98. oRAMrfTE^. 413 



l-celled. Styles usually 2, rarely 1 or 3. Embryo on the out- 

 side of the albumen and at its uase. — L. with split sheaths'. 



Suborder I. CLISAJSTTHE^. 



Flowers closed. Styles or stigmas long, protruded at or near 

 to the top of the flower. 



A. Sachis of inflorescence without lateral excavations. 



Tribe I. PANICBJE. Spikelets dorsally compressed, 1-^owered, 

 or with 1 fl. and an inferior glumelike mdiTnent or a neuter 

 flower. Lower gl. much the smaller, often rudimentary. 



1. Di&iTABiA. Spikes ^fingered. Spikelets in pairs on one 

 side of the flattened raohis, awnless, 1 -flowered, with an 

 inferior rudiment. GI. 2, lower smaller or 0, upper 3- 

 veined. Sterile fl. of one 5 — 7-veined pale equalling the 

 flower. 



[2. EcHiNOCHLOA. Spikos compound, secund in the whole 

 and in each part. Spikelets on one side of the flattened 

 partial rachis, 2-flowered, inferior fl. rudimentary. Gl. 2, 

 lower 3-veined, upper equalhng fl. 5-veined mucronate or 

 awned. Lower pale of sterile fl. like and equalling upper 

 glume.] 



3. Sbtaeia. Spike cylindrical, compound. Spikelets sur- 

 rounded hy an involucre of bristles, 2-flowered ; inferior fl. 

 rudimentary. Gl. 2, lower 3-veined, upper equalling fl. 

 many-veined. Sterile fl. of 1 pale, like and equalling upper 

 glume. 



Tr. n. CHLORIDES. Spikelets laterally compressed \-flow- ■ 

 ered in our plants and sometimes with a superior rudiment, 

 placed in 2 rows on one side of a flattened raohis, or alternate 

 and unilateral. 



4. Cynodon. Spikes fingered, spreading. Spikelets 1- 

 flowered, awnless, with a superior rudiment. Gl. nearly 

 equal, patent. Pales equal ; lower boatshaped, compressed, 

 embracing the inner. Styles long, distinct. Stigmas 

 feathery. 



5. Spabtina. Spikes upright, in a raceme. Spikelets 1- 



1 If early all the genera of this Order are beautifully figured in the 

 Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocotyl. vol. i. See also Auderssou's Fl. Scand. 

 fasc. ii. and Du Mortier in Bull. Soc. Bat. Belg. vii. 65. 



