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FIG. 90. Monanthocliloe littoralis Engelm. SALT CEDAR.— a, A branch con- 

 taining spikelets concealed in the crowded leaf-sheaths. 



90. MONANTHOCHLOE Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci. 1 : 436. 1859. 

 Spikelets 2- to 3-flowered, unisexual, somewhat unlike, usually sessile in pairs, 

 and concealed within the leaf fascicles, the upper floral leaves becoming smaller, 

 at length reduced to the sheaths, and resembling the outer empty glumes: 

 flowering glumes membranaceous, rigid, obtuse, or denticulate. Palea 2-nerved, 

 inclosed within the flowering glume. Stamens in the male florets 3. Styles in 

 the pistillate florets distinct, elongated, with long barbellate stigmas. Grain 

 free within the fruiting glume and palea. A creeping or stoloniferous grass, 

 with short, rigid, crowded leaves. 



Species 1, American. 



