GEAMINEAE (GRASS FAMILY) 89 



29. Phleum. Lemma hyaline, awnless, glumes abruptly aristate ; panicle exserted, cylindrical. 



80. Alopecurus. Lemuia hyaline, awned below the middle ; palea none ; glumes not arisUte ; 



panicle exserted, cylindrical. 



M- +* Glumes not conspicuously compressed ; bpikelets in open or narrow panicles. AoROSiixAB. 

 Lemma 1 (rarely 3) -nerved, awnless ; pericarp readily separating from the grain. 



81. Sporobolus. Lemma as long as or longer than the glumes ; culms wiry or rigid. 



Lemma 3-5-nerved, awned or awnless ; pericarp adherent to the grain.. 

 a. Floret not stipitate ; palea 2-nerved ; stamens 8. 

 b. Rhachilla not prolonged behind the palea. 



82. Agrostis. Glumes longer than the floret, awnless ; panicle usually open. 

 - " 83. Polypogon. Glumes longer than the floret, awned ; panicle spike-like. 



84. Calamovilfa. Glumes shorter than the floret, awnless. 



b b. Rhachilla prolonged behind the palea, bristle-like. 



85. Calamagrostis. Perennial ; panicle loose or contracted ; prolonged rhachilla and callus with 



long hairs ; lemma short-awned below the middle. 



86. Ammophila. Perennial ; panicle dense and spike-like ; prolonged rhachilla and callus with 



short hairs ; lemma awnless. 



87. Apera. Annual ; panicle loose ; the prolonged rhachilla naked ; lemma long-awned below the 



bifid apex. 



a a. Floret stipitate ; palea 1 -2-nerved ; stamen 1. 

 38. Cinna. Spikelets in a loose panicle. 



Tribe VII. AVfeNEAB. Spikelets 2-several-flowered, panicled ; rhachilla prolonged behind the 

 palea of uppermost floret except in Aira; glumes usually longer than the first floret ; 1 or 

 more of the florets awned on the back or from the teeth of the bifid apex (or usually awnless in 

 Sphtnofiholiis and Koeleria) ; the callus and usually the rhachilla-joints hairy. 



* Rhachiila not prolonged behind the palea of uppermost floret ; Spikelets 2-flowered, both perfect. 

 89. Aira. Florets approximate; glumes broad, boat-shaped. 



* * Rhachilla prolonged behind the palea of uppermost floret ; spikelets 2-several-flowered. 

 - Articulation below the glumes ; spikelets falling entire or the glumes and lowest floret together. 



++ Glumes much exceeding the two florets. 



_ 40. Holcus. Lower floret stipitate, awnless, upper with a hook-like awn. 

 *+ -H- Glumes exceeded by upper floret. 



41. Sphenopholis. Glumes dissimilar, the second obovate; florets usually awnless. 



+- -i- Articulation above the glumes. 

 ++ Awns wanting or but a mucronate tip. 



42. Koeleria. Glumes unequal, exceeded by the upper floret. 



++ -M- Awns present. 

 Awns dorsal, not flattened. 



a. Spikelets 2-several-flowered ; florets all perfect or the uppermost imperfe 

 b. Spikelets less than 1 cm. long ; grain free. 



43. Trisetum. Lemma keeled, bidentate, awn arising from above the middle. 



44. Deschampsia. Lemma convex, awn from the middle or below. 



b b. Spikelets more than 1 cm. long ; grain adherent to the pales. 



45. Avena. Florets approximate, exceeded by the striate glumes. 



a a. Spikelets 2-flowered ; lower floret staminate, upper perfect. 

 4fi. Arrhenatherum Lower floret lonp-awneu, upper usually awnless. 



. Awns from between the teeth of the bidentnte npex of the lemma, flattened, twisted. 

 47. Danthonia. Florets several, not closely approximate, glumes equaling or exceeding the 

 uppermost. 



