90 GRAMLNEAE (GRASS FAMILY) 



Tribe VIII. CHLORfDEAE. Spikelets. 1-several-flowewl, in 1-sided spikes which are digitate or 

 paniculate, sometimes solitary. 



* Spikelets all alike. 



-- Spikelets strictly 1-flowered, no sterile lemma. 

 H- Rhachilla articulated below the glumes. 



48. Spartina. Glumes narrow, unequal. 



49. Beckmamria. Glumes broad, boat-shaped, inflated, equal. 



H- -M- Rhachilla articulated above the glumes. . 



50. Cynodon. Spikes digitate ; plants extensively creeping. 



51. Schedonnardus. Spikes paniculate ; plants caespitose. 



-H +- Spikelets with more than 1 floret. 



++ Perfect floret 1, additional florets staminate, neuter or rudimentary. 

 = Lowest floret perfect. 



52. Gymnopogon. Spikelets remote, appressed. 



53. Chloris. Spikelets imbricated ; fertile lemma 1-awned or awnless ; spikes more or less 



whorled or digitate. 



54. Bouteloua. Spikelets imbricated ; fertile lemma 3-awned ; spikes racemose. 



= Lowest florets neuter, third perfect. 



55. Ctenium. Spike solitary ; second glume bearing a stout divergent dorsal awn. 



H- -H- Perfect florets 2 or more. 

 = Spikes few, stout, digitate. 



56. Dactyloctenium. Rhachis of spike prolonged beyond the -spikelets ; second glume and at 



least lowest lemma cuspidate. 



57. Eleusine. Rhachis of spike not prolonged beyond the spikelets, neither glumes nor lemmas 



cuspidate. 



= = Spikes numerous, very slender, racemose. 



58. Leptochloa. Spikelets not crowded, often slightly pediceled. 



* * Spikelets unisexual, dissimilar ; plants dioecious or monoecious. 



59. Buchloe. Staminate spikes exserted, racemose ; pistillate spikelets nearly capitate, partially 



included in broad sheaths. 



Tribe IX. FESTtlCEAE. Spikelets 2-many-flowered, usually perfect, pedicellate in racemes or in 

 loose or dense panicles; glumes shorter than the lowest floret; lemmas 1-several-nerved, awn- 

 less or with 1-several straight awns, terminal or borne just below the apex. 



* Rhachilla clothed with long silky hairs, exceeding the florets. 



60. Phragmites. Lowest floret staminate, the others perfect. 



* * Rhachilla naked or with hairs much shorter than the florets. 

 +- Callus and nerves of lemma densely bearded (not cobwebby). 



61. Tridens The three nerves or only the middle one excurrent between the acute lobes of the 



lemma ; palea not ciliate-fringed. 



62. Triplasis. Midnerve excurrent between the truncate lobes of the lemma ; palea conspicu- 



ously ciliate-fringed ; florets remote. 



+- +- Callus and nerves glabrous or cobwebby, or callus sparsely bearded. 

 n- Lemma coriaceous, smooth ami shining, without a scarious margin. 



Spikelets dioecious. 

 68. Distichlis. Spikelets large, compressed, in a small crowded panicle. 



Spikelets perfect. 



67. Uniola. Lwwer 1-4 lemmas empty, 

 ill. Diarrhena. I'pper 2-4 lemmas empty. 



+ -n- Lemmas meml.ranaceous, or if subcoriaceous having a scarious margin. 

 Lemma> ::-iuT\ed. d\,l> rid might be looked for here, but the upper glume about equals 

 the lower floret.) 



63. Eragrostis. Spikcln- ::-many-flowered. 



