Maillea gramine-e 479 



arenarii. Generis character ex notis mihi a cl. Hackel benigne com- 

 niunicatis emendatns; ex cl. auctore Maillea Phleo valde affinis est 

 et ab eo generice forsan non sat dislincta, differt tamen glumeiia 

 et palea hyalinis subenerviis, superiore uninervi nec binervi. 



1. M. crypsoides (Urv. Enum. p. 7 sub Phalaride) annua gla- 

 briuscula a collo ssepius pluricauiis culmis nanis foliorum vaginis 

 subinflatis dense obtectis, foliis planis vaginisque elevatimi mulliner- 

 viis, liguia ovato-rotunddta, spicis terminalihus sslitar is vaginis 

 supremis spathaeformibus basi suffultis, glumis albis semiovalis 

 acutis submucronatis carina aculeolatis caeterum glabris Q. Kunth 

 Gram. II. tab, 202. — Jaub. et Sp. III. Or. tab. 208. — M. Urvillei 

 Parlat. loc. cit. 



Hab. in littoribus maritimis insularum Grseciae, scopulus Raphti Atticae 

 (Urv !), insula Ghios Archipelagi (Oliv. ex Parl.), Rhodus (Bourg !). Fl. Mai. Jun . 



Culmi Vi-S-pollicares, folia 1 V»-2 lineas lata. Spicae 4-6 lineas longse. 

 glumae sesquilineam longae. 



Ar. Geogr. Sardinia (Reverchon!). Forma glnmis carinA longiu s ciliatis. 



IIIB0R4 (Adans. Fam. II, p. 493. — Chamagrostis Borckh. — 

 Knappia Sm. — Sturmia Hoppe. 



Spiculse uniflorse breviter pedicellatae in racemum simplicem spici- 

 formem subunilateraliter dispositae. Glumse binae oblongee sequales 

 obtusae muticae glabree. Glumella glumis subbrevior mutica villosa et 

 ciliata obovataquinquenervis paleam villosam angustiorem binervera 

 apice bidentatam amplectens. Slamina tria. Styli 2 basi cohaerentes, 

 stigmalibus longis plumosis. Caryopsis oblonga a latere subcompressa. 

 — Herba annua pusilla. 



1. M. minima (L. Sp. 73 sub Agrostide) annua glabra, culmis 

 setaceis erectis pumilis ima basi tantum foliosis, foliis anguste linea- 

 ribus canaliculatis obtusis culmo brevioribus, ligula oblongd, racemo 

 spiciformi tenui, spiculis secus rachidemflexuosam solitariis alternis, 

 glumis rubellis ovato-oblongis membranaceis, glumellsl et paleavillo- 

 sis marglneque dentatis et ciliatis, carypside sub lente asperuIS ©. 

 M. minima Desv. FI. Anj. 46. — M. verna Adans. — Rchb. Germ. 

 fig. 458. — Knappia agrostidea Sm. — Chamagrostis minima 

 Borck. — Nees Gen. Germ. Ic. 



Hab. in arenosis regionis montanae et subalpinae, mons iEnos Gephaloniae 

 4(X)0'-5500' (Heldr!), mons Malevo Laconiee prope Hagios Petros (Orph !). 

 Fl. Apr. Mai. 



Ar. Geogr. Europa occidentalis media et australis ab Anglia, Belgio et 

 Germania occidentali ad Italiam borealem, Transylvaniam, Africa borealis. 



