PULICARIA GLAUCESCENS, Nob.
P U L IC A R IA , G aertnH- Confer supra, p. 65.
Subgenus' PLAT'YCHAETA, Boiss. — Confer supra, p. 73.
PULICARIA GLAUCESCENS, Nob.
Pteroch* te claugescens, Boiss., Diagn. Plant. Orient., fasc. 6, p. 78.
P latych* te glaucescens, Boiss., 1. c., fasc. I I, p. 5.
Suffruticosa. Partibus herbaceis tenuissime glandiiloso-puberula (oculo nudo laevigata), juventute
sparsim villosa. Foliis carnosis, sessilibus, exauriculatis, enerviis, involutis, linearibus v. spathulato-
linearibus, calloso-mucronatis, integerrimis. Calathidiis 16-20-floris, homogamis, discoideis, solita-
riis, pedunculatis. Anthodii 15- 1 7-pHyHi campanulati squamis subcoriaceis, laevigatis, remote fim-
briolatis, acuminulatis, ab extimis brevibus ad intimas gradatim longioribus; externis ovatis v. ovato-
oblongis; interioribus oblongo-v. lineari-lanceolatis. Achaeniis columnaribus, subteretibus, deeem-
sulculis, sericeo-setulosis. Pappo-externo coroniformi, fimbriato-lobulato. Pappo-interno subviginti-
seto, corolla sub anthesi longiori.
Su'ffrutex semi-pedalis (v. forsan et altior), dumulosus, oculo nudo quasi glaber, sub lente partibus herbaceis ( saltern
junioribus) glandulis minimis subclavatis conspersus, juventute pilis mollibus albis flexuosis simplicibus eglandulosis baud
crebris mox deciduis hirsutus. R ami novelli e caudice lignoso corticato brevi tortuoso irregulariter ramoso crasso orti,
erecti v. ascendentes, laevigati, albidi, obsolete angulati, estriati, flexuosi, crassiusculi, folios!, plus minusve paniculato-
ramulosi v. macriores cymoso-ramulosi (ramulorum evolutione generis more decrescenti-centrifuga), calathidio solitario
breve pedunculato terminate R amuli similes ramo (at graciliores et parcius foliati) eodemque modo in pedunculum mo-
nocephalum desinentes, axillares, erecti, parum divergentes, plerumque ramillulos a v. 3 axillari-subterminales monoce-
phalos parce foliatos subfiliformes in cymam dispositos edentes ; summi ramum longe superantes. Folia recta v. falcata,
sparsa, sessilia, exauriculata, carnosa, crassiuscula, glaucescentia, subsemi-teretia, enervia, avenia, ecarinata , concava v.
subtereti-involata, integerrima, calloso-mucronata (mucrone brevi conico, nunc obtuso nunc acuto), basi subdilatata
adnata plus minusve vaginantia. Folia ramealia pleraque spathulato-linearia, ir-i 1/1 pollicem longa (ab inferioribus brevio-
ribus ad summa gradatim longiora); infima obovata v. spathulato-obovata, minuta (a-4 lineas longa), confertiora. Folia
ramularia minora foliis ramealibus, linearia v. spathulato-linearia. Folia ramillularia (praesertim superiora) subfiliformia.
Pedunculi ebracteati, erecti, stricti, rigidi, obsolete angulati, estriati, terminales, solitarii, monocephali, breves (demuin
a -6 lineas longi), sub anthesi graciles, perinde crassiores, apice haud incrassati. Calathidia 4*4 >/* lineas alta, i 5-ao-flora,
turbinato-campanulata, homogama, discoidea, solitaria; disco planiusculo. A nthodium a i/a-3 lineas altum, floribus
subtriente bcevius, imbricatum, subquinqueseriale, 15-17-phyllum, stramineum, laevigatum, glabrum , campanulatum , nunc
ebracteatum, nunc bracteis paucis subulatis brevissimis stipatum. Squame ab extimis brevibus ad intimas gradatim longiores,
subcoriaceae, subnaviculares, uninerviae, lucidae, glaberrimae v. dorso glandulis stipitulatis minimis conspersae, acuminulatae,
remote fimbriolatae. Squamae externae minutae, ovatae v. ovato-lanceolatae; internae oblongae v. oblongo-lanceolatae.
Receptaculum piano-convexum, glabrum, alveolosum; septis subcarnosis, irregulariter crenato-dentatis. Coroll* fere
3 lineas longae, flavae, glabrae, reguläres, obconico-tubulosae, tenerrime 5-nerviae, apice breve quinque-dentatae (dentibus
aequalibus v. subaequalibus, deltoideis, acutis, obsolete ciliolato-serrulalis, dorso glandulis stipitulatis conspersis), basi
angustatae. Stamina generis more paulo supra corollas basin inserta. F ilamenta capillaria , anthcris paulo breviora; articulo-
antherifero brevi. Anther* lineares; caudis subulatis, longiusculis, apice barbulatis ; appendices terminales lineari-lanceo-
latae, acutae, liberse, demum exsertae. O varium sub anthesi vix ultra 1/2 lineam longum , crassum, columnare, subteres,
10-costulatum totidemque-sulculum, erostre, generis more papposum, basi rotundatum, superficie tota subaequaliter dense
sericeo-setulosum (setulis refescentibus complanatis linearibus, acute emarginatis, superioribus pappum externum superan