68 CYPEROIDE.E, GRAMINEJE. [CI. 2. 



Typha, fig. 138, and Sparganium. Mr. Brown 

 unites this Order and the Aroidece. 



Ord. 9. Cyperoideje. " Fl. united, or monoe- 

 cious; each with a Scale in the place of a Calyx, nor 

 is there generally any other. Stamens 3. Germen I. 

 Style 1. Stigmas 3, rarely but 2. Seed 1, either 

 naked, or tunicated (62 : 8) ; sometimes surrounded 

 at the base, with bristles, or soft hairs. Embryo and 

 germination as in the next Order. The single-flow- 

 ered Scales are crowded into Spikes, or Tufts (48 : 5), 

 variously disposed, some of them empty, the flowers 

 being abortive. Stems or Culms (16) round or tri- 

 angular, seldom jointed. Floral Leaves sessile; the 

 rest sheathing, with an entire Sheath." 



Carex, fig. 139, 79,- Eriophorum, Scirpus, fig. 140, 

 Cyperus, &c. a tribe much increased by Mr. Brown 

 in Prodr. Nov. Holl. v. 1. 212. 



Ord. 10. Gramine/e. Grasses, fig. 3, 4, 141. 

 " Glume (53:5) (Calyx of Linnaeus) of 2 valves, 

 rarely of 1, or of many, or wanting, either single- 

 flowered, or containing 2, or more, Flowers, or 

 Florets, in a two-ranked Spikelet (48 : 3). Each 

 Flower has a Calyx (Corolla of Linnaeus) resem- 

 bling the Glume, mostly of 2 valves, rarely of 1, or 

 wanting, the outermost either awned or not (53 : 5). 

 Stamens generally 3, rarely 2, 6, or 1, in Pariana of 

 Aublet 40. Anthers oblong, cloven at each end. 

 Germen 1, with 2 little scales at the base, not always 

 obvious. Styles mostly 2, each with a feathery 

 Stigma; in some the Style is solitary, with a simple 



