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and Coelachne the lower floret is always hermaphrodite and fertile ; 
buttits valve en repeats to a considerable degree the features of the 
preceding glu On the other hand the upper floret is more 
aiecialiaed and éppinally female. It is in both genera terminal in the 
sense in which it is so i Panicum, and its close position to the lower 
floret, owing ie the reduction the int ervening internode as well as the 
grain are distinctly  paatinisid > In Coclachne, however, the internode 
between the florets is lengthened, and the upper floret, which is carried 
away from the lower to a degree quite unusual in Paniceae, ' is also less 
‘ id.’ eculiar structure of the Seperi with its flattened, 
ungent t branches and secund , biseriate, sessile spikelets has no parallel 
in Isachne or Coelachne ; but consi ering the wide range of modifications 
we meet with in the inflorescences of Panicum and Paspalum, not muc 
stress can be laid upon it as a generic character, although it is certainly 
useful oyponows & No Coelachne is so far known from the African 
continent, nor do a ay = the meet species = Isachne approach 
Fig. 1, skies with part of axis; 2, lower glume; 3, upper ee : 
me ated (florets) ; 5, palea and flower of a young lov ea ate oret ; Sgqitiet sore 
flower, seen from the back ; 7 and 8, grains. All enla 
