— 759 — 



basilari. c. Palea superior ejusdem. d. 

 Ovarium. 



Variât, a) typica; vaginis pubescentibus v. glabrescenti- 

 bus; foliis ovato-lanceolatis , basi v. a basi ad me- 

 dium ciliatis; aristis spicula 2 — 3plo longioribus. — 

 Alectoridia Quartiniana Rich. 1. c. — Pleuroplitis 

 ciliata Schmidt. 1. c. — Griseb. in Ledeb. fl. ross. 

 IV, p. 478. — Lucaea ciliata Steud. gram. pag. 

 414. — Pleuroplitis Richardi Desv. in herb. Mus. 

 Par. — Habitat in Abyssinia (Quartin - Dillon et 

 Petit, in lapidosis ins. St. Antonii promontorii vi- 

 ridis (Schmidt). — Caules 1 — l 1 / 2 pédales. Folia 

 pilis longioribus v. brevioribus ciliata. Spicae aggre- 

 gato-digitatae, virescentes v. parce violascentes. 



ß) caespitosa; vaginis pilosulis, foliis oblongo-lanceo- 

 lotis. Caetera ut praecedentis. — Psilopogon ma- 

 jor Höchst, ex parte. — Habitat in montibus Co- 

 jetanis provinciae Schire in Abyssinia (Schimper), 

 in Nilgherries Indiae orientalis (Schmidt in herb. 

 Acad. Petrop.). — Caules caespitosi, adscendentes, 

 spithamaei. 



Y) plumbea; vaginis apice pilosulis, margine dense ci- 

 liatis, caeterum glabris; foliis ovato-lanceolatis, basi 

 tantum v. a basi ad medium laxe ciliatis; aristis vix 

 exsertis. — Pleuroplitis plumbea Nees ab Esenb. 

 in herb. Acad. Petrop. — Steud. gram. pag. 414. 



— Habitat in India orientali. — Caules spithamaei. 

 Spicae violascentes, 3 — 4 fasciculatae. 



8) tenella; vaginis glabrescentibus ; foliis lanceolatis, 

 circum ciliatis; aristis spicula 2 — 3plo longioribus. 



— Pleuropl. tenella Desv. in herb. Mus. Par. — 

 Schimp. pi. exs. abyss. J6 202 et 1532. — Habi- 

 tat in Abyssinia. Caules caespitosi, tenelli, spitha- 



