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100. (204). SCLEROPOOON IMiilippi. Scrt. Mi'iidoc. '2 : 4: (IHTl). 

 Lesouvdia Fourii. Bull. Sue Mot. Fr. ?,] : 102, ;i, /. 4 (1880). 



Plant (liu'ciou.s; si>iki'lt't.s2- toiiiuiiy-llowiTt'cl. in u .sc^unty piiiiit'le, 

 rachilla elongated, lu mule spilcdvts, rachilhi ylubrous, iuarticu- 



FlG. 86. — Scleropogon Karwinskianns. A, stiimiiiule spikclet; B, pistilliite 



spikelel. (Scrihiicr.) 



late; empty glumes tliin, narrow, acute, unawiied, :}-norve(l, un- 

 equal; floral glume a little IfiUger. sometimes minutely iJ-toothed 

 at the apex, the middle tooth stouter and longer: ])alea narrow, 

 Arm, about as long as its glume, 2-keeled. "'-toothed. Stamens 3. 

 Feiiilc Kpikehts 1- to many-flowered. u[)per ones sterile, their eni])ty 

 glumes persistent, unecpial, larger than in the male spikelets; lloral 

 glumes several, firm, narrow, enclosing the flower, the 3 nerves ex- 



