594 GRAMiNEiE uEluropus. 



Ar. Geogr. Regio merliten-anea Europae et AMcse borealis, insulae Cana- 

 rienses, Madera, P. B. Spei, Borbonia, Nova Hollandia. 



^LUROPUS (Trin. Fund. Agr , p. 443.— Chamaedactylis Nees). 



Spiculce siibsessiles o-ll-flora3 a latere comprcssai imbricatim fas- 

 ciciilatce fasciciilis in pariiculam spiciformem vel ovato-globosam uni- 

 lateralem dispositis. Flosculi hermaphroditi supremus tabescens, 

 racliis subfraiiilis demnin in articulos secedens. Glumae binfe inaequa- 

 les flosculis hrcviores carinata^ ovato-oblong?B muticse vel mucro- 

 natai. Glumclla hcrbacea carinata vel dorso convexa plurinervia 

 concavo-subcarinata miicronala vel subaristata, palea oblnsa bicari- 

 nata. SquamuliE bin.T2 oblique truncatse. Styli bini longiusculi, stig- 

 male plumosa ad apicem floris emergentia. Caryopsis ovato-oblonga 

 ventre exsulca basi macula hilari punctiformi notata glumella et palea 

 obtecta sed lihera. — GenuS inflorescentiS Dadylidi atfine sed 

 caryopside, sligmatum situ, etc, ab ea sat distinctum. Ligula in coro- 

 nam pilorum mutata. 



i. iE. littoralis (Willd. Sp. I, p. 408 sub Diictylis) perennis 

 glabra longe stolonifera rarius hispidula, culmis procumbentibus vei 

 repentibus ssepe radicantibus elongatis ad vaginas ramosis ad apicem 

 usque crebre foliosis, foliis glaucis distlchis rigidis erecto-patentibus 

 planis dein apice convolutis subulatis, paniculae spiciformis oblonga} 

 vel elongataj fascicnlis subsessilibus inferioribus Stcpe distantibus, 

 spiculis glabris, glumis ohlongis obtusis, glumella carinata oblongo- 

 lanceolata obtusa vel ahruptiuscule attenuata mucronata %. JE. 

 littoralis Parlat. — Festiica littoralis Sibth. Fl. Gr. tab. 80. — Dnc- 

 tylis tittoralis maritima Suffr. Rchb. Germ. fig. 361. — jEluropus 

 loevis Trin. I. cit. — Ctiammdactylis maritima Nees Gen. Germ. Ic. 



Hab. in humidis hyeme inundatis praesertim salsis maritimis et interioribus 

 Attica (Sprun I Heldr!), iEtolia (Nieder I). Greta (Siebl), Anatolia (Auch. 

 3054!), Gappadocia ad Gsesareani (Bal!), deserta Syriaca ad Palmyram (Bl!), 

 Tauria, Transcaucasia ad Gaspium! Armenia! (G. A. M! Szov !), Persia bo- 

 realis (Bge!), austro-occidenialis et australis ad Schiras (Ky. 3(J9! Haussk I), 

 Afifghania (Grifl!) 



/3. repens Cosson Exp. Alg. p. 155. — Spicis exceptis glabrius- 

 cula vel tota albo-tomentella. Folia abbreviata patentissima, panicula 

 compacta ovata vel globosa. Spiculse minores 4-5-flora?. Glumae et 

 glumell.T abbreviata? obtusiores ciliatoe vel hirsuffc. — Dactyiis repens 

 Desf. Atl. I, p. 79, tab. 15. — J&. Sinaicus ei jE. co7icinnus Fig. et 

 Not. p. 13 ex descript. — Poa Tunetana Spr. Pug. II, p. 29. — 

 Calotfieca Niliaca Spreng. Syst. II. p. 347. — Poa Massavensis Mus. 

 Senckenh.p. 142. 



Hab. in arenosis et humidis salsuoinosis regionum australiorum ditionis, 

 Cyprus (Sint!), Arabia petrrea (Bove ! Schimp. 2041), Egyptus maritima et 



