ggQ GRAMINEiE LoUum. 



Hab. in arenosis SyriJe liltoralis ad Sidouem (Gaill. «' 8291) ad Nahr elf 

 Kasimieh (Barbey !). 

 Ar. Geogr. Europa media et austi-alis, Africa borealis. 



3. L. Persicum (Boiss. et Hoh. Diagn. Ser. I, 13, p. 66) 

 annuum, radice fibrosa lasciculos slerilium edenle, culmis erectis, 

 foliis linearibus planis, spicli elongata recla latiuscule raultispiculaia, 

 spiculis strictis oblongo-lancedlatis 3-7-floris. glumft elevatim pluri- 

 nervi la?)ceolatS obtusiuscuU in arislam reclam tenuem ea sesqui vel 

 duplo longiorem abeunte Q. 



Hab. in provincia Armena Karabagh et In monte Elbrus Persiae borealia 

 (Buhse!) iii uligino.sis montis Elbrus prope Derbend Ky. 278! (forma depau- 

 perata iiiacra) prope iShahpur (Haussk !), in AffghaniA (Griff I), in valle Kur- 

 rum (Aitch. 1261«), BelutschiS: prope Quettah (Stocksl). 



Affino L. muUifioro ab eO glum^i flo^culos subaequante glumelhique longe 

 nec biovissinie aristata vel muticA difPert. Diagnosis loco citato ex speciml- 

 nibus macris et paucitloris oriunda erat; culmi in speciminibus vegetioribua. 

 pedem et amplius longi, spica 5-9-pollicaris, arista 5-G lineas longa. 



4. L. rigidum (Gaud. Helv. I, p. 355) annuum, radice fibros^ 

 foliorum lasciculos steriles non edenle, culmis erectis vel ascenden- 

 tibus gracilibus rigidis, foliis linearibus acuminalis planis, spica gra- 

 cili laxa erecta vel incurva laxa, spiculis obverse lapceolalis 3-9- 

 floris rachidi saepius adpressis glumam lineari-lanceolatam oblu- 

 sam pariim superantibus, flosculis lanceolatis obtusis mulicis ©. 

 L. fenue Guss. Syn. I, p. 59 non^L. — L slrklam Presl Cyp. Sic. 

 p. 49. ~ />. durum et L. cylindriTam G. Koch Li^ih. XXI, p. 434 (ex 

 Griseb). — L. flagellare Sprun. pl, exs. 



Hiib. In rui^slribus, ^renosi?, agrjs, viueis totius fere ditionis a Grseci^. 

 (Sprun! Heldr!), Thracia ad Byzantium (Murm!), Creta (Heldr!) ad Syriam 

 littoralem (Bl! Gailll). Egyptnm in ditioiie Fayum (Asch !), Palestinani in 

 monte Ihabure et ad Banias (P.oiss!), M^Bopotamiani ad Kharran (Haussk!), 

 Persiam australem (Ky.-36o.l) et ui-ientaleiu. ad Ghabbise (Bgel). 



/3. rolthoUioides. Heldr. Mss. — Minor rigidior, spica crassior 

 recta vel incurva rachide crassiori^et profundius excisa, gluma flos- 

 culis longior. Hujus varietatis specimina spic^ recta donata ^o?/er/«fl& 

 cyliadrica faciesimilia sunt.— L. lepturoides Boiss.Diagn. Ser.L 13, 

 p. 67. — Rotlboellia loliacea Bory et Chaub. Fl. Pelop. p. 9, lab. 3^ 

 fig. 2. — Cryptutms loliaceus Link Linn. XVH, p. 387! — L^ 

 subulatum Visian. Fl. Dalm. I, 90, tab. 3. 



Hab. in niaritiniis, INIessenia ad Methonem (Bory !l, Attica (Orph I) et in 

 insuiil Lero Pharmacusarum (Heldrlj, Khodi (Bourg !), Ponto Lazioo ad 

 Rhize (Bal!), Cilicift littorali prope Mersina (Bal 755!), SyriA liltorali ad 

 Tortosum (Gaill !). 



y. compressum. — Boiss. et Heldr. Diagn. Ser. IT, 4, p. 144. — ^ 

 pereiinans cespitosum sed fasciculis slerilibus destitulum. culnii hr^- 

 ves crassiusculi decumbentes numerosi, spica s.epe curvula spiculis 



