Eragrostis. gramine^ 58{J 



• * Species perennes. 



8. E. cynosuroides (R. et J^ch Retz Obs. p. 20. sub Pod) 

 perennis cespilosa, rhizoinale crasso repenle, ciilmis elatis terelibu^* 

 crassis foliosis, foliis radicalibus fasciculalis longis rigidis longe atte- 

 nualo-acuminatis demum superne convolutis. culmis anguslioribus, 

 panicula longa strictissima spiciformi compressa bipinnatim compo- 

 sita, spiculis secus paniculsc ramos sessiles slrictos compressos hirtos 

 unilaleraliter imbricatis sessilibus 6-12-floris oblongis compressis, 

 glurna inferiore acutiuscula superiore longiore el duplo laliore oblusa, 

 glumella subcoriacea albidavel nigricanteoblongaobtusiuscula carind 

 scabra nervo laterali subprominulo %. Del. Eg. 159, tab. 10, fig. 3. 

 — Briza bipinnata et Uniola bipinnata L. — Leptochloa bipinnata 

 Hochst. 



Hab. in cultis siccis, ad aggera,vias in tolft Egypto(Del. Ehr! Boiss! Schw! 

 etc), Syria littorali ad Joppen (Roth. 273!), Babyloni^ (Auch. 2U4S!) ad 

 Bagdad (Noe !), in AffghaniA (Gritf!), Belutschia (Stocks!). .'Egyptts lialfeh 

 audit. 



Gulmi 3-6-pedales folia, 3-4-pedalia, panicula V»-l-pedaIis, spicula3 3-5 

 lineas longoe sesquilineani latae. 

 Ar. Geogr. Arabia subtropica, India borealis. 



9. E. Piercii (Beuth. in Hook. Tc. Pl. tab. 1370) perennis, culmis 

 elongatis asrendentibus inferne foliatis et sfepe ramosis, foliis planis 

 brevibus subulato-acuminalis, paniculae laxe pyramidatse ramis fili- 

 formibus elongalis erecto-patulis solitariis vel infimis subgeminis, 

 spiculis secus ramos dissitis pedicellis strictis infimis longiusculis 

 caeteris brevissimis suffultis ovalis 8-i6-floris, glumis lanceolatis late 

 membranaceis carinatis superiore acuminata, glumella oblonga obtusa 

 subdenticulala nervo laterali submarginall vaide prominenti %. 



Hab. in littore Belutschiae (Pierce !). 



Culmi cum panicull sesquipedales, folia 1-8-pollicaria, paniculai 3-7 rami 

 5-3-pollices longi 8-15 spiculas dissitas ferentes, spicula tres lines longa 2-lata, 

 Facies E. umoloidis R. et Sch. radice annua, glumellse acutai nervo laterali a 

 njargiue magis remoto distinctse. 



Skct. H. PSEUDERAGROSTIS. — Glumella el palea ambo cum 

 caryopside deciduae. 



10. E. nutans Retz Obs. IV, 19 sub Poa) annua, culmis erectis 

 saepius elongatis, foliis linearibus aculis strictis vaginisque etiam 

 ore glabris, panicula ramosissima elongata contracla apice sub- 

 nutante interdum interrupt^ ramis semiverticillatis strictis vel 

 erecto-patulis nunc brevissimis nunc longioribus inferne nudis ad 

 insertionem non pilosis, spiculis pedicellis brevissimis strictis insi- 

 dentibus minutis ovato-oblongis compressis imbricatim 3-7-floris, 



