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98. GEAMINE.*. 
partial rachis, 2-flowered, inferior fl. rudimentary. Gl. 2, 
lower 3-veined, upper equalling fl. b-veined mucronate or 
awned. Lower pale of sterile fl. like and equalling upper 
glume.] 
3. Setakia. Spike cylindrical, compound. Sjnkelets sur- 
rowulid by an involucre of bristles, 2-flovvered ; inferior fl. 
rudimentary. Gl. 2, lower 3-veined, upper equalling fl. 
many-veined. Sterile fl. of 1 pale, like and equalling 
upper glume. ' 
Tr. II. CHLORIDE J^. Spikelets laterally compressed 1- 
flovered in our plants and sometimes with a superior 
rudiment, placed in 2 rows on one side of a flattened rachis, 
or alternate and unilateral. 
4. Cynodox. Spikes fingered, spreading. Spikelets 1- 
flowered. awnless, with a superior rudiment. Gl. nearly 
equal, patent. Pales equal ; lower boatshaped, compressed, 
embracing the inner. Styles long, distinct. Stigmas 
feathery. 
5. Spaetes'a. Spikes uj^rvjld, in a raceme. Spikelets 1- 
flowered, awnless. Gl. unequal ; upper lanceolate. Pales 
unequal ; lower boatshaped, compressed. Styles long, 
united halfway up. Stigmas feathery. 
6. Chamagrostis. Inflorescence a somewhat \-sided raceme. 
Gl. not keeled blunt. Fl. 1. Pale 1, scarious, very hairy, 
blunt, not awned. 
Tr. III. PHALARIDE.E. Panicled. Spikelets laterally 
compressed, X-flcnrered, with 1 or 2 glumelike inferior 
rudiments, or 1 or 2 inferior male flowers. Gl. equal 
covering the flowers. Styles long. Stigmas filiform. 
7. Phalaris. Gl. 2, boatshaped, keeled, membranous, 
nearly equal, exceeding the flower. Pales coriaceous, 
unequal, closely investing the fruit. Eudimentary fl. 
1 — 2, scalelike. 
8. Anthoxasthum. Gl. 2, unequal, membranous ; lower 
small, 1-veined ; upper exceeding the fl., 3-veined. Pales 
scarious. Stam. 2. Rudimentary fl. 2, scalelike, bifid, 
awned on the back. 
9. HiEEocHLOE. Gl. 2, nearly equal, membranous, about 
equalling the spikelet. Fl. 3 ; 2 lower male, 3-androus, 
upper pale with 2 keels ; upper fl. perfect, 2-androus, upper 
pale with 1 keel. 
