ENDOGENS, 26 : GLUMALS. 
CLASS IV. ENDOGENS (V. K., p. 105.) 
The following are the chief Alliances : 
GLUMALS. Flowers glumaceous. 3 
ARALS. Flowers unisexual, naked, or seales or hairs; on a sim 
spadix. 
PALMALS. Flowers unisexual, petaloid ; on a branched spadix. 
NARCISSALS. Flowers hermaphrodite. Ovary inferior. Perian 
symmetrical. 
AMOMALS. Flowers hermaphrodite. Ovary inferior. Perianth unsy 
metrical. Stamens free. 
ORCHIDALS. Flowers hermaphrodite. Ovary inferior. Perianth 
symmetrical, Stamens gynandrous. 
JUNCALS. Flowers hermaphrodite. Ovary superior. Perianth 
maceous. 
LILIALS. Flowers hermaphrodite. Ovary superior. Perianth coloure 
Syncarpous.. : 
ALISMALS. Flowers hermaphrodite. Ovary superior. Perianth colo 
Apocarpous. 
THE GLUMAL ALLIANCE (V. K., p. 105.) 
 Patural Orvers of Glumals. 
Grasses (Graminacee.) Sheath of leaves slit. Embryo lateral, nak 
Sevges (Cyperacee.) Sheath of leaves not slit. Embryo ba 
inclosed. 
Natural Order, Grasses; Graminacece (V. K., p. 106.) 
Prevailing Quality. Sweet, nutritious ; very rarely narcotic. 
Triticum. Linneus. 
_A spike. Spikelets many-flowered, parallel with the zig-zag rachis, (lui 
2, nearly equal, ~“Palew 2, the lower awned or not. 
1. T. repens Linneus.—(Coucn Grass. Quitcn. Curen-pEnt Fr.) 
Spike distichous ; spikelets about 5-flowered ; paleze lanceolate, 5-ne! 
_ acuminate, not ventricose ; rachis usually scabrous ; leaves rou; 
with lines of points on the upper side. A perennial, with a cre 
rhizome. 
Habitat. A common weed, in neglected ground. 
Quality. Rhizomes diaphoretic, aperient and refreshing. _ 
Uses. For diet drink, and as a substitute for Sarsaparilla. 
