28. 
1. Spikelets with 1 perfect terminal floret and one 
imperfect or sterile lower floret; articulation below 
the glumes. 
11. Spikelets paired, one sessile and perfect, the 
other pediceled and staminate, sterile, or 
WANTING. ccccccccveverevccscrccsesevecvccscceveveese Andropogoneae (p. 45) 
11. Spikelets single (or in rows om one side of a 
continuous rachis in Digitaria and Paspalum)...... Paniceae (p. 47) 
Phalarideae 
1. Lower florets reduced to small, awnless, scale-like 
lemmas, smaller than the fertile florets; glumes 
equal, sometimes winged on the keel.......eeeeecccccce Phalaris 
1. Lower florets consisting of awned, hairy, sterile 
lemmas exceeding the fertile floret; glumes very 
UNEGUAL. .ccccerccevercsecrevccronsvescesesscesesecvece Anthoxanthum 
Phalaris 
Phalaris arundinacea L. Reed Canary-grass 
Java Farm. Abundant in somewhat marshy 5-acre meadow north of 
main buildings. Infrequent on roadsides near main buildings. 
Higman 149, 772, 779, 826, 894. 
Anthoxanthum 
Anthoxanthum odoratum L. Sweet Vernal Grass 
Ivy Neck. One station. Miss A. Colhoun's garden. Higman 1155. 
Tripsaceae 
Tripsacum dactyloides L. Gamagrass 
Java Farm. Infrequent, along roads and in scattered clumps in 
old fields. Higman 25. 
Oryzeae 
Leersia 
1. Lower panicle branches fascicled; spikelets about 
5 mm. long; leaf sheaths and blades very harshly 
scabrous; rhizomes long and slender.......ssseceeeeees Le Oryzoides 
1. Lower panicle branches not fascicled; spikelets 
about 3 mm. long; leaf sheaths and blades scabrous 
but not very harsh, not ciliate; rhizomes short, 
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