MANUAL OF THE GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES 



131. SACCIOLEPIS Nash 



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Spikelets oblong-conic; first glume much shorter than the spikelet; 

 second glume broad, inflated-saccate, strongly many-nerved; sterile 



FIGURE 1547 Sacciolepis striata. Plant, X Yz, two views of spikelet, and floret, X 10. (Chase 4240, Fla.) 



lemma narrower, flat, fewer nerved, its palea nearly as long, often 

 subtending a staminate flower; fertile lemma stipitate, elliptic, 

 char taceous-indur ate, the margins inrolled, the palea not enclosed at 



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