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98. GBAiONEJE. 
Tr. VIII. ST IP AC EJ^. Spikelets cylindric, 1-flowered, with- 
out any rudiment. Gl. unequal membranous, enclosing 
the flowers. Pales hardening, enclosing but free from the 
nitt. 
[15. Stipa. Spikelets stalked. Pales coriaceous : outer 
cylindrical, convolute, evidently jointed to the kneed 
twisted feathery awn.] 
16. Milium. Spikelets stalked. Pales like i parchment, 
awnless ; lower ventricose, convex. 
Tr. IX. AGROSTIDE^. Spikelets laterally compressed, 1- 
flowered, or with a superior rudiment, or many-flowered. 
Gl. and pales membranous. 
t Gl. falling short of the outer jjole. Style long. Stigmas often 
jrrotruded near the middle of the flower. 
17. Aeuxik). Pan. diffuse. Gl. unequal ; lower much 
smaller. Fl. 1 — 6. awnless, with sUkj' hairs at their base ; 
lower imperfect. Lower pale acuminate, much exceeding 
the inner, awnless. 
tt Gl. exceeding the flowers. Style short or none. 
18. PsAiCiiA. Pan. spikelike. Gl. nearly equal ; lower 
rather the shorter. Fl. 1, with silky hairs at its base or 
without a superior rudiment. Lower pale with a very 
short awn. 
19. Cat. a V AGBOSTis. Pan. diffuse. Gl. nearly equal ; lower 
rather the longer. Fl. 1, with silky hairs at its base, with 
or without a superior rudiment. Lower pale awned. 
20. Apeea. Pan. loose. Gl. membranous, acute, unarmed ; 
lower the smaller. Fl. 1, with hairs at its base, and a 
pedicel-like rudiment. Pales unequal, scarious ; lower 
with a long subterminal awn. 
21. Agrostis. Pan. loose. Gl. membranous, acute, un- 
armed : upper smaller. Fl. 1, with hairs at its base ; no 
rudiment. Pales unequal, scarious : dorsal awn falling short 
of the glumes, or 0. — A. canina wants the inner pale. 
[22. Laguecs. Pan. spikelike. Gl. scarious, ending in a 
long fringed hi'istle. Fl. 1, with a pedicel-like rudiment. 
Lower pale ending in 2 long bristles and with a dorsal 
kneed twisted awn.] 
