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Fic. 50. Phippsia algida (Soland.) R. Br.—a,b ikelets; c,empty glumes; d, 
flowering glume. ed seis 
50. PHIPPSIA R. Br. Suppl. App. Parry’s Med cclxxy. 1823. Spikelets 1-flow- 
ered, hermaphrodite, very small. Empty gl mes minute, unequal, or the Ist 
branac 
; «Sty: ; t; stigmas plumose. 
Caryopsis oblong, free. A dwarf annual, with narrow, flat leaves, which are 
_ Searcely exceeded by the very slender, few-flowered panicles. 
Species ers the north a semi scat of both hemispheres. 
