558 GRAMiNE.E PapipophorKm . 



SuBTR. I. Pappophork.e. B'^ — Gliimella pluHnervis 3-pluriaristata . 



PAPrOPHORUM (Schreb. in L. Gen. I7i!>. — Enneapogon K^). 



Spiculae a latere compress8e(in iiostris) 2-3-flora3 ilosculo inferiore 

 hermaphrodilo superioribus masculis vel ueutris. Glum«i lariceo- 

 lala; multiuerviae flosculos superanles. Glumella subcoriacea concava 

 (in nostris) 9-nervia nervis in aristas tolidem rectas subulatas pro- 

 ductis. Palea menibranacca bicarinata retusa. Squamulas bimeminimoe 

 obovala3. Stamina tria. Ovarium glabrum. Styli 2 terminales, stig- 

 mata plumosa sub apice lloris emergentia. Garyopsis obovato-ellip- 

 lica macula liilari punctiformi. — Herbic spiculis in paniculam 

 contractan) spiciformem dispositis. 



i. P. Persicum (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 5, p. 71 sub Enneapo- 

 gon) pereime cespitosum, radice fibrosa, collo nodoso, culmis erecLis 

 brevibus simplicibus remole et breviter foliosis, foliis minute veluli- 

 nis vcl glabratis patentibus rigidulis linearibus convolulis brevibus, 

 lignhi in pilorum coronam mutafa, paniculoc spiciformis inferiic sub- 

 interripfffi ramis brevibus strictis fcre a basi spiculigeris, spiculis 2- 

 3-iloris, glumis velutinis lanceolafis multinerviis superiore longiore 

 acuminata glumella longiore ejus aristis breviore, glumella ovafo- 

 rotunda velutina in aristas 9 apice excepto plumosas alternatim 

 subin<eqiiales ea 3-4-plo longiores abeuntc %. P. Auchcri Jaub. et 

 Sp. III. Or. tab. 323. — P. Tarcomauicum Trautv. 



Hab. ia collibus -aridis subsalsis Pcrsirs australis (Auch. 5430 '), orieritalis 

 ad Meschhed et MeiJjut (Bge !), prope SchuraVj et Ivasciian (Hausslc!), iu ^le- 

 sopotaiiiia iuler K^erli^uk et Derljeut 1 ljasi;iu (Haus^lc !j, Turlcestaniu ad 

 Caspium (Beclvcr !), Aflghaui;i ad Otipore et Boian (Grill' !). 



Guhni 6-10-itollicares, panicula 3-'i-polliccs longa. 



2. P. brachystachyum (Jaub. et Sp. fll. Or. tab. 321) 

 perennc? cespitosum, culmis tenuibus pumilis geniculato-asccndenti- 

 bus, foliis auguste linearibus acutis convolutis pubesconfi-villosidis 

 radicalibus confertis brevibus, vaginis ore barbalis, panicuhr spicifor- 

 mis densne ovato-obloiig;c ramis brevissimis adpressis. spiculis tri- 

 floris, glumis arisfas non asquantibus sub(piinquenerviis villosidis 

 obloiigis obtusis superiore triente longiore, gluraclla doi'so sefoso- 

 hirsuta ovalo ellipticii ncrvis 9 in tofidem arisfas infra medium {)lu- 

 mosas .■) glumella duplo longiores, 4alternatim paulo breviorcs abcnn- 

 libus G. -^. Janunioiiiwi Coss. et Dur. in Jam. exs. — P. Arabicum 

 Hoclisf. in Steud. Glum. p. 199. — P. bullwsum Fig. et Not. Agr. 

 Fragm. p. IV, ex descriptionc et forsan P. Figarianum Fig. et JNot. 

 eodem loco ex descriptione non sat distincfum. 



