Andropogon. GRAMiNEiE 465 



supra spatham plus minusve pilosis, spicis ad ramulorum apicem 

 geminis sessilibus subnulaiilibus linenribus compressis, rachide et 

 pedicellis longe et dense pilosis, spiculis oblongo-lanceolatis, glumis 

 spicul» hermaphrodifte aequilongis obtusis inferiore plurinervi pilis 

 ei a^quilongis dense veslita superiore glabra vel parce pilosa acuti- 

 uscula, glumella membranacea anguste lineari ex apice breviter 

 bidentato in aristam geniculato-contorlam pubescentem ea quadru- 

 plo longiorem cibeunte, glumis spicula^ masculffi acutioribus, glumelhi 

 non aristata %. Host Austr. IV, tab. 1. — Rchb. Ic. Germ. tig, 460. 



Hab. in collibus siccis regionis inferioris, Grsecia (Sibth. Heldr !), Cyprus 

 (Ky. G17), Syria littoralis et regio inferior Libani (Bl I Gaill !), regnum Mas- 

 cate in monte Ghebeclc (Auch. 5462!). 



/3 pubescens Vis. Fl. Dalm. Suppl. I, p. 14. — Folia tenuiora, 

 culmi saepe breviores supernc minus ramosi spicis paucioribus 

 tenuioribus adpressius hirsutis pilis brevioribus, aristse glumella sua 

 5-6-pIo longiores. — A. puhescens Visian. Fl. Dalra. I, 52, tab. 2. 

 Rchb. Germ. fig. 459. 



Hab. in Oriente forraa typicA vulgatior, Grrecia in Attica (Sprun! Heldr - 

 Orph !), Zacynthus (Marg !), Creta (Sieb!), Anatolia australis in Pamphylia 

 ad Adalia (Bourg !), Cilicia Tracliea (Pej- !), Cataonia (Hausok!), Egypti infe- 

 rioris deseita et superior ad mare Rubrum (Schweinf !), Juddea supra Jericho 

 et Pale.^^lina prope Tiberiadem (Boiss !), Mesopotamia (Haussk !), Persia austro- 

 occidentalis (Ky. 212! Hausskl). 



Ar. Geogr. Regio mediterranea Eui*opoe et Africse borealis, Madera, insulae 

 Canarienses et Capitis viridis, Abyssinia, P. B. Spei, Arabia tropica. 



7. A. laniger (Desf. Atl. II, 379) perennis dense cespitosus, 

 radice fibrosa, culmis erectis basi crebre foliosis et vaginis dilatalis 

 vestitis, foliis glabris glaucescentibus rigidis lamina filiformi convo- 

 luta, panicula stricla anguste oblonga brevi laxa ramulis brevibus 

 subaequalihus in axillis supremis 2-4 fasciculatis vagina spathffiformi 

 dilatala suffultis constanle, spicis terminalibus geminatis brevibus 

 vagina cymbiformi mutica flavida eas involucrante et primum obte- 

 gente obsitis, rachide et spiculae masculoe m.uticse pedicellis pilis patu- 

 lis densissimis albis spiculas lanceolatas aequantibus ve^^titis, glumis 

 lanccolalis subsequilongis subcarinalis glabrescentibus inferiore spi- 

 culfe hermaphroditoc margine ciliatula apicc obsolete bidentata, glu- 

 mella spiculae hermaphrodlSte minima hyalina ad medium bitida inter 

 iacinias lineares pilosas arisld tenui recta exserta ea duplo longiore 

 obsitci %. A. Olivieri Roiss. Diagn. Scr. I, 5, p. 76. — A.commutatus 

 Aitch. Cat. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XIX, p. 191, non Steudel. 



Hab. in deserlis et montanis aridis, Mesopotamia (Oliv!) inter Mossul ft 

 Bagdad (Auch. 2955!), Besch Abur ad Tigrin (Ky386!j, ad Kerkuk (Haussk!), 

 Affghania ad Herat (Bge !), ad (iundamuk et ad collum Bolan (Gritf!), in 

 districtu Kuram 0090' (Aitch!), Belutschia (Stocks!). 



Pedalis vel sesquipedalis, panicula angusta 3-6-poIlices longa rarius peda- 

 lis et tunc laxissima. Fibrie radicales ut in A. Schcenantho et A. Iicarancusd 



