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apex. Leaves flattened. Panicles branched. 

 Spikelets pedicellate. 



1. H. LANATUS L. It- Common. Summer. 

 21, Phragmites Trin. REED. 



Spikelets 3-6-flowered; flowers distichous, 

 somewhat remote; the lower one $ , the rest . 

 Glumes 2, carinate, acute; the upper larger. 

 Palets 2; lower elongate, subulate, upper 2- 

 carinate. Ovary sessile; caryopsis free. 2. 

 Aquatic. Leaves broad, flattened. Panicles 

 diffused. 



1. P. COMMUNIS Trin. Common on river 

 banks. Summer. 



22. Dactylis k. ORCHARD GRASS. 



Spikelets 1-sided, 2-7-flowered. Glumes 2, 

 carinate, mucronate aristate. Palets 2; upper 

 2-carinate, lower 5-nerved, mucronate aristate; 

 carina ciliate. Ovary sessile. Caryopsis free. 

 It. Leaves carinate. Panicles glomerate, 1- 

 sided. 



1. D. GLOMERATA L. 



Introduced from Europe as a fodder-grass. 

 23. Koeleria Pers. 



Spikelets 2-7-flowered. Flowers distichous. 

 Glumes 2, carinate, awnless, unequal. Palets 

 2; lower enlarged, upper 2-carinate, 2-cleft. 

 Caryopsis terete, free. Leaves flattened. Pani- 



