fetrao^ona, F. pQlvtrichoicles, 

 and F. monostacbya, with 

 radical leayes). 



Leaves radiical. :Bris^le? o. 



Style base constricted.. (SS'AA) Fimbii^tyllSo 

 Leayes radical. Bristles 



3 enclosiror the nut. 



Style base passing into 



fruit ... (53) Lipocarpha. 



Leaves cauline, hairy. 



Bristles 3-6. Style 



base passing into fruit.. (51-52) Fuirena. 



inflorescence capitate or one spikelet : — ■ 



Leaves o. Bristles pre- 

 sent. S,tyle base con- 

 stricted ..'. (29-32) Eleocharis 



Leaves present, hairy. 

 tBristles o. Style ,base 

 constricted ... (45) Bulbostylis. 



.Leaves present glabrous. 

 Bristles present. 1 ruit 

 beaked. Style baie 

 thickened ... (5^) .Rynchospora, 



Inflorescence lateral : — 



Bristles 0-6. Style base 



passing into fruit ... (46-50) Scirjus. 



flowers I -sexual : — 



Fruit stalked „boiiy ... (55-57) Scleria. 



in.— GRAM IN E^ 



A. — Spike.lets, sessile or sub-sessu.e 

 (a). — Inflorescence spike-like. 



Spikelet s a7V7ied. 



Spikelets solitary on rachis : — 



One floweied. ... (96) Perotis. 



IVIany flovi^ered ... (148) Tripogon. 



Spikelets clustered : — 



Ciliate with long hairs ... (147) Gracilea* 

 Not ciliate ... (157) Elytrophorus, 



