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Subtribe 2. glumes 1 or S-nerved, furnished 
with 3 teeth (trideiitate), 3-cleft (tritid), or 3-awos (triaristate). 
Example : Tnodia^ the so-called Spinifex. 
Subtribe 3. Arxmdinem . — Rhacliilla furnished with long hairs 
below the flowering glumes. Examples: Gynerhim, or Pampas grass; 
also the Common Reed, Tdliragmites ; or the large Bamboo reed, Armido 
donax. 
Subtribe 4. Sesleriece . — Inflorescence spicifonu or capituliform, 
usually beset at its base with empty glumes or sterile stipites. Style 
or branches frequently long, slendci*. Example: ^hjlhophorm articu- 
latits^ a grass found near Rockhampton. 
Subtribe 5. JSragrosiew . — Elowcring glumes 3-nerved, the rest 
normal. Example : See any of the species of J^ragrostis so plentiful 
in Queensland. 
Subtribe G. lleJicecB. — Glumes, flowering with 3 or more nerves, 
2 or more empty glumes above them enveloping each other. Example : 
H.eterachne. 
Subtribe 7. Centotheccm . — -Leaves flat, lanceolate or ovate, with 
transverse veiniets between the veins. Glumes, flowering with 5 or 
more nerves. Example : Centotheca lappacea^ a burr grass of the 
tropical scrubs. 
Subtribe S. lEiifestiicece, — Glumes, flowering 5 or many-nerved, 
the rest normal. Example : Briza minor ^ the small Quaking grass ; 
and Boa ccospitosa^ called Tussac Foa or Weeping Polly grass. 
Tribe 12. HoKDESiE. — Spikelets with 1 or more flowers, sessile at 
the teeth or notches of the rhachis of the simple spike. 
Subtribo 1. Triticecs . — Spikedets _ placed singly at the nodes 
with 3 or more flowers, more rarely with 2 flowers. Examples: The 
LoliumH^ Secale^ and Triticuxns ; that is to say, the Kyc grasses, Rye, 
and Wheat. 
Subtribe 2. Leptnrem . — Spikelets placed singly at the nodes 
with 1 or 2 flowers ; spike slender. Example : leptiirus^ one species 
common on the Tropical Queensland coast. 
Subtribe 3. Blgmeoi . — Spikelets placed in pairs at the nodes, or 
more placed collaterally. Example : Ilordeum, any of the Barleys. 
Tribe 13. BAXiutiSE.E. — Lofty grasses, generally ligneous, at any 
rate at the base. Leaves flat, very often with articulate sheath. 
Spikelets with 1 or more flowers. Lodicules generally 3. Stamens 3, 
4, or more. 
Subtribe 1. Arimdinariecr . — Stamens 8. Palea bieai'inate. Peri- 
carp slender, adiiate to the seed. Example : Pligllostachys nigra^ the 
Black-stemmed Bamboo. 
Subtribe 2, Euhamhit^sece . — Stamens G. Palea bieariiiate. Peri- 
carp slender, adnate to the seed. Example : Bambum vulgaris, the 
Common Bamboo. 
Subtribe 3. Bendrocalamem . — Stamens G. Palea bicarinate. 
Pericarp crustaceous or fleshy, free from the seed. Example : 
Bendvocalamus sfriefa. 
Subtribe 4. Melocannecs . — Stamens 6 or more. Palea none, 
unless very similar to the glumes. Pericarp crustaceous or fleshy, 
free from the seed. 
