QUESTIONS. 303 



Kind. Are they in p:inicles, or spikes ?-compact or loose ? 

 Appendages. Ho.v arc the brauches of the panicle arranged ? 



j Spikes (Of the Sedges or 

 § 2 -jspikelets (of the Grasses). 

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

 Kind Are their flowers $ , or 6 , or perfect ( 5 ) ? 



Are thev monoecious, or dioecious? 

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

 Size. How long, and large are they ? 

 Qtiality. Describe their color or surface character. 



§ 3. Flowers. 



Number \xv 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 set^? or petals ? or pales? or a pcrigynium ? 

 Number. How many pieces in each flower ? 

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

 Form. What the special form of the perigjmium ? 

 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. Arc they scabrous, or smooth, or feathery? 



