biflorae- 

 flosculo inferiore neutro ad glumellam rcducto. Spica sessilis herma- 

 phrodita. Glumse biuGe flosculo longiores exterior membranaceo-her- 

 bacea acuminata,superior membranacea concavo-complicata ex apice 

 bifido aristata. Glumella membranacea profunde bifida inter lobos 

 longe aristata arista geniculata infernecontorta, paleabrevior angusta 

 subintegra. Squamulse binae truncatse glabrse. Slam. 3. Slyli t termi- 

 nales elongati, stigmata elongata dense plumosa lateraliter infra 

 niediam spiculam emergentia. Caryopsis oblonga libera. Spic.pedicelL 

 mascula. Glumte 3, inferior subherbacea ex apice bifido arista a 

 superior indivisa. Glumella et palea oblongo-Ianceoialfe non aristatae, 

 hsec brevior interdum deficiens. Herbfe spicis (in nostra) geminatis. 

 — Genus glumarum struclura ab Andropogone distii.ctum. 



1. P. distachya (L Sp. 1481 sub Andropogon) pcrenniscespi- 

 tosa, culmis erectis simplicibus, foliis glabris vel pilosulis linearibus 

 acuminatis planis, vaginis ore barbatis. spicis in apice culmi gemi- 

 natis, rachide pedicellisque pilosis, glumella inferiore spiculse fertilis 

 acutissima plurinervi membranaceo-marginata, aristis glumarum 

 tenuibus reclis eis ^quilongis vel brevioribus, glumelioe arista 

 valida ea duplo longiore %. P. distachya Spr. Syst. I, 288. — 

 Rchb. Germ. fig. 462. — Fl. Gnec. tab. 69. 



Hab. in rupestribus apricis regionis inferioris Grseciae (Sibth!), insuia, 

 iEgina (Heldr !), Peloponneso (Sprun! Heldr!), CretA (Heldr !), Hydra insula 

 (Heldr !), Rhodo (Bourg !), Anatolid australi in Lycia (Bourg!), Giliciii (Ky! 

 Bal!), SyriA littorali ad Berythum (Gaill! Barb!\ Palestina (Boissl), Arabia 

 petrea in jugo Sinaitico (Auch. 2954!). 



