SECT. II 



PHANEROGAMIA 



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of spikelets united into spikes, heads or panicles. Subtending bracts ^ 

 (glumes) are present in all inflorescences ; sterile bracteoles only in a 

 few genera. The flowers are in most cases monoecious, both sexes . 

 being united in the same spike or occurring on different spikes. 



Via. 417.— Carex armaria. 1, Flowering plant ; 2, male flower with bract (glume); 3, female 

 flower ; 4, pistil ; 5, bract of female flower ; 6, 7, male and female flower of Cam Tiirta. 

 (After Wossidlo.) 



Representative Sub-Families and Geneea.— (1) Scirpoideae. Flowers her- 

 maphrodite, often with perigone. Scirpus, Gyperus, Eriophorum, with a perigone 

 consisting of bristles which, after the maturity of the flower, grow out into long 



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