G. 90, Monanthochloé littoralis Engelm. SALT CEDAR.—a«, A branch con- 
taining spikelets concealed in the crowded leaf-sheaths. 
ONANTHOCHLOE Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci. I: 436. 1859. 
spikelets 2- to 3-flowered, unisexual, somewha t unlike, usua ually sessile in in pairs, 
at length reduced to the eee and resembling t the vanes ove glumes: 
tuse, or denticula’ ea 2-' seen. 
inclosed i within the flowering glum ce n the male te 3. Stylesin 
the pistillate florets distinct, coaaaid. with long barbella: ‘ 
free within and palea. 
the fruiting gl - or stoloniferous grass, 
with short, rigid, crowded leaves. : 
Species 1, American. 
