Mg GBAMiNE^ Sclei-ochloa. 



Iinearibu8 aculis, vagiius laxis aperlis, ligiila oblonga, paniciilS spi- 

 ciformi densa ovalo-oblonga unilaterali rigida simplici vel brevissime 

 ramosa, spiculis pcdicellis brevissimis crassis trigonis in rachide 

 nexuosii iusidenlibusereclis adpressissuffullis oblongo-linearibus.glu- 

 mis herbaceis lato albo scariosis inferiori elevalim trinervl superiore 

 quinquenervi ulraque obtusa vel relusa glumella herba.;ea demum 

 coriaceA late membranaceo-marginata carinata elevatim quinquenervi 

 obtusa O- -S^^- d^^rn P. dc B. loc. cit. Rchb. Ic. Germ. fig. 268. — 

 Poa fiura Scop. Carn. I, 70. — Host Gram. Auslr. tab. IS. — Fesiuca 

 diira Vill. 



H:ib in arenosis et cultis huraidis vel interdum inundatis, Atticaad Athenas 

 €t Phalenim (Hel^lrl Orph. Fl. exs. 774!), Arcadia ad Maenali radices 2500'- 

 SW (Heldr!), Thracia (Friv!), ad Byzantium (Postl), Pisilia ad lacum 

 Bouldour(Heldr I), Pamphylia ad Adalia (Bourg!), Syria adAleppo et Meso- 

 potumia (Haussk !j, desertumSyriacura prope Homs (Post!), Tauna, Caucasus 

 €t Transcancasia (Led.), Persia borealis (Auch. 5471!, Bgel), Turcomania ad 

 Caspium (Kar !). 



Ar. Geogr. Gallia, Helvetia australis, Germania occidentalis et australis, 

 Bispaoia cealralis, ItaU». Dalmitia, regio Daoubi^lis, Roa^iamedia etaustra- 

 lis, Alrica borealis. 



SCLEUOPOV (Griseb. Spic. II, p. 431. — Cutandia Willk. 

 Prodr. Hisp. I, 86). 



S^icu re breviter pedicellatce compressfe vel lineari-teretiusculae 

 flosculis 3-pIuribus imhricatis. Glumse subaequales vel parum inaequa- 

 les carinalse flosculis breviores Glumclla saepius subcoriacea cari- 

 nata muticu vel mucrnnato-aristulata quinquenervia vel trinervia 

 rarius uninervia, palea brevior acutiuscula bicarinala. Squamulae 

 binee qvato-oblwig» integrse vel bilobae. Stamina tria. Stigmata bina 

 subsessilia plumosa.Garyopsis oblojiga obtusa ventre concava maculft 

 hila;i li-reviter lineari netata glumellis adhterens. — Herbae annuae 

 spiculis in paniculas unilaterales vel divaricatim dichotomas dlspo- 

 sitis. Genus a Scter^ochiod cui ejus species adnumerataj fuerunt prae- 

 ter alias notas caryopside nec roslrata nec liberEi alienum, magis 

 afliML' Catapodin quod spiculis in racheos excisuris sesstlibus differt. 

 Nolfc differentiales inter Sc/gro/wrt/w et Caiandiam a cl. Willkomnfi ex 

 ramis paniculffi conlinuis vei arliculato-fragilibus, a cl. Bentham ex 

 numero nervorum glumellae d<'Sumpt;B non sat graves nec sat dis- 

 tinclae videniur, nervi i?lumellaB etiim iti noHQullis speciebus adeo 

 obsoleti ut incertum sitan terniaut quini sint. 



• Spicrilae latiores lateraliter compreps*. 



•I. S. Philistaea (Roiss. Diagn.Ser. I. 13. p. 60) Hnmr.. culmis 

 pluribus. « ba.^^i geniculata ere(^lis tenuibus rigidulis, foliis anguste 



