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6. Beard-grass (Polypdéqon).—Panicle contracted, dense, and spike-like ; 
empty glumes with long awns. Name from the Greek polus, many, and 
pogon, a beard, in allusion to the numerous awns. 12. 
SERIES B.—POACE#. 
Pedicel of spikelet not jointed below lower empty glumes, which remain on panicle 
after fruiting glume has fallen away, or fall away independently ; glumes 3 
or more ; imperfect flowers above the fertile one. 
Tribe TV. PHALARIDEH.—Spikelet of 6 glumes ; the lowest pair (below 
the joint) empty ; the next pair (above joint) usually empty and small, some- 
times reduced to a small bristle ; upper pair enclosing fertile flower, without 
any continuation of rachilla above it. 
7. Canary-grass (Pidlaris).—Spikelets laterally compressed, in spread- 
ing or spike-like panicles ; lowest pair of empty glumes the largest, usually 
flat and often winged on the keel; second pair very narrow, often reduced 
to bristles. Name from the Greek phalos, shining. 5. 
8. Vernal-grass (A nthoxdinthum).—Panicle spike-like ; one of the lowest 
pair of glumes larger than the others of the spikelet ; second pair small, 
empty, awned. Name from the Greek anthos, a flower, and wanthos, yellow. 1. 
9. Holy-grass (Hicerochlée).—Panicle loose ; second pair of glumes almost 
as large as the lower ones, and frequently enclosing each a staminate flower. 
Name from the Greek ieros, holy, and chloa, grass, it being formerly strewed 
on the floors of churches. 21. 
Tribe V. AGRos1E&.—-Spikelet of 3 glumes, lower pair empty, persistent, 
below the joint of the rachilla ; upper glume containing a fertile flower, with 
or without a bristle-like termination of the rachilla beyond it. 
10. Feather-grass (Stipa).—Panicle erect; rachilla of spikelet not 
continued beyond flowering glume; awn of flowering glume terminal, very 
long and twisted. Name from the Greek stupe, tow of flax. DH, 
11. Millet-grass (Milium).—Panicle spreading ; rachilla not continued 
beyond flowering glume, which hardens round the fruit, and is not awned. 
Name, the Latin for millet. 9. 
12. Cat’s-tail-grass (Phicwm).—Panicle dense, cylindric; flowering 
glume enclosing fruit. Name from the Greek phleos, given to this or some 
other grass. as 
13. Knapp’s-grass (Miléra or Knéppia).—Spikelets compressed in a 
simple two-ranked spike ; lower empty glume at least as long as the flowering 
one. Etymology of Mibora unknown; Kndppia after Mr. J. L. Knapp, 
author of a work on British Grasses. 4], 
14. Bent-grass (Agrdstis).—Panicle loose ; spikelets very small ; empty 
glumes 2, unequal, keeled, awnless ; flowering glume smaller, glassy, with or 
without a slender dorsal awn. Name from the Greek agros, a field. 14. 
15. Small Reed (Calamogrdstis).—Panicle close or spreading, somewhat 
one-sided ; spikelets 1-flowered ; flowering glume bearing a fine dorsal awn, 
and surrounded by a ring of long hairs. Name from the Greek kalamos, a 
reed, and agrostis, grass. iS. 
