384 97. GEAMi>TLs:. 
pale keeled, membranous, -with a scai'ious margin, ending 
in 3 or 5 points ; dorsal rib excun-ent. 
Tr. M;. KAJRDEjSS. Spikelets sessile in holloTv^ of the rachis, 
1-flowered. Gl. 0. Style short. Stigma filiform. 
13. Nakdus. Spikelets in 2 rows on one side of the rachis. 
Lower pale keeled, tapering into a subulate point. Stigmas 
long. 
Suborder n. EURYANTHILE. 
Flowers open. Styles short. Stigmas protruded near to the 
bottom of the flower. 
* Inflorescence pmiicled or racemose. 
Tr. \Tr. ORYZEM. Spikelets laterally compressed, l-flowered. 
Glumes 0. Stigmas feathery. Pales inclosing but free 
from the nut. 
14. Leeesia. Pales 2, like parchment, compressed, keeled, 
awnless ; lower much broader. 
Tr. Vni. STIPA CE^. Spikelets cyUndric, 1-flowered, with- 
out any rudiment. Gl. unequal, membranous, inclosing 
the flowers. Pales hardening, inclosing but free from the 
nut. 
[15. Stipa. Spikelets stalked. Pales coriaceous ; outer cy- 
lindrical, convolute, evidently jointed to the kneed twisted 
feathery awn.] 
16. Milium. Spikelets stalked. Pales like parchment, awn- 
less ; lower ventricose, conyex. 
Tr. IX. AGROSTIDEjE. Spikelets laterally compressed, 1- 
flowered, or with a superior rudiment, or many-flowered. 
Gl. and pales membranous. 
t Gl. falling short of the order pale. Style long. Stigmas often 
protriuled near the middle of the flower. 
17. Phbagmites. Pan. diffuse. Gl. unequal; lower much 
smaller. H. 2 — 6, awnless, with silky hairs at their base, 
lower imperfect. Lower pale acuminate, much exceeding 
the inner, awnless. 
tt Gl. exceeding the flowers. Style short or none. 
18. Psamma. Pan. spikelike. Gl. nearly equal ; lower rather 
the shorter. Fl. 1, with silky hairs at its base, with a su- 
perior rudiment. Lower pale with a very short awn. 
