GRAMINEiE. (gKASS FAMILY.) 547 



■»- ♦- Lower palea entire, awnlcss or (in No. 33) awn-pointed. 

 ♦+ Glumes unlike, the lower one linear, the upper obovate. 



26. EATONIA. Spikelets 1-5-flowcreJ. Culms slender, tufted. 



■M- -H- Glumes alike. Lower palea rounded on the buck, not keeled. 



27. MELICA. Spikelets 3 -5-tlowered. Lower p:i!ea man v -nerved. 



28. GLYCKlllA. Spikelets 5- niany-flowcrcd. Lower palca strongly 7-nerved. 



29. AUUNDIN'AKIA. Spiktlets loosely many-flowered. Culms woody. 



30. iJ-ijZOl'VUUM. Spikelets din:cious. Lower palea rigid. 



++++++ Glumes alike. Lower palea keeled. 

 3L POA. Palea? fulling away together, the lower one 5-nerved, and with cobwebby hairs at 

 the base. Spikelets 3 - 6-flowcred. 



32. ERAOItOSTIS. Lower pulea falling before the upper one, 3-nerved, not hairy. 



33. DACTYLIS. Lower palea awn-pointed. Panicle contracted, composed of l-sided clusters. 



* « Grain adherent to the upper palea, downy at thu apex. 



34. FESTUCA. Lower palea entire, acute or awn-pointud. 



35. BROMUS. Lower palea 2-cleft, awned between the teeth. 



♦ * * Grain free, smooth. Lowest flowers of the spikelet imperfect. 



36. UNIOLA. Spikelets broad and flat, many-flowered. Palea; coriaceous. 



37. PIIKAGMITES. Spikelets 3 6 flowered, silky bearded on the rachis. Palea) thin. 



TaiBE V. HORDE^ACK.^. — Spikelets 2 - seTeral-flowered. sessile, on opposite sides of 

 the jointed rachis, spiked. Glumes 1-2, rarely wanting. Paleae 2. 



38. ELYMUS. Spikelets 2-4 at each joint of the rachis. Glumes 2, placed side by side before 



the spikelets. 



39. G YMNOSTICIIUM. Spikelets 2 - 3 at each joint of the rachis. Glumes none. 



40. LOLIUJI. Spikelet solitary at each joint of the rachis. Glume 1. 



Tribe VI. AVENACEjE. — Spikelets panicled, 2 - several-flowered, the terminal flow- 

 ers mostly imperfect. Kachis or ba>e of the flowers often bearded. Lower palea with a 

 twisted, bent, or straight awn on the back, or below the apex 



41. AIRA. Spikelets 2-Howered. Lower palea thin, r.'undcd on the back, awned below the 



middle. 



42. TKISETUM. Spikelets 2 - several-flowered. Lower palea thin, compressed-keeled, bear- 



ing a bent awn below the 2-cleft apex. 



43. DAN"niON'L\. Spikelets 2 -several-flowered. Lower palea rigid, many-nerved, bearing 



a flattened and twisted awn at the 2-cleft apes. 



44. ARUIIENWTHEKUM. Spikelets 2-flowered, the lower flower staminate, and bearing a 



long bent awn below the middle. 



Tribe VII. PIIALARIDEjE. — Spikelets in spike-like panicles 3 flowered, the upper 

 or middle flower pt-rfect, the two lateral ones imperfect or mere rudiments. Glumes 2. 

 Palete 2, indurated in fruit. 



45. ANTIIOX.WTIIUM. Lateral flowers neutral, each of one awned palea. Perfect flower 



diandrous. 



46. PHALAlllS Lateral flowers rudimentary. Perfect flower triandrous. 



Tribe VIII. P A XICEjE. — Spikelets 2-flowered. Glumes 2, or the lower wanting. 

 Lower flower imperfect, either staminate or neutral, with the lower palea membrana- 

 ceous and similar to the upper glume, the upper one mostly wontinjr. Paleaj of the 

 perfect flower coriaceous. Grain mostly grooved or flattened on the o\ifside. Flowers 

 In spikes or panicles. 



» Lower glume and upper palea of the sterile flower wanting (the spikelet appearing like a 

 single flower, with 2 glumes and 2 paleaj). 



47. PASPALUM. Spikelets alike, plano-convex, iu l-sided spikes. 



