97, GBAMINE^B. 396 



upper rpale with 2 keela ; upper fl. perfect, ,2-androus, upper 

 pale with 1 keel. ' ,, ■ : ' 



T^r.lY. PHLEINEjE. Inflorescence dense, spikelikei' Spike- 

 lets laterally compressed, l-Jlowe)-ed or with a superior rudi- 

 ment. Gl. nearly equal, covering the flowers. Styles long. 

 Stigmas filiform. 



10. Phxbum. Q1: compressed, keeled, parallel at the midiih, 

 truncate, with a terminal seta, or acutfe. 'H. 1. fales 2, 

 membranous ; lower 3-veined,' blunt, without awns, or with 

 a minute central point. 



11. AiOPBCUBUs. , Gl. compressed, cpnnate below, membra- 

 , nous, awnless. El. 1. Pale 1, scajious, 5-veined, awned 



■ On tofi pack. ' , '' " ■ ' \ , „, 



Ti-. V. 8ESLERIEJE. Paniefeapifcelike. Spikelets laterally 

 compressed, with 2 or more flowers. Styles or very short. 

 Stigmas very longj filiform. ,^, .,. •. 



12. Sbsleeia. SpikelsitSj sjess^ffijiimbrioate, all roundi Gl. 

 2 — 6r-.flowered, nearly or quite equalling the spikelet. Lower 

 pale keeled, membranous, with a scarious ,margia, ending 

 in 3 or 5 points ; dorsal ril> fexouirent. 



;, .. , B, Spikelets sessile in lioUows of the. rachis, 

 Tr.VI. 2V^-K-D^^.,,Spikeljetsa-flowered. GL 0. Style short. 

 Stigma filiform. 



1,3. Nardus. Spikelets, in 2 rows on one side of the rachis. 

 Lower pale keeled, tapering into a subulate point. Stig- 

 mas long. 



___. .,, Sttbojtd,er IL ;:pUE^i)LNXl^^., , ; ,,., 



Flowers open. Styles short.' Stigmas protruded near to the 

 bottom of the flower. 



A. Inflorescence panihUd (H*' racemose ; radliis ilMhoxd lateral 

 t^xcavittiiMS. 

 Tr. VII. ORYZEJE. Spikelets, laterally compressed, 1-flowered. 

 Glumes 0. Stigmas "fssithery. Pales enclosing but free 

 from the nut. — Pales opening only slightly. 



14. LbEbsia. ' Pales S, like parchment, compressedy keeled, 

 awnless; lower much broader., ',,.'•,- 



Tr. Vni, STIPACEJE. Spikelets cylin^ric, 1-flowered, with- 

 out, any rudiment. ''GL' uneqltal, membrftnoiis, enclosing 

 the flowers. Pkk's hardening, enclosing but free from the 



nut.' ' ■•,,..'. , },..:. 



