42 • ELORTJLA ADENENSIS. 



9. iELTJitopus, Trin. 



1. 2E. Arabicus (Stend. Nomencl. p. i. 30, Gram. p. 298). Cuiniis 

 repentibus, numerosis, ramosissimis, elongatis, teretibus, incrassatis, 

 vaginis persistentibus imbricate vestitis; vaginis margine ciliatis; 

 ligula nulla ; foliis brevissimis, rigidis, subulatis, pungenter mucronatis, 

 glaucis ; paniculis in ramis terminalibus ovatis, conglomeratis ; rachi 

 pubescente, spiculis multifloris ; glumis 2, obovatis, muticis, scariosis, 

 carinatis; gluma florifera subpatente, sericeo-ciliata, pubescente, ad 

 apicem glabra, 3-nervi, paleam paulo superante, mucronulata ; palea 

 binervi, mucronulata vel mutico-obtusa ; caryopsidibus ovatis, obtu- 

 sis, glabris. — Calotheca Arabica, Spr. Syst. Veg. i. p. 348. Festuca 

 mucronata, Forsk. Descr. p. 22. Festuca pung ens, Vahl, Symb. i. p. 10, 

 t. 2. Dactylis mucronata, Steud. Gram. p. 298. 



Hab. Aden, in arenosis {Hook.jil. ! T. Anders.). 



Distr. In Arabia. 



Ccespitosus, horridus, 2-3-pedalis. Cuhni vaginis marcidis occulti. Folia 

 glauca, £ unc. longa. Paniculce pubescentes, 1 unc. longae. 



ADDENDUM. 



Since the printing of this Morula, I have seen a specimen of a 

 Flssenia, collected at Aden by Dr. Conrbon, of the French explor- 

 ing expedition under the command of Captain Eussel, and kindly 

 communicated to Dr. Hooker for my inspection by Prof. Brongniart 

 of Paris. This is the plant upon which Brown founded the genus, 

 and of which I have examined his original specimen in the British 

 Museum : it does not, however, bear the name Fissenia, but Kis- 

 senia, in honour of its discoverer, M. Kissen, a traveller in Arabia. 

 Endlicher, who is responsible for the spelling Fissenia, probably 

 obtained the generic name for the South African species, orally, 

 from 11. Brown. After a careful comparison of the Arabian and 

 South African specimens, I can find no difference, and I therefore 



