gQf^ GRAMINE.E Poa. 



ovatse vel oblong?e coritractse erectge densaB ramis brevibiis oroctis 

 solitariis vel geminis. spiculis in ramorum apice confertis ovatis 4-7- 

 floris alhidis vel variegatis glnmis subaeqiialibnsoblongis acutis, Hos- 

 cnlis irnbricatis lana CDpiosS longe protrahenda cohcerenlibiis. glu- 

 melhe oblongfP apico scariosae acutse ad carinam el margines sericeae 

 nervis lateralibus obsoletis y. Host Gram. tab. 65. — Rchb. Germ. 

 flg. 385 et 386. 



Hab 



pin 

 P 



lab. in apricis et rupestribus totius ditionis a regione inferiore ail snbal- 

 am a Gni-cia ! et Macedonia ! ad Syriam litloralem et Lihanum (Bl! 

 _>ostI), interiorem! Palestinam (Boiss!) Mesopotamiam ! reyionem Cauca^^i- 

 caml Persiam borealem (Bge!), Affohaniam (Griff !), Belutschiam (Stocks!;. 

 Variat sa^i>issime vivipara glumellis ingemmas foliaceas mntatis. 



Ar. Geogr. Enropa fere omnis a GothiS ad Rossiam, Sibiria, regio Hima- 

 laioa occidentahs, Africa borealis, insulae Ganarienses. 



18. P. Sinajca (Steud. Syn. p 256) perennis cespitosa, radice 

 fibrosa, culmis' erectis basi bulbiformi-incrassatis, vaginis dilata- 

 tis cilialis foliorum radicalium truncatis, foliis brevibus subsotaceo- 

 Convolutis breviter hirtulis, ligula elongata, panicuhe anguste oblongo- 

 lanceolitae contractae ramis brevissirais strictis 2-3-nis, spiculis 

 confertis ovalis albidis nitidis, flosculis 5-6 lana non connexis, ghi- 

 niis subaequalibus ovato-oblongis acutis carintk scabris, glnmolla 

 Oblonga aculiusciila uiidiqiie plus miniisve pruinoso-scabrida norvis 

 obsolelis %. P. Dahnnra Hochst. et St. iii Schimp. Sched non Trin 

 — P. Catkarince Presl Bem. 120 (nomen solum). — P gracilis 

 Bertol Misc. I, p. 420, tab. 40, tig. 1, 2. 



Hab. in cacumine montis S^» CatharinaB Arabise Petreae (Schimp 32m!\ in 

 planitie elatd Galala deserti iEgVptiaco-Srabici (Schweinf!), ad oras Euplira- 

 tis (Chpsiipy), Iberia Gaucasica (Bayern !), in Persia prope Kerman et Neme- 

 tabad (Bge !). 



Ab affini P bvlhosd foliis tenuissimis, paniculA, angustiore, floscnlis lat.A. 

 destitut's, glumellis undique pruinosis vel Rlabratis nec linealim sericeis dis- 

 tincta. P. concinna Gaud. foliis temissimis quoque donata differt panicuia 

 ovata confertA, glumella ad carinam et margines sericeA. 



19. P. Reuteriana (Boiss. et Buhse Aufz p. 227)perennis ces- 



pilosa. radice flbrosa, culmis elatis basi bulbiformi-incrassalis, folii.s 



radicalibijs et fasciculorum angusle linearibus elongatis flaccidis, 



panicula oblongo-hinceolala contracta ramis brevibus slriclis scahris^ 



inferioribiis 2 3 nis, spiculis ovalo-oblongis 9-13-floris, glumis siib- 



8Pqualibus oblongis aculis scahridis axi scabriusciila non lanat^, glu- 



mella oblongA obtiisiuscuia glabra vel superne scabriuscula apice 



Bcariosa, paleii ad carinas longiuscule ciliala ^. 



Hab. in inonlibus Persiie orientalis prope Yezd ad pagnm Maswar 

 (Buhselj 



Culnii sesfpii{)ediilps, panicula anp^nsta 2 V«-^-pollicnris, folia inferiora 

 sa-pe 8-10-pollices longa tenuissimM. Ainnis P Sinaicce a quA foliis lon-issi- 

 niis, spicnlis multinoiis sat differre videtur. 



