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GRAMINE^ Sttpa. 



Hab in rupestribus et desertis arenosis, Graecia loco non citato (Link.)' 

 rrota fSieb ) Svria in monte Gebel Khaisun ad Damascum (Gaill !), Arabia 

 Mlrc^ (Schimp. 102 sub S. giganted, Boiss I), Egyptus ad Alexandriam (Ehr!), 

 tn doscrto .•Etryptiaco-Arai)ico (Schw !). 



Ar. Geogr. Hispania australis et orientalis, Airica borealia. 



3. S. tortills (Desf. All. I, p. 99, tab. 31) annua cespitosa, cul- 

 niis foliosis erectis vel geniculato-ascendentibus, foliis convolutis radi- 

 calibus anguslioribus et abbreviatis, liguia brevissima truncata hirt^, 

 paniculji spiciiormi contracta vagina summa involucrata ramosa ramis 

 brevibus, glumis subinaequilongis angustissime lineari-lanceolatis in 

 cuspidem tenuissimam eis breviorem attenualis flosculo quadruplo 

 longioribus, glumella callo acuto basi nudo insidente undique adpres- 

 sinscule pubcscente, arista 3-4-pollicari ad tertiam partem vel dirai- 

 diam partem semel vel bis geniculata infra genua adpressiuscule 

 pilosa, supra scabra recta vel contorta ©. S. paleacea FI. Grsec. I, 

 p G8, tab. 86. — S. humilis Brot. Fl. Lus. I, p. 86. 



Ilab. in aridis et arenosis regionis inferioris, Graecia (Spr ! Boiss !), Creta 

 (Heldr!), Rhodus (Bourg f), Cypius (Kyl), Cilicia littoralis (Bal!), Syria 

 littoralis (Bl I), Palestina ad Hebron (Roth!),Egyptus ad Alexandriaiii (Ehr!) 

 et in Thebaide (Huss!), Persia australis ad Gere (Ky. 90!) et ad Kaserun 

 (Haussk !), Belutschia (Stocks !). 



Ar. Geogr. Regio mediterranea Europge et Africae borealis, insulte Cana- 

 rienses, Madera et P. B. Spei (si S. Capensis Thumb. huic recte adducitur). 



4. S. capillata (L. Sp. 116) rhizomate flbroso cespitoso, culmis 

 ercclis rigidis tota longitudine foliosis. foliis glaucis rigidis convo- 

 lutis tenuibus, ligula lanceolata fissili glabra, paniculce vagina suprema 

 puffultai erecto-patulse laxae ramosse ramis tenuissimis erectis elon- 

 galis valde inacqualibus, glumis subincequalibus anguste ianceolatis 

 setisim et longe cuspidato-attenuatis, glumella lineatim sericea 

 superne glabra, ejus arista nuda subquinquepollicari inferne scabra, 

 suprageniculum tevi varie et flexuosc curvatl 2j.. Host Grara tab. 

 5.— Hchb. Germ. fig. 166. 



Hab. in .siccis montosis partis septentrionalis difionis, Macedonia (Friv.) et 

 in luonte Athone (Sibth.), Tauria (Stev.), Caucasus sept. et occid. (C. A. 

 Meyer), onentaIis(Rupr!j, Iberia et ditio Talysch tHoh!), littora orientalia 

 Cabpii a(I Mangislack (Becker !), Persia borealis in iugo Elbrus (Buhse ! sub 



Ar. Geogr Hispania Gallia et Helvetia australes, Germania, Italia, regia 

 Uaiiuluahs, Rossia medi;i et australis, Sibma. > > e 



5 S. Lagascae (R. et Sch. Syst II, 383) rhizomate cespitoso 

 nbro.so culmis clatis utet vagin.e inferiores et folia radicalia glabris 

 rarius tomcntelhs, foliis rigidis convolutis flexuosis, ligula longius- 

 cuia,pamcula vagincisumma basi involucrata erecta ramosa contractd 

 ra.n.s abbrevialis slriclis, glumis hyalinis squalibus in cuspidea* 



