174 



PANICACE/E. 



glume with a rough awu 3 mm. long. Outer glume of the stami- 

 nate flowers 5-nerved, inner S-nerved. Styles stout, united for one- 



FiQ. M.—Zizaniaaquaiica. A, staminate spikelet; Ji, pislillute spikelet; b, 



pistil. (Ricliardson.) 



third of their length, diverging. Gniin sIcikUm-. dark brown, linear, 

 10-15 mm. long. Seed adherent to the thin pericarp. 



