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GRAMINEAL. 



[CHAP. 



Fig. 221. Rice {Oryza sativa\ much 

 reduced. 



Fig. 222. One-flowered spikelet 

 of Rice. 



Saccharwn (Sugar-cane). — Panicle. Spikelets in pairs, 

 one sessile, one pedicellate, with one perfect flower, and 

 three empty glumes below. 



Andropogon ( Kus-Kus ) and Sorghum. — Paniculate. 

 Spikelets in pairs, one sessile, the other pedicellate. Sessile 

 spikelet with one perfect flower, and three empty glumes. 

 The pale is sometimes wanting. 



** If euipty glumes or imperfect flowers be present in the 

 spikelets, they a7'e inserted above the hermaphrodite flower 

 orflowei's (Tribe, PoACEyE). 



Sporobolus. — Long, slender panicle. Spikelets pedicel- 

 late, minute, one-flowered. 



