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97. GEAMINE^. 
Order XCVII. GRAMINE^. 
n. perfect or unisexual, 1, 2 or more seated on a common axis 
which is contained within an involucre of 2 (or 1) valves (glumes) 
or rarely none, the whole forming a locusta or spikelet. Each 
fl. of 1 or 2 scales (pales) of which the outer or lower is simple 
and usually keeled, the inner with 2 veins or keels. Hypogy- 
nous scales 2, 3, or none. Stam. hypogvoious, 1 — 6. Auth. ver- 
satile, notched at both ends. Ovary 1-celled. Stjdes usually 2, 
rarely 1 or 3. Embi-yo on the outside of the albumen and at its 
base. — L. with split sheaths.^ 
Suborder I. CLISAJSFTHE^. 
Flowers closed. Styles or stigmas long, protruded at or near 
to the top of the flower. 
Tribe I. PANICEjE. Spikeletsdorsally compresaedji-jlowered, 
or with 1 fl. and an inferior glumelike riidiynent or a neuter 
flower. Lower gl. much the smaller. 
1. DiGiTAEiA. Spikes fingered. Spikelets in pairs on one 
side of the flattened rachis, awuless, 1-flowered ■ndth an in- 
ferior rudiment. Gl. 2, lower sma,ller or 0, upper 3-veined. 
Sterile fl. of one 5 — T-veiaed pale equalling the flower. 
[2. EcHiNOCHLOA. Spikes compound^ secund in the whole 
and in each part. Spikelets on one side of the flattened 
partial rachis, 2-flowered, inferior fl. rudimentaiy. Gl. 2, 
lower 3-veined, upper equalling fl. b-veincd mucronate or 
awned. Lower pale of sterile fl. like and equalling upper 
glume.] 
3. Setahia. Spike cylindrical, compound. Spikelets sur- 
rmmded by an involucre of bristles, 2-flowered ; inferior fl. 
rudimentaiy. Gl. 2, lower 8-veined, upper equalling fl. 
many-veined. Sterile fl. of 1 pale, like and equalling upper 
glume. 
Tr. n. CHLORIDE JE. Spikelets laterally compressed 1-Jlow- 
ered in our plants and sometimes with a superior ntdimetit, 
placed iti 2 7-otvs on one side of a Jlattened rachis, or alternate 
and unilateral. 
4. Gynodon. Spikes fingered, spreading. Spikelets 1- 
flowered, awnless, with a superior rudiment. Gl. nearly 
1 Nearly all the genera of this Order are beautifully figured in the 
Gm. Fl. Germ. Monocotyl, vol. i. Anderssou's PI. Scand. fasc. ii. con- 
tains a valuable account of this Order. 
