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FIRST BOOK OF GRASSES 



SERIES II.— PANICATiE 



Spikelets dorsally compressed, falling entire, singly or together 

 with parts of the axis. 



10. Panice^e, millet tribe 



Spikelets with one perfect ter- 

 minal floret and a sterile 

 floret below. 



Rachilla joints very short. 



Glumes membranaceous, the 

 first small, suppressed in 

 some genera; sterile lemma 

 like the second glume, the 

 two appearing like a pair of 

 glumes. 



Fertile lemma and palea in- 

 durate. 



Inflorescence a panicle or of 

 one to many racemes, these 

 digitate or racemose on the 

 main axis. 



[Contains millets and crab- 

 grasses.] 



Fig. 92. 



