. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. lumes equal in length, glabrous or hirsute, the lowersubulate, the ujjper linear-lanceolate, both ending in a long awn; lowerpale of fertile floweret glabrous or hirsute, its awn with those of theglumes overtopping the awns of the sterile floicerets; upper flowerets ofsterile cluster reduced to awns — Spring — Deserts from Sinai toPalmyra. * * * SpiMets nearly sessile, on node-UTcepedi- jy Fig. 410!eels, the fertile flowerets numerous. Glumes veryunequal, the lower ofte
. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. lumes equal in length, glabrous or hirsute, the lowersubulate, the ujjper linear-lanceolate, both ending in a long awn; lowerpale of fertile floweret glabrous or hirsute, its awn with those of theglumes overtopping the awns of the sterile floicerets; upper flowerets ofsterile cluster reduced to awns — Spring — Deserts from Sinai toPalmyra. * * * SpiMets nearly sessile, on node-UTcepedi- jy Fig. 410!eels, the fertile flowerets numerous. Glumes veryunequal, the lower often obsolete. Lower palemu-cronate-aristate. Caryopsis tapering at both ends. 6. Y. pectinella, Del. 0 Abu-Dhu-neibah. .05 to .3. Panicle spike-like, .02to .03 long, .008 broad, one-sided, simple,or with one or two spreading branches atbase; spikelets 2-ranked, spreading, oblong,.004 to .000 long, .002 broad, 3-8flowered;lower glume minute, scale-like, ovate-trian-gular, upper coriaceous, concave, linear,mucronate, convex at back, half as long asadjacent floweret; flowerets loosely racemed Spikes of Vuipia GRAMINE^, (GRASS FAMILY^.) 889 Fig. 411. along the scarcely thickened axis; lower pale coriaceous, linear, invo-lute, scarcely keeled, tapering into an awn-UTce wwcr(?—Spring —Sands; et-Tih, near southern borders of Palestine; Palmyra. 77. NARDURUS, Rchb. subsessile, or with short, thick pedicels, compressed,solitary and alternate, lying obliquely in excavations of the rachis,several-flowered, the flowerets diverging. Glumes equal or pale concave, not keeled, lanceolate, muticous or awned; upperpale 2-toothed, 2-keeled, scabrous at keels — Tufted annuals; spikeletsin a simple spike; leaves narrow-linear, convolute. 1. N. teiiuiflorns, Schrad. 0 .1 to .3. Spike .05to .14 long, .005 broad, erect or incurved, 2-ranked orone-sided, interrupted; pedicels very short; spikelets 5-6-flowered; glumes lanceolate-linear, keeled, acum
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