Poaceae

B. trinianus Schultes, Mant. 2:354 (1824). Syn: B. tomentosus Trin. in Mem. Acad. Sci. Pétersb. 6:487, t. 9 (1818) non Rohde (1809); B. persicus Boiss. ex Steudel, Syn. PL Glum. 1:320(1854)! Zerna tomentosa (Trin.)Nev-ski in Acta Univ. Asiae Med. ser. 8b (Bot.) 17:18 (1934); Z. triniana (Schultes) Tzvelev in Novit. Syst. PL Vasc. (Leningrad) 7:58 (1971);Bromopsis triniana (Schultes) Holub in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. (Praha) 8:169 (1973). Ic: Fl. Iraq 9: t. 56 (1968), as B. tomentosus. Rhizomatous perennial. Stems 10-60 cm, erect or decumbent, minutely hairy. Leaf sheaths with dense, white retrorse hairs, basal sheaths remaining intact when dead, enveloping stem bases; ligule c. 0.5 mm. Leaf blades 7-15 cm x 2-4 mm, flat or slightly involute, with dense white hairs. Panicle 4-10 x 2-4 cm, erect, with few spikelets, branches ascending, shorter than the 1-2 spikelets they bear. Spikelets 15-25 x 3-5 mm, oblong-lanceolate, scabrid or shortly pubescent, pale green, florets somewhat divaricate when ripe. Glumes lanceolate, lower 6-8 mm, upper 8-10 mm. Lemma 10-14 mm, lanceolate-elliptic, rough or shortly hairy; awn 2-3 mm, straight or weakly out-curved. Palea little shorter than lemma. Anthers 4-4.5 mm. Fl. 6-7. Banks of crater lake, dry slopes, 1900-2900 m.
Type: [Iran] in alpibus Samamisicis (holo. LE).
E. Anatolia. A9 Çoruh: Yalnizçam Da., 2100-2200 m, Ehrend. & Fischer 787-130-5! B9 Ağri: W. of Eleşkirt, 2200-2400 m, Ehrend. et al. 787-111-13!
Van: 20 km N.N.W. of Başkale, 2750-2900 m, Watson et al. 1516! Bitlis: Nemrut Da., 2500 m, Sorger 83-53-2! -BlO Kars: N.E. slopes of Ağri Da., 1900 m, D.43774!
S.W. Asia eastwards to Pakistan. Ir.-Tur. element.