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FIG. 18. Reimaria oligostachya Munro. CREEPING REIMARIA.— 1, A por- 

 tion of a spike showing four spikelets; 2, a single spikelet showing the first or 

 empty glume; 3, 4, views of the same, showing the flowering glume. The 

 stigmas project from the sides near the apex. 



18. REIMARIA Fluegge Monog. 213. 1810. Spikelets narrowly ovate or 

 acuminate, subsessile in unilateral spikes. Empty glume 1, membranaceous, 

 3-5 nerved, acute; flowering glume similar or somewhat indurated, usually a 

 little shorter than the outer glume. Stamens usually 2. Styles distinct; stigmas 

 long-plumose. Grain oblong, somewhat compressed, included within the 

 glumes, but free. Diffusely branching, csespitose or stoloniferous perennials, 

 with two to many, erect or reflexed spikes, which are usually crowded near 

 the apex of the ascending branches. 



Species 4, in tropical and subtropical America, one extending into Florida. 



