Vulpia, GRAMINEiE 631 



sit3e oblong-se secundne subnutantis sub anthesi patal;e dein contractae 

 ramis inferioribus 3-4-nis inaequalibus brevibus, pedicellis spicula 

 multo brevioribus ancipitibus a basi ad apicem incrassatis, spiculis 2- 

 4-lloris apice dilatatis, gluma inferiore minimd oblusa ovalo-trian- 

 gulari vel obsoleta, superiore lanceolata aristata ilosculis (absque 

 aristis) longiore, glumella glabra lanceolata dorso deinum noti cari- 

 nata in aristam aequilongam vel sublongiorem abeunte, staniiiiibus 

 tribus, aulheris magnis lineari-elongatis Q. V. Ligiistica LiiikBer. I, 

 p. 148.— Rchb. Germ. fig. :292. 



Hab. in arenosis, collibus regionis inlerioris in ditione rara, Creta prope 

 Gydoniam (Weiss!). 



Ar. Geogr. Gallia australis, Corsica, Sardinia, Italia, Sicilia, Africa borealis* 



Sect.IV.GTENOPSIS (Gen. Cknopsis Notaris).-Spiculni subsessileS 

 pedicellis nodiformibus. flosculi fertiles plures. Glumae 

 valde ineequales inferior saepe obsoleta. Slainiiia tria 

 antheris magnis linearibus. Garyopsis eloiigata ulrinque 

 altenuata. IIk^c grex cui V. cynosaroides, V. de/icutula 

 adnumerandiB sunt a cseleris Vulpiis spiculis subsessili- 

 bus discedens transitum ad Narduros prffibet a quibus 

 spicse rachide non cxcavata differt. Gl. l^enlham Ctenopsi- 

 dem Chlorideis adnumerat. 



8 V. pectinella (Del. Ind. Monsp. 1836, 24. — Fl. Eg. Suppl, 

 ined. tab. 63, fig. 2 sub Festucd) annua pumila, culmis saipius plu - 

 ribus tenuibusrigidulis iiiferne geniculalis, foliis anguslissime linea- 

 ribus demiim involutis, ligula oblonga acuta, paniculai spiciformis 

 oblongae secundse simplicis vel basi ramo patenti auctcT spiculis dis- 

 tichis patentibus oblongis 3-6-floris, gluma inferiore minima squami- 

 formi ovato-triangulari, superiore coriacea concava lineari mucpo- 

 nata dorso convexa flosculis dimidio breviore, axi vix incrassata, 

 flosculis subdissitis, glumella coriacea involuta lineari vix cariiiala in 

 mucronem sensim attenuata ©. Festuca cynosuroides Del. Eg. 

 Illustr. 107 non Desf. — V. patens Boiss. Diagn. Ser I, 13, p. 62. 

 ~ Ctenopsis pectinella Not. Ind. Genuens 1847. ex Steudel. 



Hab. in arenosis Egypti ad Alexandriam (Del ), ad Maxi prope Alexan- 

 driam (Letourn. 214 !j, ad Bir Abou Elfein (W. Barbey!), iu deserto ad Pa- 

 lestinoe fines (Boiss!). 



Planta 3-6-pollicaris, spiculae fere 3 lineas longc-e. Gl. Hackel iu litl. biuas 

 alias formas nujus speciei distinguit in ditione cteterum non crescontes. Var. 

 p. Kralikiana Hackel. Culrai pumili et spiculse distichfe patentes formae 

 typicai sed gluma superior spiculam «quans vel eft vix brevior (^rescit in 



ai'enosis Ain Bel Khelil provinciae Oran interioris Kralik! — Var. connivcm 

 Hackel in litt. Culmi saepe longiores. Spiculse in spicam longiorem suepe 

 recurvam arctius et unilateraliter imbricatro Flosculi magis imbricali, gluma 

 superior flosculos aequans vel subrequans, gluma inferior sa^pius ol)soIeta. = 

 Festuca pectinella Gosson Exp. AIgerie,tab. 41! Grescit in areuosis maritimis 



