Fig. 384. 



863 GRAMINEiS. (grass FAMILT.) 



short, appressed to axis ; glumes light-colored, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 .008 to. 01 long, 3-nerved; lower pale somewhat shorter than glumes, 

 appressed-hirsute, with a scabrous awn twice to twice and a half its 

 length — Summer — Lower and middle zones of Lebanon. 



27. PIPTATHERUM, P. B. Piptatherum. 



Spikelets 1-flowered, somewhat flattened, borne on short, obconi- 

 cal pedicels, all fertile. Glumes nearly equal, membranous, concave, 

 longer than pale ; pales caducous, scarious, the lower concave, embrac- 

 ing the 2-nerved upper one, ending in a jointed, deciduous, not twisted 

 awn. Stamens 3. Styles 3, short, stigmas feathery. Caryopsis ovate- 

 oblong — Perennials, with panicled spikelets. 



1. P. itiiliaceuin, L. If Mihmseh-lar- 

 rlyeli. ZiU-Abu-Busein. Eimdr. . 1 or more ; 

 ligule short. Panicle. 3 to. 5 long, .15 to .2 broad, 

 much-branched, verticiUate, contracted infruit ; 

 spikelets .004 to .005 long, including awn; 

 glumes green, lanceolate ; lower pale glabrous, 

 half as long as awn — April to July — Bushy 

 places and hedges ; common. 



2. P. Iiolciforiiie, M. B. % Zaqqdmat- 



el-^asfur. .5 to .8. Ligule elongated. Pan- 

 icle .2 long, loose, with twin^ flaccid branches, 

 spreading or nodding in fruit ; spikelets .'01 

 long, without awn; glumes light-colored, or 

 bluish below, 5-nerved at base, ovate-lanceo- 

 late; lower pale appressed-hairy, one-third to 

 one-half as long as slightly exserted aion — A- 

 pril to June — Rocky places ; common. 



Yar. BIaiicIieaiiwm,Boiss. Pales gla- ^.^ of branch of panicle of 

 brous, glossy — Lebanon, and Antilebanon; ,; piptathemmhoiciforme. 

 coast. 



2§. IfllLIUM, L. Millet-Grass. 



Spikelets 1-flowered, perfect, convex, somewhat compressed at 

 back, the floweret sessile. Glumes equal, membranous, often a little 

 longer than pales. Pales coriaceous, muticous, the lower obsoletely 3- 

 nerved, concave, enclosing the 2-nerved upper one. Stamens 3. Styles 

 2, short, stigmas feathery — (Ours) annuals; panicle verticillate, loose. 



1. M. vernale, M. B. .3 to .4. Panicle loose, .1 to .15 long, 

 more or less diiiuse, the capillary branches whorled ; gluines ovate- 

 oblong, .002 long, acutish, tubercular-scabridulous ; j9a?(?s glabrous^ the 

 lower elliptical, obtuse — AjDril to June — 



Var Montianum, Coss. Stems often leafy to tip — Shady places; 

 middle to subalpine mountain zones; interior plains. 



2. M. tricliopoclum, Boiss. .05 to .3. Panicle scarcely 

 longer than leaves, ovate, forTted, diffuse, the branches opposite or 

 whorled in threes ; pt&dicels three to four times as long as spilcelets ; glumes 

 oblong-elliptical, acute, glabrous, owt tiibercled; pales appressed-puberu- 

 lent, as long as glumes — Spring — Dry, clayey soil ; Rasheya to Dam- 

 ascus. 



