582 GfRAMiNEiE Eragrostis. 



tis, spiculis subsessilibiis longe el anguste linearibns imbricatim 15- 

 20-noris, rachide flexuosissima, glumeila oblongo-lanceolala obtusius- 

 cula nervo marginali prominenti, palea diu persistente valde arcuat^ 

 O. E. JEgyptiaca VY. Enum. p. 107 — P. paUicla Lag. Elench. 3! 



Hab. in arenosis Egypti ad Nilunn (Del), prope Kahiram et Minieh (Auch. 

 294G! Sickenberger ! Aschers!), ad Syenem (Bois-!). 



Gulmi i)rocuml)entes eis E. pilosce breviores et magis conferti, paniculae 

 rami brevissimi et basi non pilosi, spiculae longiores flosculis magis imbri- 

 catis, palea magis curvata. 



Ar. Geogr. Nultia. 



+ + Palea ad cariuas longe ciliata. 



6. E. ciliaris (L. Sp. 102 sub Poa) annua, culmis gracilibus 

 geniciilatis ascendentibus, foliis anguste linearibusacuminatis vaginis- 

 que ciliatis liisce ore barbatis, panicula coarctata spicoeformi oblonga 

 vel cylindracca sfepe inlerrupta ramosa ramis fere a basi dense spi- 

 culigeris, spiculis pedicellis tenuissimis eis brevioribus suffultis ova- 

 tisvel oblongis obtusis valde compressis imbricatim 5-8-floris, glumis 

 acutis, gliimella ad nervos scabr^ oblonga obtusa Iruncata mucro- 

 nulata vel 2-3-denticulata, palea ad carinas ciliis albis glumellarara 

 latitudine duplo longioribus rigidis pectinata Q. Jacq. Ic. rar. tab. 

 384. — E. ciliaris Link. — Poa Boryana Willd. 



/5 hrachystachya. — Humilior, panicula valde condensata abbre- 

 viata ovalo vel oblongo-cylindrica. — E. Arabica Jaub. et Sp. 

 m. tab. 322. 



Hab in arenosis littoris Egyptiaco-Arabici inler Kosseir et Ras Benass 

 (Schv. 10:»1 !), Belutschia (Stocksi). 



Ar. Geogr. India, Africa tropica et anstralis, insulse Capitis viridis et Sene- 

 galia, America tropica. Varietas in Nubia, ArabiA tropica, insulis Gapitis 

 viridis. 



7. E. plumosa (Retz Obs. IV, 20, sub Pod) annua, culrais erec- 

 tis vel ascendentibus, foliis linearibus acuminatis vaginisque glabris 

 vel sparsim ciliatis hisce ore barbatis, paniculse compositoe oblongge 

 vel oblongo-pyramidat» ramis ereclo-palulis vel patentibus ad axiHas 

 ciliatis divaricatim ramulosis, pedicellis spicula sublongiorlbus, spi- 

 cuia oblonga laxiuscule 5-7-flora, glumis acutiusculis, glumella apice 

 oblique truncata, palea ad carinas ciliis rigidulis ejus latitudineduplo 

 longioribus peclinata O- Poa tenetla L. Sp. 101 ex parte. Kunth 

 Gram. tab. U7.— E. pulchella Pari. Spic. Gorg. 188. — E. lepida 

 Hochst. 



Hab. in AfFghaniA (Griff. ex Aitch. Cat.). 



Affinis E ciliaria. quS paniculaj laxac ramis palentlbus divaricalim ramu- 

 losiB, spiculis di.s.sitiQoris prajserlim differl. An ejus varietas ? 

 Ar. Geogr. India, insulse maris Pacifici, Arabia et Africa tropicae. 



