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ceeding the filaments.—2. Coast Range. 
Crystal Springs. Summer. 
2, Luzula DC. Woon-Rusu. 
Perigonium 6-sepalous, all the segments flat. 
Ovary I-celled, 3-ovulate. Capsule 3-valved, 
3-seeded.—2f. 
1. L. comosa Meyer. Common. Spring. 
Series 2, MICRANTH A. Flowers incon- 
spicuous. Inflorescence o-flowered. 
OrpEr 1. GLUMACE. Flowers in the 
axils of bracts, and arranged in spikelets. 
Spathes 0. Perigonium depauperate. Ovary 
1-celled, 1-seeded. Fruit a caryopsis, with en- 
dosperm. 
Family 1. GRAMINEZ. 
Stem articulate. Leaves distichous, alter- 
nate, sheathing, with ligule (stipule) at base. 
Flowers protected by an anterior and a poste- 
rior bractlet (palet). Spikelet generally pro- 
tected by one or two bracts (glumes). Stamens 
usually 3. Pistils 2. 
1. Panicum L. = Panic-Grass. 
Spikelets 2-flowered; upper one %, lower re- 
duced to a single palet. Glumes unequal, the 
lower smaller. Leaves flattened. 
1. P. saneumnatE L. Spikelets in pairs; 
one sessile, the other pedicillate; crowded on 
