Fie. Vasey.—a, A spikelet showing the lower empty 
glumes, x cero atthe: Penis, and a number vas few upper florets: b, Se oe. of 
ae spikelet: meen view of the expanded flow a oe e;d,palea. Fig, 503. 
17, illustrates another grass referred to t ‘da ee 
Lachine haha renseite tr. Bot.Club 18: 219, pl. 16. 1886. Spikelets 
many-flowered, co. pals sate, crowded in short terminal spikes, the low- 
ermost ipod often remote; rachilla articulated above the empty glumes 
and between the ts. Two igi cvangretenyen nearly equal, broadly lanceo- 
late, irregularly oe 5 -toothed, shi mn we flowering glume; flowering 
es ed. th apex, pri 
pal nerves extending into the divisions. Palea 2-nerved, 2-keeled, about as 
long as the flowering glumes. Stamens 3. Styles long, distine 
plumose. Grain free within the glumes. Low cespitose ‘annuals, with short 
Species 2, Southern and Lower California. 
