QUESTIONS. m 303 



Kind. Are they in panicles, or spikes ? compact or loose ? 

 Appendages. How are the branches of the panicle arranged ? 



j Spikes (of the Sedges) or 

 | Spikelets (of the Grasses). 



Number. Are there few, or many ? How many ? 

 Kind. Are their flowers $ , or $ , or perfect ( $ ) ? 



Are they monoecious, or dioecious ? 



Form. Describe their particular shape, as terete, ovoid, etc. 

 Size. How long, and large are they ? 

 Quality. Describe their color or surface character. 



3. Flowers. 



Number in the spike or spikelet how many? 

 Kind. Are they fertile ? or sterile ? or both ? 



How many stamens have they i, 2, 3, or more? 



How many stigmas i, or 2 ? 



4. Glumes. 



Number. Are there i, or 2, glumes, or none ? 



Place. Are they arranged in 2 rows ? or 3 ? or imbricated all around ? 

 Form. What is their shape as lanceolate, carinate, bifid ? 

 Size. How long are they relatively ? intrinsically ? 

 Qualities. In texture, herbaceous ? scarious ? What in color ? 



5. Pales, or Perianth. 



Kinds. Are there setae? or petals? or pales? or a perigynium ? 



Number. How many pieces in each flower ? 



Place. What is their posture erect? recurved? free? 



Form. What the special form of the perigynium ? 



Size. What is its relative length ? 



Quality. What of its surface ? its color? 



6. Awns. 

 Place. Are they on the back or the tip of the glume or pale or 



rudiment? 



Form. Are they straight, or bent ? bristle-form, or gossamer ? 

 Size. What is its relative length ? 

 Quality. Are they scabrous, or smooth, or feathery? 



