5G0 GRAMiNE^ Boissiet-a. 



effetis ad glumellam reductis. Glumte binae membraaaceai pluriner- 

 viffi subin;o(iuales flosculis multo breviores. Glumella coriacea elou- 

 gata liuearisintusconcava extus convexaelevatim plurinervis superne 

 in memi)ranam hyalinam truncalam lacero-denticulatam abiens, uer- 

 vis 7-9 ad membran.e terminalis basin exteriorem in totidem aristas 

 scabras l)asi dilatalas et subcontortas. Palea cequilonga et angustior 

 l)icarinata bidentata. Squamula3 bina^ lanceolatai dentala3. Ovariumad 

 angulos et apice liirtum. Stigmata bina sessilia brevia plumosa. 

 Caryopsis lineari-spathulata apice hirsuta ventrc sulco profundo 

 exarata. — Hcrba3 annuJii natue spiculis in paniculam densam obo- 

 vatam confcrtis, facie Bromi rubenlis. 



l. B. bromoides (Ilochst. loc. cit.) annua adpresse puberula, 

 culmis solitariis aut pluribus pumilis vel brevissimis ascendenlibus 

 vcl erectis inferne siepe gcniculatis saltem ad medium usque foliosis, 

 foliis flexuosis lincaribus planis, ligula brevi truncata lacera, pani- 

 cula3 subcapitata3 obavata3 ramis brevissimis strictis fasciculatim spi- 

 culigcris, glumis lanceolatis flosculo contiguo triplo brevioribus infe- 

 riori acuta siiperiorc sublongiorc obtusiuscula sccpe mucronulata, 

 glumella elevatim 11-13-nervi infernedorso plus minus hirsuta meni- 

 i)rana tcrminali arista ipsa quadruplo brcviore, aristis 6-9 basi com- 

 planatis et subcontorlis divcrgciitibus glumelke subccquilongis, aris- 

 tis glumcllarum sterilium vix abbrcvlatis ©. J. et Sp. III. Or. tab. 

 197. — Pappophonun squarrosuin Iiuss. Al. % p. 244? — P. piimi- 

 lio Trin. Act. Pclr. 1830, p. 92. — P. Sinaicum Trin. loc. cit. 4, 

 Suppl. p. 54. 



Hal). iii la|)i(lo.<is ol arenosis deserli E^^yptiaoo-Arabici (Schweiiif."), vallium 

 Siiiaiticaruiu ( Scyiimp.'iU-2! Boiss !), Syriic ad Balbecli (Bl!\ in dcserto ad 

 Palmyram ( iU !), iJauiasci (Gaiil!), ad Alt-ppo (Kv. 371 !), Persia lota, australi 

 ad ispahan et Schiras (Aucli. 5417 ! Ky. ol3 !), occidentali (Ancli. 'J937!), 

 orii'utaIi (Bkc!), sciitentrionali ad Teheran et ad radices montis J^^lbrus (Ky. 

 •il.j!), in prov. Aderbidjan (^Szov!), Allyliania (Grilf!), Belutschia (Stocks!). 



,3. fflahrijlora. — Glumelia glabcrrima, aristiB sublongiores. 



Ilai). in Syria (Auch. ;?030!), in MesopotamiA ad Biredjick et in dcserto 

 intcr lluviuni Chabur et Sindjar (Haussk!), iu monte Sabst Buschom prope 

 Schiraz (Ky !). 



Gulmi V»-'>-pollicares, panicula 1 V»-- pollices longa et lata. Spicula cum 

 aristis scsifuipoUicaris, 

 Ar. Geogr. Turkcslania. 



SuBTH. II Triodil^e B"'. — Glumclla tridentata: vel trifida. 



THIODIA (R. Br. Prodr. 182). 



SpicuUe disticbc 3-o-flora3 a latere subcompressa3 iloribus herma- 

 phroditis, supcriore sterili. Uachis«articulala callis barbatis. Gluma) 



