6S3 GRAMiNiLffi: Nardurm. 



Srope Oran (Boiss. et Reut! Bal. exs. 279!) ad Mostaganein (Bal. 3G2!}, ad 

 uvium Macta (Cosson I), ad Mascara (Durieu!). 

 Ar. Geogr. Afrioa borealis. 



NARDURUS (Uchb. io Godroo Fl. Lorr. I'l, p. iS?). 



Spiculae subsessiles vel pedicellis brevissimis crassis eequilatis suf- 

 fuitfc iii rachidis excavalionibus solilarise et alternae compress» 

 altera fiicie axiri spectantes pluriflorae flosculisdivergentibus, saepiua 

 apice sublatiores. Glumae binre a^quales vel insequales. Glumella 

 concava tiori caritiata lanceolata mutica vel aristata. Palea bidenlata 

 bicarinata ad carinas scabrida. Squamulse binae incequaliter biloba^. 

 Stamina tria. Styli 2 breves sligmalibus plumosissimplicibus. Caryop- 

 sis oblontia oblusa glabra ventre concava glumellis adhaerens macul^ 

 hiiari breviter liheari. — Herbae annuae spicuiis in spicam simplicem 

 raro ramosam dispositis- — Genus inter Vulpiam et Catapodium 

 inlermediuni, a priore- spiculis in racheos incisuris subsessilibus, a 

 posteriore eis ob flosculos divergentes apice lalioribus nec attenuatis 

 distinclum. 



1. N. tenuiflorus (Schrad. Germ. I, p. 345 sub Festucd) 

 annuus, cultnis numerosis humilibus tenuibus, ioliis brevibus tenui- 

 bus subflcxuosis convolutis, spica simplici lineari erecta vel incurva 

 dislicha vel unilaterali laxa, spiculis pedicellis brevissiniis crassis 

 adpressis suffultis 5-6-floris, glumis linearibus acuminalis carinatis 

 iuferiore breviore uninervi superiore trinervi flosculis breviore, glu- 

 mella lanceolato-lineari acutissima iti mucronem brevem vel in aris- 

 tam abeunte ©. N. tenmjlorus Boiss. Voy. Esp. — Triticum wiila- 

 terale L. Mant. I, p 35 (forma unilateralis). — T. Nardus Dc. Fl. 

 Fr. — T. tenellum Viv. 



Hab. in arenosis et grarainoeis .^iccis, Anatolia (Auch. 20741), Lycia propQ 

 Elmalu (Bour^'!), Pontus ad Batum (Bal!), Tauria (Stevi), Syria ad Aleppo 

 (Haussk !) et Damascum (Gaill!), desertum ad Palmyram (Bl!), Mesopota^ 

 mia (Ky !). 



Ar. Geogr. Lusitania, Hispania, Gallia occidentalis et australis, Helvetia 

 australis, Italia, littorale Austriacum, Croatia, Africa borealis. 



t. N. Persicus (Bolss. et Bghse Aufz. p. 225) annuus, culmis 

 pumilis geniculatis e^ectis, fbliis anguste linearibus demum convolu- 

 tis flexuosis, supremi vagina spicae basin involucrante, spica laxius- 

 cula brevi dislichd, spiculis pedicello brevissimo crasso insidentibus 

 8-5-floris laxis, glumis subulatis inferiore triplo breviore acuta 

 superiore obtusiuscufS flosculorum terliam partetn fequante, glumellA 

 lajiceoiatii dorso convexS scabrid^ in aristam longe attenuat&,arista 

 flosculorum inferiorum brevi superiorum glumella ipsa longiore ©. 



Hab. in Persi& orientali ad Bunegu inter Djendack et Yezd (Buhse I), 



