Cynosiirus. uRAMiNFiE 571 



2. G. echinatus (L. Sp. 105) annuus, culmis orcclis supernc 

 nudis, foliis glabris late iinearibus acuminalis margine scabris. 

 liguhi oblongu, paniculie dcnsie ovalo-oblong.T unilalcralis ramis brc- 

 vissimis breviter dicliotomis spiculas alias fertiles billoras alias ste- 

 riles distichc pectiniformes fasciculalas edentibus, glumis lanceolatis 

 subulalo-attcnualis Hosculos oblongo-lanceolutos subsupcranlibus, 

 glumcllci lanceolalci supernc siabrii bidenlalii intcr (lenles arislii 

 ea iongiore auclii, glumcllis spiculse sterilis subicqualitcr distan- 

 tibus lanccolatis inferioribus longe superioribus brevius aristalis 

 O. Sibth. el Sm. Fl. Gra:c. tab. 78. — Rchb. (ig o^^S. — liost (jram. 

 tab. 95. 



Plab. in cultis duniosis, a(i vias rogioriis iiilerioris et ali)etin;e a Grax-ia 

 (SprlHeldr! et Tliracia (J^-iv !) ad Syriam littoralem (IM!). Anatoliam 

 (Aucli!J, Pontum (IJoury !), Tauriam ct Trauscaucasiam (M. B. lIoli!i, (litio- 

 nem Talysch (lvieser!j. 



Ar. Geogr. Europa australis a Gallia, Helvetia et Geruiaiiia au-tiMlibus ad 

 Dalmatiam, retaoneni Danubialem, Africa Loreahs, Insiila' ilauai-ien^es, 

 Madera. 



Obs. C. coloratam Lehm. speciem Gapensem forsan ex cl. Xecs C. c<lihiatt 

 varietatem ad Mariut prope Alexandriam leyit cl. Letourueux. .Spcoimeu uni- 

 cum a me iion visum (Gi. Ascherson in litt.). 



3. C. callitrichus (\V. Barbey Ilcrbor. Levant pag. Iti."), t. lu) 

 annuus, culmis luunilibus erectis ad apiceui us(|ue hiliosis, loliis 

 laliuscule linearibus acinninatis suprcmi vaginii panicuhim involu- 

 crante, panicuhe ovalii; dcns;B unilatcralis ramis brevissinus brcvitcr 

 dichotomis spiculas fasciculatas alias fcrtiles unihoras alias stcrilcs 

 edentibus, glumis hyalinis a basi lanccolalt\ in cuspidem subulatam 

 ea longiorcm llosculum longc supcrantem allciiuatis, glumclhi spicuhc 

 fertilis oblongo-lanccolatii apicc subbideiilalii in aristam violaceam Cii 

 decuplo longiorem abcunte, spicuhe stcrilis glumellis spiralitcr dis- 

 positis strictis a basi anguste lanccolatii longissimc sctaccis scabris 

 violaceis c^ . 



Hab. in siccis Palestinie ad el Dhoheriyoh et in area tenipli ad Ilioroso- 

 lymam (IBarbey!), ad Boustan el Douaidai- prope Damascum (Gaill !j. 



Plantula 3-4-pollicaris. Dilfert a C ech/iiatu panicula vagin;"i superioi^e 

 sufrulta,glumis angustis.simis multo longius aiistatis, llosculo uuico, ghum Ihf. 

 inferiore longissime setaceo-arislata, gluuiellis spicuUe slerilis inordinalim 

 et subspirallter nec distiche dispositis strictis nec patentibus in aiistas 

 seliformes multo lougiores violaceas abeuntibiis. 



4. G. elegans (Desf. All. I, 82, tab. 17) anniius, culmis tcmii- 

 bus ercctis supernc nudis, foliis mollibus planis aiigusle liiiearihus 

 acutis, ligula obliquii oblongci, panicutic ovalo-oblongie conlcrhe 

 sccundic ramis altcmis plurics dicholomis ramulisiiue longiusculis 

 spiculas fasciculatas alias fcrtiles I-2-lhTras aliiis distichc pcclinihir- 

 niis omnino steriles vel apice tlosculiferas edentihus, gluuiis hyaliiiis 



