to the Genera.] I.--MONANDRIA. 25 
Flowers with distinct gamophyllous perianth ; stems perhaps with 
opposite leaves and no leaf-sheath, or fleshy jointed and lea 
Leaves distinct, opposite; stems herbaceous; style peers 
763. Boerhaavia. 
Leaves 0; stems fleshy; styles 2 or m 
Flowers in the axils of scales of a sani cone ; seeds albumi- 
nous, embryo curv: .783. Arthrocnemum. 
Flowers sunk in onritied of the joints of a slender cone; seeds 
without buihioes n, embryo conduplicate .........++ 784. Salicornia. 
Flowers with mene % pera to lodicules or soe in the eo of 
the orem of spikelets, o stems grassy, usually leafy at least at 
ase; leaves alternate peed Areese leaf-sheath, a ee the sheath 
alone present :— 
+Flower in axil of a glume only; leaves 3- stichous, rarely 0, sheaths 
closed in front; fruit a nut with seed free inside; embryo within the 
albumen ; style simple with 2-3 sti jit 
Intermediate hermaphrodite glumes few, not more numerous than 
the 2 or more lowest empty ; perianth of 6 gee bristles 
0. Ryne 
ospora. 
Intermediate hermaphrodite glumes esaly many, always more 
numerous than the 1-2 lowest empty 
Flowering glumes arranged eiekonys ae absent : 
Rachilla of spikelet deciduous  ......+++++++++++ 9. Kyllinga. 
Rachilla of spikelet persistent :— 
Fruit laterally compressed 1033. Pycreus. 
Fruit dorsally compressed 1034. Juncellus. 
ep 
of style constricted or articulate above the fr 
‘Bion leafless ; perianth aaa by hres ‘bristles 
. Eleocharis. 
Stem leafy below ; perianth 0 
Style base LR or if decbhiets not leaving a tumour 
on the fru 
ace anne from the rachilla 1039. Fimbristylis. 
Glumes persistent on the rachilla 1040 Echinolytrum. 
Style base deciduous, leaving a tumour on the fruit 
1041. Bulbostylis. 
ie of style passing gradually into the fruit :— 
rianth of 2 hyaline antero-posterior entire hypogynous 
1042. Lipocarpha. 
ag EE ET TT a actuate hacrr a vata 
scales, when 2 not antero-posterior :— 
