GRAMINEiE LeptUJ-US. 



LEPTURIS (R. Br. Prodr., p. 207. — Rotthollia L. ex parte). 



Spicul® solitarise in rachidis excavationibus immersfe uniflone, 

 rndimento pedicelliformi alterius floris sfepe addito, vel biflor». 

 Gliiiiia} omnium spicularum binse coriacese plurinerviae in spiculis 

 laleralibus anticae juxtapositae post anthesin cum rachide flosculos 

 includentes, in spicul^i terminali oppositae. Flosculi tenuiter membra- 

 nacei latere oblique rachidem spectantes, glumi-Ila et paleasequilongse 

 illa concava mutica, palea bicarinata. Squamulae binfe oblongae acuti- 

 uscul;e integrffi. Stamina tria. Stigmata bina subsessilia plumosa late- 

 raliter emergenlia. Caryopsis oblonga lihearls utrinque convexa hilo 

 ^ineari-oblongo. — Herbse annu?e. 



1. L. incurvatus (L. Sp. 1490 sub J5^(7«7ope)annuus,culmis fas- 

 ciculalis scepius brevibus decumbentibus vel ascendentibus basi sfepe 

 ramosis, foliis linearibus angustis planis supremo basi spicfe contiguo, 

 spica rigida lineari subulata arcuata, spiciilis internodiis longioribus 

 \n racheos excavationibus occultalis unifloris,gluniis coriaceis sequa- 

 tibus lineari-lanceolalis acuminatis 3-5-nerviis flosculum tertia vel 

 tlimidia parte superantibus, glumella lanceolata acuminata, antheris 

 miniilis ovato-oblongis O. L. incurvatus Trin. Fund. 123. — Rchb. 

 fig. -222. — RottboUia incurvata Li. fil. Suppl 114. — Gav. Ic. lab. 

 113. — Host Gram. I, tab. 28. 



Hab. in pascuis et arenosis maritimis et salsis interioribus, Peloponnesi 

 (Borv), Eubefe (VVild !), Macedonioe (Frivl), Byzantii (Auch. 20)2! Castl), 

 Gretae (Heldr!), Rtiodi (Bourgl), Clypri (Ky. 248!), Giliciae (Per !), Pamphylise 

 (Bourg !), Egypti ad Alexandriam (Ehr! Let f), Mesopotamiai ad Orfa 

 (Haussk I), Transcaucasia; ad Caspium (Baker !), Persise australis ad Kotel 

 Mallu (Haussk !). 



Ar. Geogr. Britannia, Belgium, Gallia occidentalis, regio Mediterranea 

 Europ;e et Afric» borealis, Madera. 



2. L. filiformis (Roth Gat. I, 21, su!) Rottbollid) annuus, cul- 

 mis fasciculatis ascendentibus vel diffusis grncillimis ssepe elongalis, 

 inferne ramosis, foliis linearibus planis demum convolutis, spicll 

 elongala gracili rectA vel arcuala, spiculis internodiosubfequilongis in 

 racheos excavationibus occultatis unifloris, glumis coriaceis sequall- 

 bus liueari-laneeolatis acuminatis 8-5-nerviis flosculum suba^quanti- 

 bus. glumella lanceolata acuminata, anlheris mi.jusculis linearibus 

 0. L.Jiliformis Trin. Fund. 123. — Rchb. Germ. fig. 223. 



Hah. id arenosis humidis praesertim maritimis Atticae (Heldr!), Gorcyrae 

 (Ball !), Gretaj (Raul !), Gypri (Ky 2-39 !), Egypti ad Rosettam (Khrl), quoque 

 iu inlerioribus, Armenia ad Baibul (Bourgl). 



Ab atrmi L. incurvalo spica graciliore, flosculi et glumarum proportioue et 

 pra:sertim anlheris distinctus. 



