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Heads oo nd : 
Leaves very short... ... (7 brevifolia, 
faa elonga 37) gracilis. 
Nut ee “transversely “ragose, 
truncate -» (38) latinux. 
Nut or sl ; ; leaves 3 flat, ‘jarrow 
head very compound, dense * (36) dasystachys. 
ttt api present ; head compound; bracts usually 
um sayy much dilated, ne the head at 
cis e; spikelet nag erou 
en rigid plan 
Brac ee y so leaf- 
ais scarcely scario s-edged (40) lithosperma. 
Bracts broadly ‘searious-edg red 5 leaf- 
e i “edge we (41) lueida. 
scarious-edged ; eaf- 
broad scarious edges... (42) pinguior. 
Small woody ete 2-3 in. high ... (43) pygmea. 
Rather slender plants 6-15 in. «high + : 
Hea sont chestnut-bro 
(39) setiformis. 
Head lo 3; glumes with thin brown 
recurved . (44) pinche 
ea ee ; 7 ue ets subspicate cu ». (45) fas tigiata. 
*** Stem with se more or less distinct, spikelets 
ee 45 fastigiata, oO lowest spikelet is often 2 abs 
1st; 
Spikelets 4 by + in., chestnut-brown : : fe 
rac ten ot white scarious at the base ... (46) fascicularis. 
Bracts white scarious at the base... ... (49) bulbosa. 
Sites i in; : 
Spikelets few in a cluster : 
= Ss not w cari the base ... (47) anceps. 
Bracts white scarious at t 48) monticola, 
Skeleton 
ogee 
most olitary in 1 cunds ikes os secunda, 
Spikelets 2 by aes oo 96 é : ong z . 51) ¢ compasbergensis, 
Subgenus IV, yon LEPIS ae: secAsacetic ene 8 anata —e ea 
and leaves cco their whole length; spikelets very small ; 
*piral ; style-branches 
es nade A ne ne leaf-sheaths nearly entire (52) trichodes. 
, — with 1 spikelet ; leaf-sheaths scarious fir en 
Fetes with 1-3-5 spikelets ‘3 we a an 
us V. Hemicutana (Genus, Sc valle ). oe branched or not ; spi ikelets 
sexu a lower flower-glumes disticbous, somewhat remote; style- 
ted, simple, nodes pale close above the 
3 pcs digitate te, 4 in 
(55) angustifolia. 
‘i a branched, with ae aie far above the 
Le env es 1, in. broad ; 
Leaves cu 
3 spikelets ai in. broad. ee longifolia. 
PLY 
apillary ; spikelets linea . (57) gins 
y I. apart on the dent dale with 1 ue waves: all neat 
the 8 
scab e base, deeply channelled, very tough, thick edges 
— cutting, narrowed and triquetrous at the top; head }—$ in. 
