458 GRA.MiNE^ Ch)'ysopogon, 



superior nrislata. Glumella et palea tenere membranacese, illa lanceo- 

 lata exapice breviter bifido longe aristata arista geniculata contorta, 

 brevior mutica. Squamulffi bime truncatse glabra\ Stam. 3. St}li2 

 longi terminales, stigmata elongata dense plumosa lateraliter versus 

 medium spiculsB emergentia. Garyopsis oblongo-linearis lateraliter 

 subcompressa libera. — Herbse perennes spiculis paniculalis. 



\. C. Gryllus (L. Sp. 1480 sub Andropogon) perennis cespi- 

 tosus, culmis erectis simplicibus, foliis linearibus planis breviusculis 

 inferne interdum pilosulis vel glabris, ligula brevissima ciliata, pani- 

 culae sub anlhesi etTusse ramis capillaribus simplicibus verticillalis 

 glabris vel apice pilosulis, spicula hermaphrodita basi pilis rufescen- 

 libus barbata, ejus gluma inferiore juxta iitrumque marginem serie 

 spinularum instructa, superiorein aristam aequilongam abeunte, glu- 

 mellae arisla ea pluries longiore inferrie hirla, pedicellis spicula sub- 

 brevioribus spiculisqu^? lateralibus glabris %, Ch. Gryllus Trin loc. 

 cit. Fl. Grsec, tab. 67. — Host Gram. H, tab. l. — Nees Gen. 

 Germ. Ic. — Pollinia Gryllus Spreng Pug H, p. JO. 



Hab. in pratis et collibus aridis, Grtecia in Attica et iEtolia (Heldr !), Creta 

 rSibth.), Macedonia et Thracia (Griseb.), Anatolia in Lydia circ^ Smymam 

 (Boiss ! Bal !), Galatia (Wied !), Giticia (Bal!), Syria circa Aintab et Orfa 

 (Auch. 2927!}, Mesopotaniia (Haussk!\ Palestina (Ball 1) Transcaucasia 

 (Ledeb.). 



Ar. Geogr. Gallia, Helvetia et Germania australes, Itaiia media, Dalmatia, 

 regio Danubialis, India borealis, Africa boreahs in regno Maroccano. 



2. C. ciliolatus (Nees ex Sleud Nom. p. 396 sub Andropogon) 

 perennis cespitosus. culmis erectis inferiie induratiset stricte ramo- 

 sis, foliis brevibus rigidiilis anguste linearibus basin versus ciliis e 

 tuberculis orlis obsitis, ligula nulla, paniculai brevis depauperatae 

 ramis hirtuiis, spiculis ternis basi pilis albis vel rufescentibus bar- 

 batis, lateralium pedicellis brevissimis hirsutis, spiculse hermaphro- 

 ditae gluma inferiore laevi apice pilosula vel glabrata in aristam rec- 

 tam spquilongam vel breviorem abeunte, superiore mutic^, glumellse 

 arista in glumam ea pluries longiorem abeunte pubescente, spiculis 

 lateralibus plus minus hirsutis %. 



Hab. in collibus siccis vallis Kurram Affghanise (Aitch I Griff !), Belutschiae 

 (Stoclis !). 



/3 Aiicheri. — Vaginae et folia pube velutina brevissima retrorsel 

 pubescentia ciliis tubenulatis saepe deficientibus. — Andropogon 

 Aucheri Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 5, p. 1\ 



Hab. in desertis Persite australis (Auch. 5465!), Belutschia (Stocksl). 

 Facies C. Grylli a quo notis indicatis differt. 

 Ar. Geogr. Scinde, India borealis, Australia. 



