102 
rid 
Fig Chloris elegans H.B.K. (C. alba Presl.).—a, The empty or outer empty 
eos eo a spikelet; b, the florets raised above the empty glumes; c, a palea. 
76. CHLORIS Swartz, Prodr. Fl. - Oce. 25. 1788. Spikelets 1-flowered, 
Ailes Longa in 2 ogc } along one lan of a continuous rachis, forming unilat- 
ie palea, bearing or more rudimentary awned empty glum umes. Outer empty 
glume 
narrow 
or broad, bapate nes can acute, or broadly obtuse. i al Ped ie or2-lobed - 
at the apex, often ciliate on the back or margins, the middle nerve nearly 
always prolonged into a slender awn. Grain free free within the frui ‘lume. 
