Fic. 9, Manisuris tessellata (Steud.) Rotiballia pee gy Steud. TALL RAT- 
Ret hye cae —a, A gry of the axis of a spike; b, first crume; ¢, second 
oniet 8 glume, pio gi cillate spikelet; e, third glume of the sessile 
Sree fo fourt & glu me of same; +o palea each flower; h, 
pedicellate sr id with pedice a 5in Bul.7 and figs. 306 and 307 in Bul. 
17 illustrate other species of this gen 
9. MAMISURIS L.. Mant. 2: 164. 177, not Sw. S capnaegnitany se 1778). ome 
ter one coriaceous, Pacey convex on the back and ¢ Hames 
pe excavation in th the ‘Tachis; 2a L peop less rigid Lae the Ist; the 8d 
empty or with P 
Stamens 3. _Btyles distinct. -Caryopsis included within the oute outer glumes, but 
free. and mostly cylindrical, sim- 
ually 
a nde hich t 
wo pikes, 
a contin this genus contains betteid 31 species, common to the 
i. 
S ate regions of North America. 
