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ceeding the filaments. It- Coast Range. 

 Crystal Springs. Summer. 



2, Luzula DC. WOOD-KUSH. 



Perigonium 6-sepalous, all the segments flat. 

 Ovary 1-celled, 3-ovulate. Capsule 3-valved, 

 3-seeded. 1C- 



1. L. COMOSA Meyer. Common. Spring. 



SERIES 2. MICEANTH^E. Flowers incon- 

 spicuous. Inflorescence oo-flowered. 



ORDER 1. GLUMACE^E. Flowers in the 

 axils of bracts, and arranged in spikelets. 

 Spathes 0. Perigonium depauperate. Ovary 

 1-celled, 1-seeded. Fruit a caryopsis, with en- 

 dosperm. 



Family 1, GRAMINE^E, 



Stem articulate. Leaves distichous, alter- 

 nate, sheathing, with ligule (stipule) at base. 

 Flowers protected by an anterior and a poste- 

 rior bractlet (palet). Spikelet generally pro- 

 tected by one or two bracts (glumes). Stamens 

 usually 3. Pistils 2. 



1. Panicum ^- PANIC-GRASS. 



Spikelets 2-flowered; upper one , lower re- 

 duced to a single palet. Glumes unequal, the 

 lower smaller. Leaves flattened. 



1. P. SANGUINALE L. Spikelets in pairs; 

 one sessile, the other pedicillate; crowded on 



