taphrum secundatum (Walt.) Kuntze.—a, A portion of the 
Ja ses one oe he spikes, showing 7 spikelets; b and e, spikelets. 
6 
28. STENOTAPHRUM Trin. a 1820. Spikelets 2-flowered, the 
lower staminate or hermaphrodite, e ian ry short spikes imbedded 
in one 
side of a flattened rachis, forming a spi kelike panicle. Empty glumes 3, the 
outer one very smal etimes wanti usua. th a palea or 
te flower in its axil; the 4th pes bay ~ ‘ume al ce of the Ist) con- 
taining te fi : 
hrodi 
stigmas plumose. Grain vlan. usta ine the penal rigid glumes 
and palea, free. Creeping, stoloniferous perennial with short, ascend- 
ing branches; ete flat, or convolute leaves; and Avoordi terminal 
_ inflorescence. 
Bpackes Sor #,; one of which is: widespread in the tropical and Subtropical 
region 
and Pacific oceans. — 
