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Panicle without much curvature, often only scantily 

 branched ... 1949 



1949. Panicle somewhat spreading ... ... ... 1950 



Panicle almost spike-like ... 1951 



1950. Stems somewhat compressed. 



Stems leafless, very narrow, almost semicylindrical ; leaves 

 very narrow, rather flat ; spikelets narrow and pointed ; 

 rudimentary sepals and petals shorter than the fruit. 



Ii. semiteres. 



Stems quite filiform. 



Stems leafless, thin, without any groove ; leaves rather 

 elongated, rigid, somewhat compressed and channelled ; 

 panicle contracted ; spikelets pointed ; style twice as 

 long as the stigmas. L. canescens. 



1951. Spikelets scattered in the spike. 



Stems leafless, thinly filiform-cylindrical ; leaves much re- 

 duced or almost undeveloped ; spikes quite short, few 

 or two or often one only, the rhachis flexuous or nearly 

 straight ; spikelets slender, occasionally reduced to three 

 or even two or one ; fruit ellipsoid, much surpassing the 

 rudimentary sepals and petals. L. filifbmie. 



Spikelets clustered in the spike. 



Stems leafless, thin, nearly cylindrical, grooved on one side ; 

 leaves shorter, somewhat channelled, some slightly com- 

 pressed ; spikelets slender ; rudimentary sepals and 

 petals much shorter than the fruit. L. 



X.EPIDOSPORA. 



1952. Spikelet erect, unsupported by any floral leaf. 



From dwarf to rather tall ; stems leafless, very slender ; 

 leaves basal, very narrow and channelled or obliterated ; 

 spikelet broadish, considerably compressed, much nar- 

 rowed upwards ; floral bracts few, dark -brown or almost 

 black ; rudimentary sepals and petals shorter than the 

 fruit, from lanceolar to ovate ; stigmas red ; fruit very 

 small, globular-ovate, slightly trigonous, brown outside. 



L. texmissima. 



