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Arundo {Dojiax). — Panicle. Spikelets pedi celled, two- 

 to four-flowered. 



Cynodoii (Daciyloii). — Digitate spikes. Spikelets sessile, 

 one-flowered. 



Eleusme {Coracana and indica). — Spikes digitate. Spike- 

 lets sessile, unilateral, two- to six-flowered. 



Fig. 223. Spikelet, dissected, of Vernal Grass {Anthoxantkum). The lowest pair of 

 scales, right and left, are the outer glumes ; then come two awned empty glumes ; 

 fhrtn, to the right, the flowering glume, and to the left the small pale; lastly the 

 two stamens and the pistil. 



Hordeum (Barley). — Distichous, spicate. Spikelets 

 sessile, ternate, each one-flowered. The lateral spikelets 

 imperfect (in two-rowed Barley) or perfect (in six-rowed 

 Barley). 



Bambusa (Bamboo). — Arborescent. Spikelets sessile, 

 clustered, or verticillate, with several perfect flowers. 

 Stamens six. Lodicules three. 



Observe the stem, called a ctdm^ usually hollow {fistular)^ 

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