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Outer bracts much shorter than the inner. 



Somewhat tall ; leaves rather narrow, much pointed ; spike- 

 lets scattered, in a comparatively short panicle ; outer 

 bracts often somewhat purplish, all rather firm, constantly 

 awnless, the inner blunt, pale -greenish and more opaque ; 

 stamens of the pistillate flowers only two ; styles about 

 as long as the stigmas. H. rariflora. 



EHRHARTA. 



2017. Inflorescence paniculate. 



Rather tall, long enduring through the season ; leaves 

 upwards narrow, gradually pointed, seldom much elon- 

 gated ; panicle quite long, lax ; lowest bracts minute, 

 quite rudimentary, the next two large, but narrow and 

 ending in long awns, particularly so the inner, a tuft of 

 hairlets below their base ; the fruit-covering bract absent ; 

 stamens four ; styles very much shorter than the stigmas. 

 Figure 126. E. stipoides. 



Inflorescence spicate ... ... ... ... ... 201 



2018. Climbing, very intricately branched. 



Often reaching a considerable height and then widely rami- 

 fied ; leaves narrow, rather rigid, never much elongated ; 

 spikelets slightly distant in the spike or all quite approxi- 

 mated ; bracts blunt, glabrous and awnless, the inner 

 gradually longer except the last ; the fruit -cover ing 

 bract absent ; stamens four ; styles shorter than the 

 stigmas. E. junceae. 



Ascending or erect, branchless or scantily branched ... 2019 



2019. All bracts blunt. 



Partly creeping, often beset with minute hairlets ; leaves 

 short, rather rigid, gradually pointed, the upper incurved 

 along the margin ; spikelets usually closely together in 

 the spike ; fourth and fifth bracts very much longer than 

 the first and second, all these venular-streaked ; the fruit- 

 covering bract absent ; stamens four ; styles shorter than 

 the stigmas. E. distichophylla. 



Inner bracts pointed. 



Partly prostrate, then ascending ; leaves rather short, 

 broadish ; spikelets slightly distant in the spike ; bracts 

 strongly venular-streaked, the two lowest very much 

 shortened ; the fruit-covering bract absent ; stamens 

 four ; styles shorter than the stigmas. E. acuniinata. 



