Vulpia. GRAMINEiE 63d 



nulla, siiperiore flosculo proximo multolies breviore, glumella lan^ 

 ceolata carinata basi et margine rarius undique villosa ciliata in aris- 

 tam ea duplo longiorem altenuala, stamine ssepius utiico O- V.ciliata 

 Link Horl. Berol. I, p. 147. — HostGr. tab. 65. — V. myuros Rchb. 

 exc. et Germ. fig. '289 an L? non Gmel. 



Hab. in arenosis, collinis regiouis inferioris, Attica in monte Parnes(Sprun !)^ 

 ad Laurion (^leldr !), Byzautii rNoe !), Crela (Sieb!), Bithyuia (Schmidtl), 

 Cyprus (Sint. et Rig!),Tauria (Rehm!). Iberia (M. B.), prov. Transcaucasicss 

 Karabagh et Talysch (Szov. G. A. Mey), Persia australis ad Dalechi (Ky. 

 lOOU'). 



/3. plumosa. — Spiculae tantum Irifloric flosculis spiraliter nec 

 distiche dispositis, gluma superior brevissima inferior vix perspicua, 

 glumelltecilia densiora longiora magf^ patentia. 



Hab. in grarainosis Gebel Nahar prope Aleppo iSyrise et in deserto Chabur 

 et Gebel Taktak Mesopotamiye (Haussk!). 



Ar. Geogr. Belgium, Galiia oceidentalis et austvalis, Helvetia australis, LU" 

 sitania, Hispania, Italia, Istria, Dalmalia, Africa borealis. 



4. V. hirtiglumis (Boiss. et Haussknecht in Sched. Pl. Or. 

 1865) annua, culmis erectis subgeniculatls tirmis, foliis anguste linea- 

 ribus convolutis. superiorum vaginis dilatatis suprema paniculae basiii 

 amplectente, pnniculae subsecundse confractse spieiforniis ereclae basi 

 saepe inlerruptae ramis strictis brevibus a basi spiculigeris, pedicellis 

 brevibus compressis, spiculis 5-6-floris floscuiis pluribus fertilibus, 

 glumis lanceolalo-subulatis rigidis carina remotiuscule ciliatis supe- 

 riore ttosculo proximo dimidio breviore, inferiore ea "2-3-plo breviore, 

 glumella lineari in arislam ea duplo longiorem abeunle dorso.rotun- 

 data undique pilis erecto-patulis dense hispida O- 



Hab. in vineis Mesopotamiae prope Orfa (Haus.sk!). 



Gum panicuia angusta 4-5-pollicari pedalis. A V. ciliatd distincta plumellis 

 non carinato-compressis sed dorso convexis undique hirsutis, glumis(|ue 

 sparsim et longiuscule ciliatis. 



5 V. uniglumis (Sol. in Ait. Kew. I, 53) annua, culmis basi 

 saepius geniculatis ereclis, foliis anguste linearibus demum convolu- 

 lis glabris. superiore paniculse proximo etsfepe ejus basin includente, 

 ligula brevi truncat^i, paniculre contractse subunilateralis racemiforn 

 mis erectaj subsimplicis ramis brevissimis strictis, pedicellis longius- 

 culis compressis a basi ad apicem incrassatis, spiculis majusculis 

 superne dilatatis 4-7-floris, gluma inferiore acula brevissima vel 

 obsoleta, superiore lineari-lanceolata multoties longiore.longe aristat^ 

 flosculos subaequante, glumella lineari-lanceolata glabra ad carinam 

 scabra in aristam sequilongam vel longiorem sensim attenuala, sta- 

 minibus ternis antheris parvis lineari-oblongis Q. Hort Austr. tab. 

 64. — V. nnigkimis Parl. — F hromoides L. Sp. 110, ex descr. noii 

 Auct. plur. — Yulpia membranacea Link Hort. Berol. I, 147. — 

 Festuca Matritensis Desf. Atl. ex cl. Cosson non Auct. 



