Andropogon. gramine.e 463 



Ar. Geogr. Nubia, Abyssinia, Arabia tropica, India borealis, insula; Cana- 

 rienses et Gapitis viridis, Nova HoUandia. 



Sect. n. GYNANDROPOGON B"» loc. cit. — Spicfe lerminales plures 

 fasciculatfB vel digitatfe nou bracteatffi. 



2. A. Ischaemum (L. Sp. 1483)perennis, radicerepenle.culmis 

 erectis simplicibus vel superne parce ramosis ad nodos glabris vel 

 brevissime puberulis, foliis linearibus acuminatis glaucis ad basin 

 pilosis pro ligula pilorum serie obsitis, spicis 5-10 subdigitalim fas- 

 ciculatis linearibus subsessilibus griseis, racbide pedicellisque spicu- 

 laruni masculorum pilis albis spicula subbrevioribus obsitis, spiculfe 

 liermapliroditje a dorso complanalaj flosculo inferiore ad glumellam 

 membranaceam reducto, glumis coriaceis inferiore oblongo-lineari 

 oblusiuscula a basi ad medium pilosula plurinervi, superiore acutS 

 trinervi, glumella tenui tota ad aristam tenuem geniculatam et 

 inferne tortam spicula triplo longiorem reducta, palea nulla, spicula 

 pedicellafa mascula non aristata !^. Ic. Jacq. Austr. tab. 384. — 

 Ilost Gram. 2, lab. 2. — Rchb. Ic. Germ. fig. 461. — A. anguslifo- 

 lius Sm. Prodr. I, p. 47. 



Hab. in siccis pra^sertim montanis, Groecia (Sibtli.) regio montana Eury- 

 tania^ et Phtiotidis i25'j9"-8000' (Heldr!), Macedonia^ etThracire montes (Orph! 

 Friv!). Byzantii (Sibth. Auch!}, Pontus Lazicus ad Rhize(Bal!), Cappadocia 

 ad radices Argaei (Bal !), Libanus (lil !), montes Avroman et Schahu Kurdis 

 tania) (Haussi), Persioe borealis moutes (Ky! Bge !), Tauria, Gaucasus et 

 Transcaucasia (Stev! Ledeb.), Afighania (Gritf!). 



Ar. Geogr. Europa media et australis a Belgio, Germania media ad regio- 

 nem Daniibialem et Rossi&m mediam, Songaria, Tibetia. 



3. A. annulatus(Forsk. Descr. 173) perennis cespitosus, radice 

 fibrosa, culmis erectis vel ascendentibus simplicibus vel raniosis ad 

 nodos longe barbatis, foliis glaucescentibus linearibus planis glabris 

 vel inferne laxe pilosulis, ligula brevi trnncata, spicis 2-6 digitatis 

 linearibus, racbide pedicellisquc pilosis, spiculis oblongis obtusis a 

 dorso complanatis flosculo inferiore ad glumellam reducto, glumis 

 subcoriaceis oblongo-linearibus niargine et interdum dorso ciliatis 

 inferiore multinervi obtusa superiore acuta subenervi, glumella 

 ad aristam inferne tortam et geniculatam spicula sextuplo longiorem 

 reducta, palea nulla, spicula pedicellata mascula vel neutra non aris- 

 tata %. Ic. Del. Eg. lab. 7, fig. 2. 



Hab. ad vias, fossas exsiccatas totius Egypiti(Forsk. Del.,Sieb. Boiss ! etc), 

 Babyloniffi ad Mohammera(Noe!), Persise occidentalis in Elymaitide(Haussk!), 

 borealis in prov. Ghilan (Auch. 54G4) et austro-orientali ad Ghabbise (Bge !), 

 Belutschia (Aitch.). 



Affinis A. Ischcemo aquoradicecespitosa fibrosA, nodis longe albo-barbatis, 

 aristis elongatis distinguitur. 



Ar. Geogr. Africa borealisinterior, insuloe Gapitis viridis, Nubia, Abyssinia, 

 P. B. Spei, India, Australia. 



