g^Q GRAMiNE^ Scleropoa. 



linearibus 2-4-floris brevissime hirtellis rarius glabratis, glumis 

 a^qualibus lineari-lanceolatis obtusiusculis flosculo inferiore dimidio 

 brevioribus, flosculis axi elongatoe adpressis distantibus, glumella 

 angusle lanceolato-lineari trinervi carinata acutiuscula O. 6'. dicho- 

 ioma Parl. Fl. It. I, p. 471. — S. pumila Boiss. Diagn. 1, 13, p. 61. 

 — Scierochloa vestita Not. Ind. Gen. 1856. 



Hab. in arenosis Egypti inferioris ad Alexandriam et Damiatam (Forsk., 

 Ehr! Gaill ! Letourn. exs. 166!), in desertis inter Egyptum et Palestinam 

 (Boissl W. Barbey!). 



Gulini 3-4 rarius 5-7-pollicares, panicula 1 V»-2-pollicaris, rami eis speciei 

 priecedentis breviores, spiculae tres lineas longiB flosculis magls adpressis 

 iuviceui plus dimidia nec quarta parte eorum longitudinis distantibus, glu- 

 mella acutiuscula nec longe acuminato-aristulata Synonymon Notarisii hiic 

 ex ejus descriptione et ex autopsiA cl. Parlatore potius quam ad praecedentis 

 tormam hirtellam spectat. 



BROMUS (L. Gen. 89). 



Spiculae pedicellatae a latere plus minus compressse multiflorsp 

 flosculis superioribus saepe tabescentibus, rachide fragili. Glumae 

 saepius insequales flosculo proximo breviores ssepius carinatse. Giu- 

 mella herbacea concava vel carinata apice saepius bidentata vel 

 bifida, ad vel infra apicem aristata rarius mutica. Palea membrana- 

 cea bicarinata integra vel retusa ad carinas ciliis rigidis pectinata. 

 Squamulae binje oblongse integrae. Ovarium apice pilosum. Styli bini 

 brevissimi iu latere anteriori ovarii supra medium inserti, stigmata 

 plumosa lateraliter ad basin floris emergentia. Garyopsis oblonga vel 

 lineari-oblonga dorso convexa ventre plana vel concava macula hilari 

 longe lineari prominente instrucla glumellis obtecta et superiori 

 adhaerens. — Herbse perennes vei annuae spiculis paniculatis. 



Specierum Orientalium distrihutio. 



Sect. I. FESTUGARIA Gr. et Godr. Fl. Fr. — Perennes, spiculae 

 defloratae superne vix latiores. Gium?e insequales inferior 

 uninervia, superior trinervia. 



• Rhizoma repens. 



B. albidus, tomentosus, Armenus, inermis, stenostachyus, Munrou 



' ' Radix fibrosa. 



-I- Vaginse radicales emarcidce integrcne vel in flbras non reticulatim 

 int.erlextas solutae. 



B. aspcr, Sipyleus, ercctns, variepatu^s, frigidus, fihrosus. 



