Sderopoa. gramine/E 639 



media longiludo invicem distanlibiis, glumella lineari apice scanosa 

 obtusd dorso elevatim uninervi O- 



Hab. iii monte Tartali prope Smyrnam (Boiss!), In sylvaticis montanis 

 prope Adalia Pamphylia? (Bourg. exs. 270! sub Scler. divaricatd). 



Semipedalis et pedalis, panicula 8-4 pollices longa pollicem lata; species 

 inflorcsceiitift sim])Iiciore, ramis tenuioribus brevissimis, spiculis teuuissiiuis 

 3-5 lineaslougis vix linejfi tertiam partem latis a congeneribus distincta. 



-|- + Paniculae rarai articulati fragiles. 



6. S Memphitica (Spreng. in Roth Cat. I, 18, sub Dac/f/lis) 

 annua, culmis fascicuialis basi valdegeniculalis etramosis ascenden- 

 tibus foliosis, vaginis dilatalis apertis suprema paniculam sfepius 

 involucranle, lamina elongata longe acuminata, paniculae oblongai 

 saepe elongatse laxtB pluries dichotomae ramis inferioribus 2-3-nis 

 fragilibus angulo recto divaricatis tenuibus angulalis, dicholomiis 

 inferioribus spiculigeris, spiculis anguste oblongo-linearibus vix com- 

 pressis subtrifloris pedicellis brevibus angulatis apice vix incrassatis 

 suffultis dichotomiarum subsessilibus, glumis lanceolatis acutis cari- 

 natis subin?equalibus flosculo iriferiore dimidio brevioribus, flosculis 

 laxis axi fragili adpressis, glumella coriacea lanceolala elongata longe 

 attenuato-acuminata ex vel sub apice aristulata carinata trinervi O. 

 S. MemphUica Parl. Fl. It. — F. divaricala var. Memphitica Coss. 

 Alg. — Dineba divaricaia R, et Sch. II, 712. — Fest. divarirata 

 G. A. M. Ind. 22 non Desf, — Scleropoa Caspica C, Koch Linn. XXI, 

 p. 409. 



Hab. in arenosis maritimis et deserlorum, Egyptus inferior circa Alexan- 

 driam, etc. (Ehr ! Wiest! Letourn. exs. 169!). Oasis magna (Schweinf!) et 

 parva (Asch!), desertum Arabicum Thebaidis (Husson!), Arabia petrea 

 (Auch. 8037 !j, deserta inter Egyptum et Palestinam (Boiss ! Barb !i, Palestina 

 prope Hebron (Ky !), Syria littoralis prope Sidonem (Gaill !), Persia australis 

 prope Abuchir (Haussk!), littora Caspia inter Baku et Lenkoran (G. A. 

 Mey I). 



Species a Scleropod divaricatd = Fcstucd divaricatd Desf. in dilione non 

 observata certe distiucta. 6\ divaricaice culnii erecti basi non ramosi, vaginte 

 angustie sui^rema a panicula remotalaminabrevissima, paniculae raniibrevis- 

 simi stricte semel vel bis tantum dichotomi, ramuli non augulo aperto 

 divaricati nec fragiles, spiculae latiores longiores compressa; O-lS-flora?, 

 glumeila ohtusiuscula vel breviter mucronulala. Variat spiculis glabris vel 

 brevissime hirtellis. 



Ar. Geogr, Hispania austro-orientalis, Africa borealis. 



7. S. dichotoma (Forsk. Eg. Arab. Cent. I, p. 22 sub Festucd) 

 annua. culmis cespitosis pumilis decumbenlibus inferne geniculatis et 

 ramosis foliosis, foliis radicalibus paiicis subsetaceis, cnulinorum 

 vagina dilatala suprema paniculam basi sa^pius involucrante, lamin.l 

 ionga lineari acuminala, panicula? oblongie ramis brcvibus angulatis 

 scabridis infcrioribus 2-3-nis piuries dicliotomis divaricatim iiilracto- 

 flexuosis fragilibus, spiculis subsessilibus divergenlibus angustissime 



