ness, might easily be overlooked. In all our Species the calyx 

 is longer than the corolla. 



FESTUCA. 



Calyx. Gluma 2 valves, upright, containing several florets 

 collected into a slender spiket. Valves awl-shaped, taper- 

 ing. Inferior Valve the smallest. 



Corolla, 2 \alves. Lower and larger valve the figure of the 

 calyx, but larger, roundish, tapering, ending in an acute 

 point. 



Nectarium 2 leaves, leafits egg-spear-shaped, acute, bulg- 

 ing at thebase; sometimes of 1 leaf, which is plano-concave, 

 horizontal, notched at the end. 



Stamina. Filaments 3, hair-like, shorter than the corolla. 

 A'tlhera oblong. 



Pistilla. Germen turban-shaped. Styles 2, short, reflected. 

 Stigmata simple. 



Pericarpium, none, the corolla closely envelopes the seed, 

 and does not open again. 



Sled single, slender, oblong, very acute at each end, marked 

 with a longitudinal furrow. 



HOLOSTEUM. 



Calyx. Periajithium 5 leaves. Leafits egg-shaped, perma- 

 nent. 



Corolla. Petals 5, deeply divided, blunt, equal. 



Stamina, filainents 3, hair-like, shorter than the corolla. 

 Anther* roundish. 



Pistilla. Germen roundish. Styles 3, hair-like. Stigmata 

 bluntish. 



Pericarpium. Capsula 1 cell, rather cylindrical, opening at 

 the top. 



Seeds several, roundish. 



N. B. Holosteum umlellatum has petals with 2 or 3 teeth j 



stamina 3 or 5 : styles 3 or 4, capsula with 6 valves at its apex. 



