GRAMINE^E 187 



Tribe CHLORIDE^. Spikelets in one or two rows 

 on a flattened rachis, compressed laterally, I- or more- 

 flowered. 



23. CYNODON, Rich. 



Characters of the tribe. Not alpine. 



C. DactyloHy Pers., Dog's-tooth Grass ; spikes digitate, 

 purplish, spikelets I -flowered; sandy places. 



Tribe FESTUCE^E. Spikelets in spikes or panicles; 

 glumes 6 or more, two lowest empty, the others flower- 

 ing. Genera 24-38. 



24. DANTHONIA, DC. 



Spikelets 2- or more-flowered, in panicles ; empty 

 glume with a long awn. 



D. decumbenSy DC. (Triodia decumbens, Beauv.); stems 

 prostrate, rigid, csespitose, panicle 1-2 in., leaves and leaf- 

 sheaths hairy ; alpine pastures. D. provinciates, DC. 

 (calycina, Vill.) ; stem erect, up to 18 in., leaf-sheaths 

 bearded, awn twisted at the base ; alpine pastures in the 

 South, rare. 



25. PHRAGMITES, Trin. 



Spikelets 2- or more-flowered; rachis bearded with long 

 silky hairs. Not alpine. 



P. communis, Trin. (Arundo Phragmites, L.), Reed; 

 panicle very large and soft, dull purple, leaves iJ-2 in. 

 broad, stem up to 8 ft. ; in water, common. 



26. SESLERIA, Scop. 



Spikelets capitate or in spikes, with empty soft glumes 

 beneath them. Alpine. 



