384 GRAMINE® (Stapf). [Panicum — 
False a gee ~ pie Zin, long, 4-ranked o 
sho mon axis; spikelets with 
as min an neobleriatual tufts of hairs... (5) Marlothii. 
on more than 1 lin. long, not finely pubes- 
Fruiting Vag transversely wrinkled : \ 
Spikelets with 1-3 bristles from the centre 
of the lowe er glume; lower ihn rig gidly 
cilia se ey one or both marg! .. (6) trichopus. 
Spikelets glabro 
Lower aie me arned away fi the 
rhachis ; fruiting valve hesevtraate . (7) helopus. 
aci rhachis; fruit- 
ing valve not mucronate .. ... (8) arrectum. 
Fruiting valve smooth; false sp ikes very 
ort in small interru ee spiciform 
panicles ; ag loosely white hairy; 
glumes ag tips of blades recurved, 
iitepinon a ... (9) glomeratum. 
Section 2. ohh nen ). — ets in racemosely arranged secund 
r subsecund simple or compound 4 e (rarcly 2-) ranked false spikes ; 
upper glume aid lower ‘ive Guspidate (often cbse oe in P. Holubit) or candate- “ 
aristate with 5-7 strong, more or less hispid ner 
sash a fringe of hai 
se spikes erect, tatdslly adpressed to the slender 
axis of a linear, interrupted spike-like panicle ; 
glumes and lower valve gs woolly-ciliate in 
he upper part . (10) Holubii. 
False spikes obliqu ely ‘erect or spreading ; “glumes 
and lower bis eag not woolly-ciliate : 
Panicle secun alse spikes solitary, often 
noddin in, 
oe ? . ower valve caudate- Saoeiet usually 
r less awn (11) stagninum. 
Panidle ponding rarely cund, “Tinear-oblong 5 
. i i vikes very numerous, partly fascicled 
wded syria 12 lin. — ‘short 
> cmpidate . (12) pyramidale. 
Ligule 
Calms Sanpes lanl the vagrant apr Upper blades 
n lon urren firm, rarel y 
aa eee ses ascii in linear-oblong 
dense panicles; frui site valve ovate-oblong 
to oblong ... re (13) Crus-pavonis. 
ee and sheaths compressed blades 
ie ey or not at all ssi i nceid ; false 
simple or subsimple; fruiting valve 
aneisont: an sible eed .., se . (14) Crus-galli. 
Section 3. Ev-Panicum (Bentham). yore distinctly pedicelled and more 
or tion), loosely or effusely panicled (see also P. curvatwm in the following — 
secti 
=o _ ms very Serresye st = — a usuall sag ae 
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