PHANEROGAMS — PROFESSOR BAYLEY BALFOUR. 321 



3. E. (Leptostachya) pilosa, Beauv. Agrostog. 71. 



E. cylindrifolia, Hochst. in herb. Schimp. Abyss, ed Hohenack. n. 2297. 



E. vcrticillata, Roem. et Schult. Syst. ii. 575. 



Poa pilosa, Linn. Sp. 100; Kunth Enum. i. 329; Ach. Rich. Tent. Flor. Abyss, ii. 426. 



P. vcrticillata, Cav. Ic. i. 63, t. 93. 



Socotra. Near Galonsir. B.C.S. n. 125. 



Distrib. Warmer regions of the globe. Most common in the old world. 



4. E. (Cataclastos) ciliaris, Link Hort. Berol. i. 192. 



Poa ciliaris, Linn. Sp. 102; Jacq. Ic. t. 304; Kunth Enum. i. 337; Ach. Rich. Tent. Flor. 

 Abyss, ii. 423. 



Socotra. Common. B.C.S. n. 209. Schweinf. n. 306. 

 Distrib. Warmer regions of the globe. 



5. E. (Megastachya) cynosuroid.es, Bcem. et Schult. Syst. ii. 577. 



Poa cynosuroides, Retz Obs. iv. 20 ; Delile FL iEgypt. 22, t. 10, f. 3 ; Kunth Enum. i. 327. 



Socotra. Near Tamarida. B.C.S. n. 257. 



Distrib. From Egypt eastwards through south-west Asia to India. 



25. ^LUROPUS. 



^Eluropus, Trin. Fundam. Agrostog. 143 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. iii. 1193. 



A small genus the species of which have been much multiplied. It has a 

 distribution from the Mediterranean region eastwards to eastern India. 



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M. repens, Pari. Flor. Ital. i. 462. 



Dactylis repens, Desf. Flor. Atl. i. 79, t. 15. 



Calotheca repens and C. niliaca, Spreng. Syst. i. 347 and 348. 



Socotra. On the shore at Galonsir and Tamarida. B.C.S. n. 204. 

 Schweinf. n. 340. 



Distrib. Mediterranean region and through north-east Africa and Arabia 

 to Scindh and north-west India. 



26. LOLIUM. 



Lolium, Linn. Gen. n. 95 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. iii. 1202. 



A small genus with species endemic in Europe, temperate Asia, and north 

 Africa, but now introduced in all parts of the globe. 



L. temulentum, Linn. Sp. 122; Kunth Enum. i. 437; Ach. Rich. Tent. 

 Flor. Abyss, ii. 440 ; TJeichb. Ic. Flor. Germ. t. 5. 



Socotra. Near Adona. B.C.S. n. 260. 

 Distrib. All over the world as a weed introduced. 



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