CHAPTER VII. 
GRASSES GROUPED ACCORDING TO THEIR 
FLOWERS AND INFLORESCENCES. 
I. GRASSES WITH ONLY ONE PERFECT FLOWER IN 
THE SPIKELET. 
(1) Inflorescence spikate *. 
A. Inflorescence a spike of simple spikelets. 
Nardus stricta, L. A tough wiry tufted moor-grass, 
with setaceous leaves, secund spikelets with a single 
rudimentary glume, and a stiff simple hairy style. 
(Fig. 2.) 
The much rarer Mibora verna about three inches or so high, and 
Lepturus, both with flat leaves, also come here. 
Certain superficial resemblances in the habit or inflorescence in 
Festuca Myurus and rare forms like Spartina, may occasionally 
cause hesitation until the spikelets are examined. 
B. Spike with sessile or sub-sessile tufts of three or 
more spikelets. 
(a) A spike of tufted awned spikelets, in triplets 
at each notch of the rachis, and one or two 
of each triplet barren. 
Hordeum. 
1 See note, p. 87. 
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