246 MONOCOTYLEDONER. ISCHEEMUM. 
p. 310. — Culmi 25—50 em.alti, ad nodos glabri ; laminze 12—20 em. 
longæ, 2—4 mm. latæ ; racemus 5—7 em. longus, articulis densissime 
ciliatis. Spieule sessiles 12—15 mm. longs, longius acuminatz; 
glum:e II^ arista spicula 3-plo longior; spiculze pedicellatze 12—16 mm. 
long&, anguste lanceolatæ, gluma I"* cuspidibus glabris, ad costas 
exteriores breviter pilosa, versus margines longissime densissimeque 
ciliata. 
. Arabia felix in montibus ad Hadie (ex Forsk.); Abyssinia (Schimp. 
un. it. 739 et in Mus. Par. 1228 ; edit. Hohenack. 2278) ; pr. Matamma 
in Gallabát (Schweinf. 1023) ; inter Suakin et Berber (Sehweinf.571, 
.628) ; Sennaar (Kotschy 581, Androp. schangulansis, forma v. subvar. 
gracilior, spieulis minoribus) ; ins. S. Nicolao Cap. Viridis (Bolle in h. 
berol.). 
37. I. notatum s spicule sessilis gluma I" ecostata, dorso loco 
nervi medii non vel leviter depre. nec BIER nec translucente, 
nervis 2 viridi ramosis notata; 
. gluma II^ aristam reetam ipsa triplo brevioreni exserente. 
Cæspitosum ; innovationibus extravaginalibus. Culmi erecti, 50— 
120 em. alti, teretes, infra racemum nudi ibique pubescentes. Folia 
viridia vel (ob indumentum nee ceram) canescentia. Vaginæ teretes, 
arct®, costat®, superne hirtulæ, nodis glabrz, collo dense barbatze. 
internodiis breviores, summa laminam setaceam gerente. Ligula in 
seriem ciliorum soluta. Lamin® e basi »quilata lineares, longe seta- 
ceo-acuminate, 12—24 em. longe, 3—4 mm. latze, rigidze, utrinque 
v. subtus tantum strigoso-pilosule, margine scabr&, costa media tenui 
l-nervi supra non albolineata, nervis lateralibus non prominentibus. 
Racemus robustus 8—16 cm. longus rectiuseulus v. subeurvatus, fra- 
gilis, pilosulus ; articuli pedicellique spicula sessili duplo breviores, 
crassiusculi, lineari-subelavati, dorso convexi, suboblique disjungen- 
tes, disjuneti apice cicatricem rotundam antice ciliatam exibentes, 
marginibus pilis albis sericeis rigidulis patulis acerescentibus (summis 
articulo '/,—2-plo brevioribus), dense pennato-ciliati. Spieulz sessiles - 
oblonge, obliquz:e, cum callo exceavato antice et lateribus breviter bar- 
bato 1 mm. longo 9 mm. longz, pallidz, viridi-notatze : gluma I^* 
przter apicem membranaceum coriaceo-chartacea, non acuminata, 
breviter euspidato-bidentata, marginibus angustissime implicata, 
flexura altera anguste marginata, altera latiuseule alata, ala ciliata 
nervosa, scabra ; II“ P= zequans, chartacea, elliptica, obtusa, integra, 
in '/, superiore carinata, carina anguste alata in aristam 
