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TAB. 8Q. M F X I C A PERSICA.
Ciilmis cuispitosis, simplicibus; vagiais pubescenti-villosis, iaterne villosoloiiieulosis,
albidis; panícula simplici; ramis adpressis; spiculis subsexlloris; flore
lofinio hermaphrodi to, dorso pilis longissimis mollibus pateDtibus obsi to, reliquis
l a b e s c e i i t i b u s , disticho-imbricalis, iruncatis, scabriusculis ; glumis glabrìs, valclc
iucequalibus.
Crescit in Persia, inter Kerniachan et Amadan.
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Radix cespitosa; lìbris filiformibus. Culmi cfespitosi, eredi, simplices, teietes, striati, inlra
notlos pubescentes, apicem versus puberulo-scabriusculi, S-io-pollicares. Nodi imberbes.
Folia linearla, apice angustato-subiJata, plana, membranacea, esterne striata, villoso-pubescentia
et canescentia, interne sulcata, Tilloso-tomentosa et albida, 2-5-pollicaria, i-ij Lineai
lata. Vagina teretes, striata;, pubescenü-viUos.-e, internodia subajquantes, ifai-pollicares.
Ligula,... Panicula simplex, erecU, iì-2-pollicaris, racemiformis; ramis geminis, filiformibus,
adpressis rbachique sulcato-angulata pubescenti-scabris. Spiculaj longo pedicellat®, subsexflor®,
quatuor lineas longíej pedicellis filiformibus, bispidulo-scabris, apice cum spicula arliculatís.
Flos infimus hermapbroditus; superiores tabescentes, steiiles, disticho-imbricati. Gliuna: duaì,
membranacece, valde inajquales, apice angusUto-acutata;, concava:, patula;, parum distantes,
sU-amineo-flavida?, glabr®, nitidulre; inferior ovato-oblonga, uninervia, basi quinquenervia;
superior duplo triplove lougior, oblonga, quinquenervia, nervis lateralibus superne anastomosantibus
et evanescenlibus, florem fertilem superans. Flos fertilis glumis approximatus : Pale®
du£B, membranacea;; inferior ovato-oblonga, acutata, concava, septemnervia, fiiscescens,
excerne pilis longis albis moUibus paleam superantibus patentìbus obsita; superiori brevior,
oblonga, binervia, bicarinata, apice bidentata, glabra; carinis proniinentibus, superne ciliatis.
Squamute... Stamina : ii]amentoi-um bases 5 persistentes. Cariopsis oblonga, utrinque obtusa,
paleis parallele compressa, líevis, glabra , pallide fuscesceus, maculis irregularibus fascis dense
conspersa , niddula, interne linea longiludinali exarata, paleis persUtentibus inclusa, basi articulata
, e paleis decidens. Pericarpium tenuiter membranacemn, adherens. Albumen farinaceum,
albiuu. Embryo parvus, basi esterioii albuminis adglutinatus ipsoqne 5-6-plo brevior,
obovatus, scutelliformis. Corculum clavatum, in excavatione cotyledonis locatum eique inferne
adnatum, basi acutiuu, anlice, ad medium, lobo transverso unguifoi-mi auctum. Flores steriles
disticho-imbricati, in fasciculum trunca to-cla va turn pedicellatum flore fertili breviorem congesti,
inferiores bipaleacei. Palea inferior elliptica, concava , apice trunca to-rotundata , spadiceofusca,
septemnervia, chartaceo-membranacea , externe obsoletissime scabiiuscula; superior
parva, oblonga, bicarioala, carinis retrorsum scabra, in floiibus superioribus gradalim evaas.
Squamida; et genitalia nulla,
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