^ GRAMiNEiK Phleum. 



PHLEUM (L G. 77). 



Spicul» liermaphrodilae uniflorsBSsepe ad basinglumellaesuperioris 

 rudimento pedicellitbrmi slipatte in paniculam spiciformem vel capi- 

 tatam congesta3. Glumae binae interse liberse subsequales naviculares 

 carinalip acuminatae vel in aristam produclse. Glumella etpaleamem- 

 branaceic dorso non aristatffi illa truncata haec bicarinata. Squamulae 

 binfc rarlus null.ie. Stamina tria. Styli bini, stigmata longa pilosa ex 

 apice spiculpe emergentia Caryopsis obovata vel oblonga a latere sub- 

 compressa macula hilari punctiformi, inter glumellas libera. — 

 Herbie annu» vel perennes facie Alopecnri. Absentia vel praesentia 

 rudimenti stipitiformis (rudimentum flosculi superioris Auct., arista 

 rudimentaria glumeiloe superioris Griseb.) saepius aegre dignoscendi 

 ad sectiones constituendas non valet. 



* Annua. 



1. Ph. tenue ^Schrad. Germ. I, p. 191) annuum saepius pluri- 

 cuime, culmis erectis ascendentibus rigidis tenuibus, foliis anguste 

 linearibus marginc asperis, panicula spiciformi longe cylindricS gra- 

 cili densissiniii glauco-virenli, spiculis plano-compressis ellipticis, 

 glumis coriaceis glabris semiovatis dorso introrsum curvalis acutis 

 mucronulatis valide et remote trinerviis conniventibus, glumella et 

 palea membranaceis giuma dimidio brevioribus suboequilongis ill^ 

 quinquenervi ovata truncata denticulata,paleaangustabinervi O Host 

 Austr. tab. 36. — Ph. Bellardi Willd. Enum. Ber. I, p. 85. — Pha- 

 laris bulbosa L. Amaen. 4, p. 204. — Phalaris subulata Savi. — 

 Phalaris cylindrica D. C. Fl. Fr. III, p. 11. 



Hab. in herbidis siccis regionis littoralis et montanae a Graecia et ejus 

 insulis, Macedonia et Thracia (Griseb!) ad Anatoliam occidentalem et austra- 

 k-m!, Syriam littoralem et Palestinam (Boiss! Bl! Gailll), Tauriam et prov. 

 Caucasicas ad Caspium (C. A. Mey). 



/3 ciliatum. — Glumae ad carinam ciliatae. Ab affini Ph. exarato 

 glumis superne introrsum nec extrorsum curvatis dignoscendum. 

 Hab. in insulA Syri (Weiss!), Rhodo (Bourgl). 

 Ar. Geogr. Regio mediterranea Europae a Gallia australi ad Dalmatiam. 



2. Ph. exaratum (Hochst. in Ky. Alep. Kurd. Sched. 1848) 

 annuum s»pius pluriculme culmis erectis et ascendentibus rigidulis, 

 foliis lineari-lanceolatis margine scabris, panicula spiciformi longe et 

 dense cylindrica, spiculis plano-compressis ovatis, glumis subcoria- 

 ceis oblongis inter nervos tres elevatos exaratis secus carinam 

 supenie parce ciliatis acuminatis et apice extrorsum subcurvatis, 

 gUimellA et palea gluma subquadruplo brevioribus sub lente pube- 



