Lamarckia,] GRAMINEE (Stapf). 689 
igre 3 fascicles of. spikelets ebracteate, jointed on the branches, at length 
eciduous, nodding ; fertile spikelet quite hidden by the awnless spikelets. 
Species 1, Mediterranean, occasionally found as an alien in other countries. 
1. L. aurea (Moench, Meth. 201); culms 1-3 ft. long, usually 
with 1 or more intravaginal branches near the base, slender, smooth, 
aaa rarely purplish or variegated; branches solitary or the 
Owest 3-nate, flexuous, nodding; branchlets glabrous below, hispidu- 
; g; awn 3-4 lin. long; anthers about + lin. long; 
grain { lin. long; barren spikelets 2-4lin. long ; valves white, 1 lin. 
. i. 889; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 
432; Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 300; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. 
» ee p. Plant. 73; Host, Gram. 
Austr, iii, ¢. 4; Sibth. & Sm. Fl. Gree. i. t. 79. rysurus aureus, 
a Agrost. 123. OC. cynosuroides, Pers. Syn. i. 80; Viv. Fl. 
Coasr Region: Cape Div.; Simons Bay, Wright! among houses by the new 
reservoir at Simons Town, Wolley Dod, 2950! Introduced. 
Mediterranean countries from the Canaries to the Punjab and Abyssinia. 
LXXV. CYNOSURDUS, Linn. 
