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** Spikes or spiciform branches digitate, racemed or panicled (or solitary in 

 Chloris). 



Spikes digitate, 1-fld., upper imperfect fl. . . .88. Cynodon. 

 Spikes solitary, spicate or racemed ; spikelets 2- or more- 



fld., upper fl. imperfect 89. Chloris. 



Spikes digitate or whorled; spikelets 3-6-fld., densely 



crowded, awnless . . . . . . . 90. Elettsine. 



Spikes racemed on a long raohis; spikelets 2-3-flil., 



awned 91. Dinebea. 



Spikes panicled, filiform ; spikelets very minute, alternate, 



1- or more fld., awnless . . .... 92. Leptochloa. 



Spikes very long, filiform, simple or divided; spikelets 



very few, distant, 1-fld., awned . . . .93. Dichbiabia. 



Tribe IX. Festucace^. Spikelets 2- or more-fld., pedicelled, rarely 

 sessile, in effuse or contracted rarely spiciform, panicles ; rachilla artioalate 

 at' the base and often at the base of the fl. gls., always produced beyond 

 the uppermost fl. gl. 



Subtribe I. Pappophore^. Spikelets few- or many-fld.; gls. many- 

 nerved, fl. gls. many-awned or 4-5-lobed. 



Spikelets spicate, 2-5-fld. ; empty gls. 4, 2 upper and fig. 



4-lobed ; fl. gl. with a dorsal awn . . . .94. Pommbekulla. 

 Spikelets in simple or branched spikes; fi. gl. many-awned 95. Pappophorum:. 



Subtribe II. Aetjndinb.s:. Spiielets panicled, 2- many-fld. ; gls. very 

 narrow, flg. penicillate with long silky hairs on the callus or sides or both, 

 lowest fl. gl. sometimes male or neuter. 



Bachilla elongate, glabrous ; fl. gl. silkily hairy . . 96. Abundo. 

 Kacbilla very short ; fl. gls. glabrous, callus with long 



silky hairs ' . .97. PHEAGMins, 



Subtribe III. Sbslbb,ie.e. Spikelets in spiciform panicles, or in spicate 

 clusters with (in the Indian species) many imperfect spikelets of imbricating 

 gls. at the base of the spike or of the clusters, 1- or more-fld. (Gynosurus 

 has dimorphous spikelets). 



Spikelets in a cylindric spike, articulate on very short 



pedicels ; gl. I and II awned 98. Pingeehuthia. 



Spikelets very minute, in globose clasters on an elongate 



simple rachis 99. Eltisophobus. 



Spikelets in a dense unilateral panicle, uppermost of each 

 branchlet 1-fld., concealed by the longer lower empty 

 gls 100. liAMAECKIA. 



Spikelets in spiciform clusters, uppermost of each cluster 

 2-5-fld., lower of distichous subulate empty pectinately 

 arranged gls 101. CtnosueuS. 



Subtribe IV. Eeagegste*. Infl. various. Spikelets 2- many-fld. ; fl. 

 gls. 1-3-uerved, entire, 3-toothed, 3-lobed or 3-awned. 



Panicle spiciform ; spikelets 2-5-fld. ; fl. gls. scarious, 



secnnd, mucronate or shortly awned .... 102. Koelebia, 



Panicle effuse ; spikelets 2-4-fld. ; gl. I very short, 3- 

 nerved, sub 3-toothed, fi. gl. broadly truncate, 3- 

 nerved 103. Catabeosa. 



Infl. various; spikelets many-fld. ; empty gls. shorter 

 than the lowest flg. gl., 1 -nerved ; flg. gls. 3-nerved ; 

 grain very minute, terete 104. Ebagbostis, 



Infl. pyramidal; spikelets many-fld.; empty gl. longer 



