90 GRAMINEAE (GRASS FAMILY) 



Tribe 



VIII. CHLORfDEAE. Spikelets l-several-flowered, in 1-sided spikes which are digitate oi 

 paniculate, sometimes solitary. ^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^.^^_ 



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

 ++ Ehachilla articulated below the glumes. 



4S. Spartina. Glumes narrow, unequal. 



49. Beckmannia. Glumes broad, boat-shaped, Inflated, equal. 



++ -H- Ehachilla articulated above the glumes. 



50. Cynodon. Spikes digitate ; plants extensively creeping. 



51. Schedonnardus. Spikes paniculate ; plants caespitose. 



+- -I- Spikelets with more than 1 floret. 

 -H- 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. 



++ ++ Perfect florets 2 or more. 

 = Spikes few, stout, digitate. 



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



least lowest lemma cuspidate. 

 5T. Eleusine. Ehachis of spike not prolonged beyond the spikelets, neither glumes nor lemmas 

 cuspidate. 



= = Spikes numerous, very slender, racemose. 



58. LeptocMoa. 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. FESTUCEAE. 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. 



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



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



* * Ehachilla 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 fhe 



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. 

 ++ Lemma coriaceous, smooth and shining, without a scarious margin. 

 ■= Spikelets dioecious. 

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



= = Spikelets perfect. 

 67. Uniola. Lower 1-4 lemmas empty. 

 66. Diarrhena. Upper 2-4 lemmas empty. 



++ ++ Lemmas membranaceous, or if subcoriaceous having a scarious margin. 

 « Lemmas 3-ner\ed. {Koeleria might be looked for here, but the upper glume about equals 



the lower floret.) 

 63. Eragrostis. SpikeleJ^s 3-many-flowered. 



