or leafless; spathaceous sheaths at the bases of the 
ultimate ramifications early deciduous, oblong, narrow, six 
to eight lines long. Spikelets usually two-flowered, eight 
to ten lines long; glume usually one, lanceolate, acute, 
sometimes bearing a small blade, sparsely pubescent, 
about seven-nerved; valves lanceolate, subulate, acumi- 
nate, herbaceously papery, nine-nerved, densely pubescent ; 
palea bidentate, pubescent on the sides, much shorter 
than the valves. Anthers yellow, four lines long. Ovary 
suveuipiiate ; stigmas three, as long as the style-—Orro 
TAPE. 
Fig. 1, junction of sheath and blade of a leaf; 2,a spikelet; 3, a palea; 
4, a lodicnle; 5, a young stamen ; 6, a pistil. 
