GRAMINACEAE 



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m.i j deae 

 /.•■ i mays 



1 1 e splkelets 



2. Spikelets in one sided spikes 



3. Spikelets in pairs (one sessile, the other stalked) 



Chloridi 

 Bouteloua Ollgostachya 

 Spike and splkelet 



Chlorideae 

 Andropogoneae 



Andropogoneae 

 Iropogon furcatus 



Pair of spikelets and open spikelet 



Hordeae 



Lolium perenne 

 Axis with spikelets and flower 



4. Spikelets on a zig-zag axis Hordeae 



MAYDEAE — CORN" TRIBE 



1. Staminate and pistillate spikelet in different inflorescences, tassels and 



ears Zea 



2 Staminate and pistillate spikelets in the same inflorescences, the pistillate 



enclosed bv a beaddike involucre Coix 



