CHAPTER XVIII 
TrisE VI. ORYZEA 
THIs is one of the smaller tribes, the 
place of which among 
the other tribes is 
not evident. Neither 
is it in itself a natural 
group, but is made 
up of genera of diverse 
affinities. Certain 
anomalous genera, 
such as Pharus (Fig. 
29) Streptocheta and 
Reynaudia, included 
by Hackel and by 
Baillon in Oryzez are 
referred by Bentham 
and Hooker, the first 
two to Panicee and 
the third to Triste- 
ginee. The articula- 
tion of the spikelets 
below the glumes. in- 
dicates an alliance 
with the first series 
of tribes, Panicoidex; 
the laterally com- 
Fie. 29. Pharus glaber. Plant reduced; branch- 
pressed or terete let of inflorescence with a sessile pistillate and pedi- 
= . = celled staminate spikelet, and a fertile floret, X3. 
spikelets indicate an (U.S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrost., Bull. 20). 
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