CHAPTER XIX 



Fig. 32. Anthoxanthum odora- 

 tum. Inflorescence, 1; spikelet, 

 the two sterile lemmas and the 

 fertile floret, X5. 



Tribe VIL PHALARIDEiE 



A SMALL tribe of about 6 genera in the 

 cooler parts of the northern hemisphere and 

 of Australasia. Spikelets with 1 fertile 

 floret and a pair of staminate or neutral 

 florets below. In Phalaris, the pair of sterile 

 florets appear as small scales within the 

 glumes. In Savastana the lateral florets (1 

 or 2) are staminate and as large as the 

 fertile floret. Only 3 genera are found in 

 the United States. 



Key to the Genera op Phai,aride.e 



A. Lateral florets stami- 

 nate Savastana 



AA. Lateral florets neutral. (Par. 226). 

 B. Lateral florets re- 

 duced to small awn- 

 less scales; spikelets 

 much compressed 



laterally Phalaris 



BB. Lateral florets con- (Par. 228). 

 sisting of awned 

 hairy sterile lemmas 

 about as long as the 

 fertile floret; spike- 

 lets terete Anthoxan- 



[thum 

 (Par. 227). 



226. Savastana Schrank. — 

 Inflorescence an open or con- 

 tracted but not spike-like 

 (192) 



