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Fig. 'i.—Lrophorus it n isetitx : a, a portion of the rachis of one of the racemes ; h, a spikelet show- 

 ing back of the first and third glumes: o, a spikelet showing the many-nerved second glume ; 

 d, fourth or flowering glume seen from the back with the projecting styles and stigmas: e, 

 spikelet in fruit, showing the tirst and third glumes and the liroad wing-like margins of the 

 palea of the third glume: ;. the same as e, seen from the other side: (/. dorsal view of the fourth 

 glume in fruit. 



