Fig. 89: Distichlis spicata: a, culm, leaf sheaths and ciliate base of leaf blades, X 4; 

 b, habit, pistillate plant, X 2/-; c, pistillate spikelet, X 4; d, staminate spikelet, X 4; e, 

 mature grain, hard and nutlike, X 8; f, habit, pistillate plant, X %; g, stammate floret, 

 X 8; h, pistillate floret, X 6; i, leaf sheath, base of blade and ciliate ligule, X 6. (From 

 Mason, Fig. 61). 



