Ixiv FLORA OF MADRAS. 



Stems usually hollow except at the nodes ; leaves 

 2-ranked, very rarely subspirally arranged ; sheaths 

 almost always with a ligule and split in front ; perianth 

 represented by 2, rarely 3 or more hyaline scales, rarely 

 ; fruit a grain with the seed-coat adhering to the 

 pericarp, rarely free within it ; embryo at the base of 

 the albumen : grasses and bamboos 



CLXXVI. GRAMINEAE. 



