Tab. 89. MELIGA PERsicA. 



Culmis caespitosis, simplicibusj vaginis pubescenti-villosis^ interne villoso- 

 tomentosis, albidis^ panicula simplici^ ramis adpressis^ spiculis subsexfloris 5 flore 



infimo her maphrodito , dorsopilis longissimis moUibus patentibus obsito 



9 



reliquis 



tabescentibus, disticho-imbricatis 



y truncatis, scabriusculis 5 glumis gtabris^ valde 



inaequalibus. 



Crescit in Persia. inter Rermachan et Amadan 



y 



Radix 



;pilosa ; fibris filiformibus . Culmi caespitosi 



simplices, teretes, striati, infra 



nodos pubescentes, apicem versus puberulo-scabrlusculi , 8 

 Folia linearia, apice angustato-subulata , plana, membranacea. 



poU 



centla et 



sulcata 



Uoso-tomentosa et albida 



2 



lat 



a. 



Vag 



teretes, striatae, pubescentl-villosae, internodia subaeq 



3-pollic 



Nodi imberbes 

 , villoso-pubes- 



aria 



lineae 



pollicar 



Ligula.,.. Panicula simpl 



potlicaris , racemiformis ; ramis geminis , filiformibus 



adpressis rhachique sulcato-angulata pubescenti-scabris. Spiculae longe pedicellatae , subsexflorae 

 quatuor Uneas longge; pedlcellis filiformibus, hispidulo-scabris , apice cum spicula articulalis 

 Flos Infimus hermaphroditus ; superiores tabescentes, steriles, disticho-lmbricati. Ghimse duae 



valde inaequales, apice angustato-aciitatae , concavae, patulae, parimi distantes 



•ae , nitidulae ; inferior ovato-oblonga , uninervia , basi quinquenervia 



membranaceae 



stramineo-flavidae, glab 



superlor duplo triplove longior , oblonga , quinquenervia , nervis lateralibus superne anastomo- 



bus et evanescentibus, florem fertilem superans. Flos fertilis glumis approximatus : Paleae 



duae 



mbranaceae 



mierior 



oblonga, acutata, concava. 



ptem 



> 



fuscescens 



externe pilis longls albis moilibus paleam superantrbus patentibus obsita; superior | brevior, 

 oblonga, binervia, bicarinata, apice bldentata, glabra; carinis prominentibus, superne cilialis. 

 Squamulae... Stamina : filamentorum bases 3 persistentes. Cariopsls oblonga , utrinque obtusa, 

 paleis parallele compressa , laevis , glabra , pallide fuscescens , macuhs irregularibus fuscis dense 



conspersa , nitidula, interne linea longltudlnal 



palels persistentibus Inclusa , bas 



culata , e paleis decidens. Pericarplum tenulter membranaceum ,* adhae 



ceum , album. Embryo parvus, b 

 obovatus. scutell 



albuminls adgl 



Albumen farin 



ipsomie 5-6-plo brevlor 



, scutelliformis. Corculum clavatum, in excavatione cotyledonis locatum eique inferne 

 adnatum, basi acutum, antice, ad medium, lobo transverso unguiformi auctum. Flores steriles 

 disticho-imbricati , in fasciculum truncato-clavatum pedicellatum flore fertili breviorem congesti. 



inferlores bipaleacel. Palea inferlor ellip 



concava 



> 



Lpice truncato-rotund 



padi 



fusca, septemnervla , chartaceo -membranacea , externe obsoletissime scabrluscula ; superior 



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parva , oblonga , bicarinata , carinis retrorsum scabra , in floribus superiorlbus gradatim eva 

 nescens.Squamulae et genitaha nulla. 



