Heleochloa. gramine^ 477 



4. H. crucianelloldes (Boiss. et Bal. in Bal. exs. 1865 siib 

 Crypside) aiinua glaucescenshispidula,culmis brevibus procumbenti- 

 bus geniculato-ascendenltbus, vaginis non dilalatis, spicis vaginae 

 supremae approximalis oblongis vel breviter cylindricis, glumis glu- 

 raeiiaqueeis sublongiore margine longe ciliatis juxta carinam sulcatls 

 a basi latiore sensim acuminatis rigidis O- 



Hab. in eultis derelictis Lydise ad Budia prope Smyrnam 550' (Ballj, iu 

 graminosis Sindjar Mesopotamise rHausskl). 



Gulmi 1-3-pollicares, spicae 6-8 lineas longai. Ab H. acutiglumi glumis 

 abbreviatis rigidis sulcutis margine ciliatis distincta. 



5. H. ambigua (Boiss. et Bal. in Bal. exs. 1865 sub Crypside) 

 annua glaucescens hispidula, culmis brevibus procumbentibus geni- 

 culatis, vaginis non dilatatis, spicis e vaginis compressis vix exsertis 

 oblongis, glumis glumellaque eis subbreviore margine ciliatis a basi 

 latiore longe caudato-acuminatis rigidis erecto-patulis subsquar- 

 rosis O. 



Hab. cum H cracianelloide in alveis derelictis ad Budja Lydise (Bal!) 

 Fl. iEst. 



Gulmi 2-3 pollices longi, spic® 6-8 lineas longae. Af&nis H. cracianelloidi 

 a qua difffcrt spiculis duplo longioribus (2-1 Vi lin.nec lineam longis), glumis 

 longius caudato-acuminatis erecto-patentibus nec adpressis. 



6. H. alpicola (Hochst. Sched. in Ky. exs. 1841. — Steud Gram. 

 p. 152 sub Crypside) annua villosula, culmis lenuibus brevibus pro- 

 cumbeutibus geniculatis, vaginis non dilatalis, spicis e vaginis supre- 

 niis longiuscule exsertis ovato-oblongis paucifloris, glumis oblongo- 

 lanceolalis acutis carina asperis caeterum glabris, glumella glumis 

 eublongiore apice truncata carina excurrente aristata ©. 



Hab. ad vias siccas in alpinis montis Gara Kurdistanise (Ky. PI. Alep- 

 Kurd. 3611). FI. Jul. Aug. 



Gulmi 1-2-poIlicares, spic» 4-6 lineas longae. A praecedentibus glumelli 

 non attenuato-acuminata sed ad aristse carinalis basin utrinque nyalino- 

 auriculata distiucta. 



7. H dura (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. II, 4, p. 125 sub Crypside) 

 perenniscespilosa tota sub lente breviter el crispule velutina, radice 

 fibrosa, eulmis erectis rigidis inferne vaginiscoriaceis dense obteclis 

 superne praeter 1-2 folia brevia nudis, foliis crassis coriaceis rigidis 

 glaucis involutis erecto-patentibus curvatis pungentibus, superiorum 

 limbo brevissimo, panicul^ dense spiciformi cylindrica elongata 

 alba, spiculse membranacese glumis oblongo-linearibus obtusis carina 

 cilialis exteriore breviore et basi subattenuala, glumella et palea glu- 

 mas subsuperantibus inferiore in mucronulum attenuata, superiore 

 apice truncato-erosula %. 



Hab. in Belutschia vel ditione Scinde (Griff. exs. n° 455.) 

 iGuImi crassi 8-10-poIlicares, foliorum inferiorum limbus 3-4-poIlicaris, 



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