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131. SACClOLEPIS Nash 



Spikelets oblong-conic; first glume much shorter than the spikelet; 

 second glume broad, inflated-saccate, strongly many-nerved; sterile 



Figuee 1547.— Sacciolepis striata. Plant, X Hi two views of spikelet, and floret, X 10. (Chase 4240, Fla.) 



lemma narrower, flat, fewer nerved, its palea nearly as long often 

 subtending a staminate flower; fertile lemma stipitate, elliptic, 

 chartaceous-indurate, the margins inrolled, the palea not enclosed at 



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