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Fic. 89. Scleropogon brevifolius Phili ippi.—a, A staminate or male spikelet; 
b, a male floret; ¢, dorsal view of a fi e Sowering glume, the long awns re- 
moved; d,the pistil. 
89. SCLEROPOGOM ’ Philippi, Sert. tenets 2: 4. 1871. roan unisex- 
ual, th flowered. te spike- 
lets many-flowered; glumes narrow, Atte, Sneeved. be the two ee 
pty, unequa’ umes: 
sometimes minutely 3-dentate at apex. Palea narrow, rigid, nearly sie ae the 
ume, 2-carinate, acentate,: _ Stamens 3; ovary pst Pistillate spike-— 
y-fi d, st 
un , larger than in the staminate spi lets; flowering glumes rigid, nar- 
Ww, w, convolute eee shat whe flower, the cae netves produced into very —_ 
nye : 
the Pitan glumes, but thinner or reduced to slender awns, Paloa : tanae 
rigid, very narrow, iaciosed: by the foweing glume. Staminodia none. Styles 
HS, 
- distinct, ; stigmas subplumose, with short hairs. Caryopss narmow, 
‘longated, included in the glume, free. Perennial, caspitose or repent grasses, 
toloniferou Pane nels, ee 
“sree rather aot jo southward to Chil 
