Brachyipodium. GRAMiNEiE 657 



BRACHYPODILM (P. de B. Agr. iOO). 



Spicul?e brevissime pedicellatae multiflorae cylindric» dein linoari- 

 lanceolatee vel oblongae a latere subcorapressae axi spicce adprcssae, 

 floribus hermaphroditis supremis fabeacentibus rachide saepius fra- 

 gili. Glumae [)arum inaequales subcoriaceae plurinerves flosculis bre- 

 viores. Glumella et palea longitudine subaequales, illa herbacea vel 

 subcoriacea concava aristata rarius nuitica, palea membranacea bica- 

 rinata apice truncata ad carifias pilis rigidis pectinata. Squaniulae 

 2 membranaceae ciliata?. Stamina 2-3. Sligmata bina sessilia 

 plumosa lateraMter ad basin floris emergentia. Caryopsis apice 

 hirta oblongo-linearis ventre concava macula hilari longe lineari 

 obsita glumellis obtecla et palea laxe adhaerens. — Herbae pereniies 

 rarius annuae. Genus ab Agropyro spiculis breviler stipilatis spi- 

 caeque axi non excavalS neccomplanata distinctum. 



\. B. distachyum (L. Sp. 115 sub Bromo) annunm, culmis 

 saepius pluribus pumilis geniculato-ascendentibus ad medium usque 

 foliosis, foliis late linearihus flaccidis planis pilosis vel puberulis, 

 ligula brevi truncata, spiculis 1-6 linearibus compressis 6-12-floris 

 glabris vel puberulis allernis in spicam brevem disticham approxi- 

 matis, glumis lanceolatis acutis inaequalibus elevatim plurinerviis, 

 flosculis imbricatis, axi fragili. glumella lineari-Ianceolata dorso con- 

 vcxo elevatim quinquenervi in aristam rectam ea longiorem abeunte 

 superne ut palea ciliis rigidis pectinata Q. — B. distachyum R. et 

 Sch Syst. 11,741. — Host Gram. I, 20. — Trachynia distachya 

 Link, Rchb. Germ. fig. 287. — Festuca monostachya Poir. Desf. Atl. 

 tab. 24. — B. geniculalum C. Koch Linn. XXI, p 422 (ex Griseb). 



Hab. in cultis aridis, ad vias regionis infprioris, Grsecia (Sprun ! Heldr!), 

 Byzantii (Cast!), AnatoliA Orientali (Flrisch I). Cilicia (Ball), Syria littora- 

 lis (Bl!), Palestina (Boiss!), Arabia petrea (Schimp!) Egyptus ad Alexan- 

 driam (Lelourn!) et in Oasibus (Aschl), Cyprus (Ky!), Tauria (M.B.), Iberia, 

 (C. A. M. Hohf), Persia borealis (Szov!), etaustralis (Ky!, Haussli!), AfFgha- 

 nia (Griff!). 



Ar. Geogr. EuropSB regio mediterranea a GalliS, australi ad Dalmatiam 

 Africa borealis, Abyssinia, Madera, insulse Cauarienses. 



2. B. sylvaticum (Huds. Angl. Ed.I.p,S8 ?>w\) Festucd) perenne, 

 radice fibrosa, culmis pluribus elatis erectis non ramosis gracilibus 

 supernenudis ad nodos hirsutis, foliis lanceolato-Iinearibus viridibus 

 planis flaccidulis vaginisque saepius pilosis, ligula brevi truncata, spi- 

 culis alternis lineari-lanceolatis multifloris villosis rarius glabris 

 strictis in spicam laxiusculam angustam subnutantem distichc dispo- 

 sitis, glumis subinaequalibuslanceolatis acutis plurinerviis, glumellae 



