546 GRAMINE^E. (GRASS FAMILY.) 



* Glumes distinct, concave or keeled. Palese membranaceous. Grain free. Spikelets in 



open or contracted panicles. 



5. SPOROBOLUS. Flowers awnless. Seed loose in the globose or obovoid [icricarp. 



6. VILFA. Flowers awnless. Seed adhering to the closely investing pericarp. 



7. AGROSTIS. Palese shorter than the nearly equal glumes, the lower awned on the back, 



the upper sometimes wanting. 



8. POLYPOGON. Palese much shorter than the long-awned glumes, the lower one truncated 



and toothed. Stamens 3. Panicle spike-like. 



9. CINNA. Paleae rather longer than the acute glumes, the lower one awned under the apex. 



Stamen 1. Panicle loose. 



10. MUHLENBERGIA. Lower glume smaller than the upper one. Palese bearded at the 



base, the lower one mucronate or awn pointed. Stamens 3* 



11. BRACIIYELYTRUM. Lower glume obsolete Lower palea long-awned. A pedicel of a 



second flower at the back of the upper palea;. Stamens "2. 



12. CALAMAGR03TIS. Paleae surrounded with a tuft of long hairs, the lower awned on the 



back. 



* Paleae raised on a hairy stalk ; the lower one awned, indurated, and involute, closely 



investing the grain. 



13. STIPA. Lower palea with a single contorted awn jointed with its apex Panicle short. 



14. STREPTACHNE. Lower palea with a single straight or curved awn continuous with its 



apex. Panicle elongated. 



15. ARISTIDA. Lower palea triple-awned. Panicle elongated. 



TRIBE III. CHLORIDEJE. Spikelets 2 -several-flowered (in No. 16 one-flowered), in 

 1-sided spikes. Rachis jointless. Upper flowers imperfect. Glumes and paleae 2. Spikes 

 racemed or digitate, rarely single. 



# Spikelets strictly 1-flowered. (See Paspalum.) 



16. SPARTINA. Spikelets flat, imbricated in alternate spikes. 



* * Spikelets 2-3-flowered, only the lowest flower perfect. 



17. GYMNOPOGON. Spikelets linear, scattered. Lower palea and rudiment awned. Spikes 



racemed. 



18. EUSTACIIYS. Spikelets roundish, crowded. Lower palea mucronate. Spikes digitate. 



19. CYNODON. Lower palea awnless. Culms creeping. Spikes digitate. 



# * * Spikelets 4 - 5-flowered, one of the middle ones only perfect. 



20. CTEN1UM. Lower palea stout-awned on the back. Spike solitary. 



* * * Spikelets mostly several-flowered, the lower flowers perfect. 



21. DACTYLOCTENIUM. Spikes digitate. Upper glume awned. Paleae pointed. 



22. ELEUSINE. Spikes digitate. Glumes and palese awnless. 



23. LEPTOCHLOA. Spikes racemed, long and slender. Glumes awnless. 



TRIBE IV. FESTUC ACEJE. Spikelets panicled, few - many flowered ; the upper and 

 (in No. 36 and 37) the lower flowers also imperfect. Glumes 2. Paleae 2, membranaceou.s 

 or rarely indurated, awnless, or the lower one with a straight awn at or near the apex. 

 Stamens 1-3 



Grain smooth, free from the paleae. Lower flowers perfect. 

 *- Lower palea 3 - 5-toothed or awned. 



24. TRICUSPIS. Spikelets 5-7 flowered. Lower palea slightly 2-cleft, the 3 hairy nerves 



percurrent. 



25. TRIPLASIS. Spikelets 3-flowered, the lower palea deeply 2-cleft, and with a plumose 



awn between the teeth. 



