CLxxiii. GRAMiNEiE. (J. D. Hooker,) 



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Tribe X. HonDEiE. Spil-elets 1- or more-fld., sessile, 1-2 or more seriate 

 on the rachis of a simple spike, or partially sunk in cavities of the same ; 

 rachilla usually articulate and produced beyond the flg. gls. into a naked 

 or glumiferous bristle ; gls. awaed or not, I and II opposite or subcoUateral, 

 persistent or separately deciduous, I sometimes absent or very minute. 



Subtribe I. Lolie^. S pikelets solitary at tlie nodes of the spike ; plane 

 of the spikelets radial to the rachis. 



piKelpts3-manv-fld. ; gls. coriaceous, I absent, except in 



the terujinal spikolet 125. LoLiuar. 



2>pike ets 1-2-fld. ; gl. 1, minute or 0, II much longer 

 than the hyaline III; spike cylindric,' rachilla gla- 



«; ./;'«^S 126. LEPTUBtJS. 



e>pikelet8 1-3-fld. ; gl. I, minute or 0, II about as long 



. as the hyaline III; spike compressed, rachilla hairy , 127. OfiOFETiUM. 



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Subtribe 11, Tritice.e. Spikelefs solitary at the nodes of the spike; 

 pj^ue of spikelets tangential to the rachis, 



' ^^®"5~9- nerved, lateral nerves not connivine:, short or 

 Pi ^'''*i"g ^^ teeth or awns . . . . . 

 .gls. 5-7-nerved, lateral nerves conniving or confluent 



. 128. Tbiticttm. 



^'ith the single teru)inal 



awn 



. 129. Agropxruat. 



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the r.'^H*^^ III. Elyme^. Spikelets 2 or more, collateral or fascicled at 

 Sfit^ ^^ ^^^ spike; plane of spikelets tangential to the rachis. 



. 130. HOBDEUM. 



oblon 



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ttiany-Hd.; empty gl. subulate, linear or 



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, 131. Elymtjs. 



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iointpff '^\ ^AMBUSE^. Shrubby or arboreous grasses. Leaves flat, 

 graduall^^ • ^^^^^^- Spikelets 1- oo-fld. ; lower 2- or more gls. empty, 

 terminnr •^'^'^^^^^^^g in size up to the flowering, with sometimes small 

 Xorf,V„7 ^"perfect ones. JPalea usually large, 2-keeled (in Melanocanna). 

 ./'''="?e* usually 3. Stamens Z, &, ot J. Stales 2-3. 



li&rnlt;^}' ^^^^ndinakie.e. Palea 2-keeled; stamens usually 3; peri- 

 R.T . ' ^^^^^« ^o the seed. 



- many.fld., racemed or panicled ; empty gls. 



1-2 



spikelets 1-4. fl^ 



^■na., spicate ; spathes bracteate ; empty gls. 



. 132, Abundtkarta. 



2-3 



. 133. Phyllostachys. 



thin \]!i® \^' EuBAMBusE^. Palea usually 2-keekd ; etamens 6 ; pericarp 



pjj^y^^^ate to the seed. 



Filai«!"i! {^^^ ' P^^^as entire or sllglitly cleft, all 2.keeled 134. Bambusa. 



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'i ^'lament! cnn°'*^^' ^P'kel'Jtg Qo.fl;i. / paleas all 2-keelpd 136. Gigantocuioa 



- """ate. Spikelets few-fld. ; palea of upper fl. 







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Filanipnf„ .^^ ' P^l^^as deeply cleft, uppermost not keeled 135. TnYBSACANTHUS 



Spikelet 



"* ^he bran 1 ,^"^y ^^nally fertile, usually capitate 



^^h Pericarn ^^ ^^^ Pauicle ; ovary hirsute at the 

 ^. ^***^P crustaeeous . 



. 137. OxrTENANTUERA. 



Dendrocalame^. Palea 2-keeled; stamens 6; pericarp 



. 13S. Dendrocalamtts. 



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