EXPLAXATIOX OF PLATE XIV. 



CENCHRUS. — (1) Iiivolurre i.f ('. triiailcndes, in Hower, enlarged; (2) lon- 

 gitudinal section of the .same; (•>; a spikelet dis}d:ryed (the .stigmas 

 should lielong to the right-hand Hower ; the left-hand or lower How er is 

 only staniinate). 



TKiPSACUM. — (1) Piece of the spike (of tlie natural size), pistillate below, 

 stamiuate above; (2) a longitudinal section of one of the pistillate spike- 

 lets; (3) a pistillate spikelet with its parts displayed; (4) a staniinate 

 (two-flowered) spikelet, with its parts displayed. 



ERIANTHUS. — (1; Part of the hairy inflorescence with two spikelets of 11 

 saccharoides, enlarged ; (2) one of the spikelets displayed. 



ANDROPOGOX. — (1) Small portion of the spike of A. furcatus, enlarged, 

 Avitli one fertile and awned spikelet, and one staniinate and awnless spike- 

 let; (2) the fertile spikelet, and (3) the staniinate spikelet, displayed. 



CHRYSOPOGON. — (1) A fertile spikelet of C. nutans, enlarged, Avith a 

 sterile pedicel on each side; (2) the spikelet displayed. 



