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vel anguste linearia, obtusiuscula, basi anguste vaginatim dilatata, 2 — 10 cm longa, 0,5 ad 

 2 mm lata, glabra, lana basali nulla. Inflorescentiae 1 — paucae; pedunculus brevis vel 

 paulo longior quam folia, erectus, rectus vel parum arcuatus, teres, pilis paucis brevibus 

 albidis inspersus, 2 — 10 cm longus; spica brevis, rotundata, densiflora vel cylindrica, densa 

 vel basi laxiuscula, 0,5 — 4 cm longa. Bractea late insidens, parum decurrens, calycem 

 circ. aequans, parum concava, rotundata vel late rotundato-ovata, 1,75 — 2,25 mm longa, 

 glabra, carina parum prominente, quam laminae laterales firme membranaceae angustiore, 

 nervis compluribus in carina distinctis, vel et carina laminis lateralibus latiore, in illas 

 transeunte. Sepala 1,5 — 1,75 mm longa; sepala antica vix concava, late elliptica, 

 glabra, saepe parum inaequilatera, carina parum incrassata, mediano et nervis lateralibus 

 2 — 3 distinctis, carina laminis lateralibus angustiore vel et latiore in illas transeunte; 

 sepala postica concava, rotundata, glabra, carina angusta, haud ita crassa, nervis nonnullis 

 in carina parum distinctis. Lobi corollae minimi, conniventes, ovali-ovati. Stamina 

 minima et stilus inclusa (in specim. mihi visis). Capsula 3 — 4,5 mm longa (pars superior 

 2 — 3 mm longa), conico-attenuata, apice anguste truncata; semina 12 — 20, angusta, irre- 

 gulariter fusiformia, fusca, 1 — 1,5 mm longa. 



S o n g a r e i : Auf salzhaltigem Boden zwischen Usun-bulak und Gorkoi piket ( K a r e 1 i n 

 und Kiriloff n. 1860 — 1841); bei Dshargain (Bienert, comm. Auerswald). Lede- 

 bour gibt noch an: versus fl. Tschu (Schrenk). 



23. P. Bigelovii A. Gray in Whipple, Pacif. Rail. Rep. 4. (1857) 117, descr. emend. 

 Bot. Calif. I. (1876) 612, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. II. 1. (1886) 392; Alida M. Cunningham in Proc. 

 Ind. Acad. Sc. 1896 (1897) 206; Morris in Bull. Torr. Bot. Cl. XXXVI. (1909) 524. — 

 Humilis; radix satis valida verticalis, radicellis filiformibus numerosis. Folia parum 

 numerosa usque numerosa rosulata, ± carnulosa, sicca fragilia, linearia, superne et inferne 

 sensim angustata, vel filiformi-linearia, basi satis late membranaceo-vaginatim dilatata, 

 4 — 9 cm longa, 1 — 3( — 5) mm lata, superne glabra, inferne parce vel magis copiose villis 

 longioribus albido-canescentibus inspersa, nervis indistinctis vel 3 subtus parum pro- 

 minulis, lana basali canescente parum copiosa. Inflorescentiae paucae usque multae; 

 pedunculus erectus vel parum arcuatus et ascendens, foliis brevior vel illa aequans, 3 ad 

 10 cm longus, teres vel superne sulcato-striatus, ± pilis brevibus, ± adpressis, rigidulis 

 inspersus vel glabrescens; spica breviter cylindracea, densa vel basi laxiuscula, 1,5 — 5 cm 

 longa. Bractea calycem fere aequans, rotundato-ovata, obtusiuscula vel acutiuscula, 

 concava, basi parum exsaccata, 2,5 — 3 mm longa, carina valida sicca rugulosa, basi bracteae 

 producta et membranaceo-angustata, laminis lateralibus hyalinis, versus marginem tenuibus 

 parum angustiore vel illas aequante, haud plane percurrente. Sepala 2,5 — 2,75 mm longa; 

 sepala antica anguste obovata vel obovata et forma a posticis parum discrepantia, vix 

 concava, parum inaequilatera, carina valida inferne sensim dilatata, laminis lateralibus 

 angustiore ; sepala postica obovata vel late obovata, concava, apiculo parvo membranaceo 

 supra apicem carinae, carina valida satis angusta, prominente, extus in marginem an- 

 gustam (fere in alam angustam) attenuata. Corollae tubus supra capsulam parum pro- 

 ductus, lobi perparvi, lanceolato-ovati, in specim. fructiferis ± reflexi vel magis erecti. 

 Stamina 2 antheris minimis. Stilus brevis. Capsula late conico-attenuata, apice anguste 

 subtruncata; ovula 5 — 8, non omnia in semina evoluta; semina obscure fuscescentia usque 

 nigricantia, 1,25 — fere 2 mm longa, ambitu irregularia, varie angulata, utraque facie parum 

 convexa, insigniter impresso-punctata. 



W. Nordamerika: British Columbia (nach Morris). Washington, Seattle (Piper 

 and Smith — fruchtend im Juni 1890). California, Monterey County, Point Pinos (Heller 

 n. 6743 — fruchtend im Mai 1903), Byron (Greene — blühend im März 1889). [Das 

 T y p e n - Exemplar der Sammlung Bigelow (1854) von Benicia, California, nach Morris 

 im Gray-Herbarium]. 



24. P. elongata Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. IL (1814) 729; Morris in Bull. Torr. Bot. Cl. 

 XXXVI. (1909) 525. — P. pusilla Nutt. sec. Decne. in DC. Prodr. XIII. 1. (1852) 696 p. p. 



