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Fie. 17. Oster a matrella (L.) Kuntze rd se ungens Willd). poor : 
LAWN GRASS. or ae Y spikelet with a aca near the apex; a 
a smaller spikelet; b, second glume; ¢, 
(Zoysia Willd. 1801.) 
7. OSTERDAMIA 17 
goskabete subsessile or story petal gto the continuous rachis of the 
main axis, 1-flowered, he! Empty glumes 1, sip peso ompressed, 
as ume. 
keeled, awnless, co ; ing the much apace ring gl 
Stamens,3. Styles distinet; stigmas plumose. Grain in ded in ine slightly 
indurated outer glume, free. Creeping or emai grasses with rather 
- 1inal spikes. 
Species 2 or 3, southern Asia, Mascarene Islands, d 
One introduced under the name of ‘“‘ Korean lawn grass. ’’ 
