Elf/iniS. GRAMINE^ 691 



breviter foliosis. foliis aniTusle linearibus rigidis demum plus minnsve 

 involulis, spica eloui^aia angusta, spiculis geminis vel ternis 2-3- 

 floris internodio longioribus, glumis a basi lineari-setaceis obsolete 

 uninerviis, glumella glumis subduplo longiore oblongo-lanceolala 

 acula vel breviter acuminata a basi (luinquenervi pubescente %. 



Hab. iu regno Gabulico propel Yonutt (Griff. Journ. 10U4I). 



Bi-trii)edalis, folia eis E. Europm multo angustiora el demuni coavoluta, 

 spica angijstior, fiosculi breviores non aristati. 



Ar. geogr. Rossia australis, Turcomania, Sibiria Altaica. 



5. E. Gappadocicus (Boiss. et Bal. in Bull. Soc. But.Fr. 1857. 

 — Diagn. Ser. 11, 4, p. 143) perennis glal)er glaucus, rliizomiite Innge 

 stolonifero, culmis tenuibus breviusculis remote foliatis, foliis rigi- 

 dulis linearibus elonoatis turionum sterilium elongatis culmeis bre- 

 vibus. spica brevi ariguste iineari subcompressa, spiculis inferioribus 

 geminalis c«leris alternis 1-2-tloris cum rudimento pedicelliiormi 

 secundi vel lerlii tlosculi, glumis lineari-subulatis enerviis scabris 

 flosculo aequilongis, glumelld oblongo-lanceolata superne obsolete 3- 

 5-iiervi in mucronem attenuata glabra ^. 



Hab. in pratis salsis Capf>adocia? 2 leucis inter septentrioiiem et occiden- 

 tem a Ctesarea distautibus (Bal. 853!) FI. Julio 



Facies Ac/ropyri repenlis formae macra;, culmi pedales vel breviores, spica 

 1-V2-3-poIlicaris tres lineas tantum lata 10-12-spicuIata, spiculaj 4 lineaa 

 longge. Afflnis E juncco a quo distat culmis tenuibus humilibus, sjjicis brevi- 

 bus angu-tis, glumella glabia subenervi et praisertim spiculis superioribus 

 solifariis quo charactere a congeneribus distat. 



6. E. caducus (Munro Mss. ex Aitch. Ga4,. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XV[lI,p. IJO suh Hordeo) perennis cespitosus, culmis elatis rigidis, 

 foliis striclis rigidis linearibus demum subconvolutis multiner- 

 viis breviter velulinis,superiorum lamina brevissima, spica oblongo- 

 cylindricS, axi fragillima, spiculis ternis sessilibus unitloris herma- 

 phroditis cum quarla mascula longe pedicellata, glumis subulatis 

 palule bispidissimis ereclo-patentibus flosculis ses(|uilongioribus, 

 gliimella lanceolata obsolete quinquenervi in aristam breviter ciliato- 

 scabram glumis scsquilongiorem abeunte %. 



Hab. in planiliebus ad Yonutt Affghaniai (Grifi". Journ. 1011), valle Kurrum 

 ad Karatigah et Seratigah 9-11000' (Aitch. 815!). 



Culmi 2-2 Vi-pedales,spica 2-2 Vi-pollicaris obglumas divergentes hispidas 

 plumosa. spicula cum aristis pollicem et amplius,gluinella 5 lineas loiiga. Ob 

 spiciilas laterales sessiles hiec species meo sensn Elymo nec Hordeo adnume- 

 randa est. E. lanuginosus et E. mollis Trin. spica villosA quoque donati spi- 

 culis i)luriflorisetc. longe differunl. 



* * Annui. 



7.E. Caput Medusae (L. Sp. 2-2.S) annuus, radice fibrosa cul- 

 mis gracilibuo modice elatis rigidulis, foliis anguste linearibusplania 



