rN ee 
erect or floating aquatics or peenenete non-aquatic, ni 
wholly submerged and cree epin 
gf2_siei-in orm 
BENGAL PLANTS. [Artificial G 
Stamens many ; filaments on or connate ; flower: 
inal cylindric sparadig without as pe: ndin 
spathe ; batty reduced to sete ; tall gregarious ma 
plants with tufted linear dies sntiss 996. 
Aten eeeee 
Hee ee ere eee 
axil of a glume; leaves 3-stichous, sheaths 
closed in front, ligule 0; fruit a minute nut 
embryo inside albumen ; style simple, stigmas 2-3: 
Ov 
ep oe ypo. : 
Spikes in a dense oblong sanietl style * 
branched; nut 6-ribbed...1027. Seir . 
Spikelets with the terminal flower not female ; the 
basal : 
stamens 4 or Baby ree 
Or 2, free ...... ipl 
Flowers inte between a gl a paleas 
leaves tiaibens. sheaths open in front, ligulate at 
apex behin ryo a 
2, free or sometimes connate below 
Bpikeleta in ee spikes, racemes OF pole 
sometimes very small or suppressed ; lower flowering 
Slame, generally resembling the outer glumes iD 
‘structure and nervation, the upper aes at length 
