jo. SACCHARUM biplorum * panicula lanata, fecunda;' calycibur sinifloris,
gemiuatis, extus lanatis.
Descr. Culmut homine altior aquis .ex fiat ; interdum ramofus. Folia ner-
’ vofa ; bad fuperne ianato-hifpida; fubtus obmfe carinara, tota viridia;
in medio fuperiori canaiiculata linea alba longitudinal!. Fiores tjeminati;
alter feflilis, alter pedunculatus; uterque. hernaaphr. Calyx bivalvis,
glaber, rubens, fubtus annulo lanato. Corolla una gluma, parva, al-
bida ; nifi mavis calycem univalvem, corollam bivalvem dieere ; in
fingulo enim flore très funr valvæ.
In littore Nili limofo tanta crefcit copia fimul cum Aruvdhie donacef ut
penetrari non poflit hsc fylva arundinacea, nifi incols parvos exicmde-
rent tramites.
Dum Nilus exundat., arundo hsc radices protrudit ex articulis infimis
vagas, filiformes. Relapfo fluvio, manet culmus j . ulo.r altitudine his
radicibus ficcis veftitus, tomentofus. Utiliffima hæc arundo id Sapes
vivas, quibus horti & Plantationes muniuiirur locis humilioribus & fiep-
tenrrioni objeftis.
Rofettce in locis campeftribus," arenofis inveniebatur faBit angnflioribus.
Contra: Rofettenfe Ganifch in locis humidis foliis gaudet multo lati-
oribus quam in regione Kahirenh.
Arab. Ganifth vel Bazfarjt. (Buz nomen Arundinum generale.)
JJ. SACCHARUM hirsutum; /pica hirfuta; fpiculis gtminis, altera ftflili, altera
pedicellata.
Descr. Culmus fimplex, pedalis. Fothrum vagina longs, glabrs; intr*
folium barba terminais. Folia plana, glabra. Spica quadripoll. hirfu-
tie alba: fpiculis appreffis, germioatis, altera feflih, altera pedicellata,
paulo minori, pedlcello hirfuto: utriusque flos, alter mafculus, alter
hermaphroditus; uterque thuticus. Calyx ball Sana cinttus, bivalvis,
biflorus, fpicula altera feflîli, altera pedicellata; Valvula lanceolats,
hirfuts, acuminats, rotiricæ, flores incliidentes, exterior longior, hir-
futior. Corolla bivalvis, squalis, glabra, lanceolata, mutica. Flos
mafculus exterior, squalis hertnaphrodito. Stamina, filamenta 3. bre*
viflima in flore ’male. & berm. Anther* erecis, long*.; Piftillum -in
flore mafe. nullum: in herm. germen parvuin. St)h duo, antheris
longiores, ball nudi; deinde plumofi. Pericarpium nullum.
In defertis Kdhirinis. ■
PHAPHALARIS.
J2. PHALARIS semi vr RTiCiLL at a ; paniculce rami's femiverticillatis, patenti-
pus, fpiculis mulids ciliatis ; foliis glabris.
Descr. Culmus ere&us, fefquipedalis, glaber. Folia plana, linearia, glabra,
fpithamalia. Panicula ramis per arriculos culmo circumpofitis , nee
tamen plenum verticillum conflituentibus: alternatun tres partes caul's
ambientibus: hi .rami iterum paniculati. Corolla mutica, calyce
duplo brevior. Anthers flavs. Styli duo.
Rofettce & Kdhirce frequens, Aprile ineunte florens. Nacejm
53* PHALARIS disticha , panicula mutica, a vat a ; foliis diJUckis, involutis,*
culmo ramofo, rspente.
Descr. Culmus repcus, admodum ramofus; pars erefla fpithamalis. Folia
conferta , diflicha, involuta, fubpungentia.: bafi utrinque barbata, tota
viridia. BraStea paniculs folium magnum, pallidum. Panicula patens,
ovata, diffufa. Calyx, gluma bivalvis; uniflorus: altera valvula
minore, pallidtore, divergente; altera inqludente corollam, eaque Ion-
. ' gior.c. Corolla bivalvis.
Alexandria copiofe in arena littorea ad Catacombas.
54. PHALARIS cristata ; panicula fpiciformi, oblonge valvula calycina utrinque
criftci calyce duplo longiore.
D escr. Spica pilofa ariftis. Vagins & folia glabra. Ad bafin foliorum
membrana alba, cauli apprefia, erefla. • - Folia plana, adeo ftriata.
Panicula fpiciformis, fefquipollicaris, varie ramoia. Calycis. valvs
2 corolla duplo longiores. Corolla parva, bivalvis valvula altera minori
alba, mutica: altera majon viridi, arifta brevi. Gramen ereefum,
fpithamale.
Circa Kahiram frequens.
55. PHALARIS VÈLÜTINA, Jpicis alternis filiformibus; culmo foliisque villo-
fjfmis. ■
Descr. Gramen pedale, 'Folia lineari - lanceolata, angufta, tripollicaria;
villis molliffima & velurina. :Spica mults ad apicem culmi lineares,
tripoliicares , ereclo - parentes, fparfs, filiformes. In Spicula nonnifi
una corolla bivalvis, hermaphrodita, calyce minor. Spiculs gemins.
'56, PHALARIS setacea; folitaria, fpicata; fpiculis folitariis, invoheris fetaceis,
fore fefqmlongioribus.
Descr. Culmus fimplex, pedalis. Folia plana, glabra, bipollicaria,.involuta.
Folium fupremum latius ante florefeentiam lpicani includit ut
(C) fpatha.