518 GRAMINEE (Stapf). [ Danthonia. 
verse fringe at or nea 
the middle of the boy 
of the valve .. (9) cincta, 
. long: 
Glumes 1-, or low 
sub-3- ner ity " tat 
aie 
ais in an 
chiens a. 
ear the 
= "yer wholly 
the 
eight awn . (10) Macowanii. 
Glumes 5-3- nerved ; 
the loosely twisted 
awn : 
Blades wiry, up 
to more than 
. long; 
— - valves 
... (11) dura. 
Blades ely fili- 
form, fiexuous, 
3-1 i ft ong 5 
lobes of for 
acute with a 
Pee agers e 
m side (12) stricta. 
Inflorescence a Slbcoa ateng ail e; 
keels of pales approximate, smooth... (13) disticha. 
Sigg ge less than 6 lin. long, or if so lo ong, 
small scanty panicles ‘ed the 
staek dwarf, or the spikelets turgid and 
awnless (21 
Ligon set te 
yawned pices in Ne 20): 
ms 1~2-noded ; panicles 
ak anty, often reduced to 
a few spikelets spikelets 5-6 lin. 
long, with mucronate valve-lobes 
or 2-4 lin. oe with hyaline 
Spikelets 5-6 lin. long; valve- 
lobes beeen blades 
pena cate, very rigid 
ong 
Spitelote 2-4 lin. long ; valve- 
lobes obtuse, hyaline : 
