Lolium.) GRAMINACEAE, 525 
Suptrise IX. HORDEINEAE. 
Spikelets 1- to several-flowered, with the terminal flower often tabescent, 
sessile in alternate notches or on opposite sn of the rhachis of a simple 
spike. Glumes entire, unawned or with a straight terminal awn; one or 
both empty ones often wanting. Stigmas pee projecting from the base 
of the floret 
28. LOLIUM, 
Spikelets in a simple spike, Tee etka edgewise to the con- 
tinuous rhachis, many- flowered. Outer empty glumes subequal, the lower 
one (next to the rhachis) mostly Sen in the lateral spikelets. 
glumes concave, sometimes awned below the apex. Ovary glabrous. Grain 
adherent to theca alea 
s small genus of fa temperate regions of the northern hemisphere 
. temulentum, L. — Kunth, Enum. Pl. I, 437. — An annual grass 
without sterile Rae the stems erect, 2—3 ft. high, naked and rough 
above. Leaves glabrous, rough near the ends, the uppermost falling short 
of the spike, aban ie 6—8‘ in length. Spikelets compressed, 5—9-flowered. 
Empty glumes equal, as long as the spikelet, 5—6”, stiff lanceolate, many- 
nerved. Flowering glumes coriaceous, 5- nerved, 3“ long, with a subapical 
awn of the same length. Palea of the same length and breadth. 
fields is Kula and Makawao, Maui! A native of Europe, and 
orld. 
Tn abandon 
spread with the cereals over many parts “of the wi 
e Wheat, Triticum vulgare, Vill., which used to be cul- 
ii, until the in 
tivated on the ee hf E. oi Wi ! and Hawaii, increase of the cereal 
California made the home production unprofitable. The grain abounded in gluten to 
Such an extent Psa it SN at the addition of foreign flower to make light bread. 
Susrrise X. FESTUCACEAE. 
Spikelets 2- to many-flowered, with often a terminal rudimentary floret. 
Sterile glumes usually shorter than the next flowering one. Flowering 
glumes awnless or tipped at the apex with a straight awn or bristle. 
Stigmas protruding from the sides of the flower. Stamens 1—3. 
29. POA, L. 
Spikelets in panicles, compressed, several -flowered, awnless, the florets 
deciduous with the jointed axis. Outer glumes mostly shorter than their 
next florets, the lower smaller. Flowering glumes herbaceous, with a scarious 
margin, keeled, 5-, rarely 7-nerved, the nerves commonly clothed, at least 
near the base, with soft hairs or crisp cobwebby wool. hepa s 3. Ovary 
glabrous. Styles 2. Lodicules 2, bifid or entire. Grain fre 
A large : ge Uipatezte ca eid — and temperate zones of the whole ere in the 
‘topics recedin untain 
A weak «decumbent nee ci a pee open toma << 
obtuse 1. P. annua. 
Erect, with a stra 
ight pan nicle : 
e long and loose; outer glumes scabrous oe Shag sige 
Panicle iced, compact; outer steie smooth . 
