131 



FlG. 100. Redfleldia flexuosa Vasey, 

 a floret; c, a flower. 



REDFIELD'S GRASS. 



A spikelet; b, 



100. REDFIELDIA Vasey, Bui. Torr. Bot. Club, 14 : 133. 1887. Spikelets 

 1- to 6- flowered, hermaphrodite (the uppermost usually staminate), awnless; 

 rachilla articulated above the empty glumes, its internodes very short. Empty 

 glumes 2, nearly equal, 1-nerved, shorter than the flowering glume; flowering 

 glumes 3-nerved, chartaceous, indistinctly 3-toothed at the apex, or terminating 

 in a short mucronate point, hairy at the base. Palea 2-nerved, usually shorter 

 than its glume. Styles long, distinct; stigmas short, plumose. Grain oblong, 

 terete, free. A rather tall perennial, with long, narrow leaves and ample, 

 diffuse panicles. 



Species 1, on the sandy plains of the interior. 



