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76a. Underside of leaves and involucral bracts silky-hairy F. sericea 
b. Underside of leaves and bracts glabrous or 
ciliate on margins, or absent 77 
77a. Fertile glumes sparsely gland-dotted, 
distinctly awned, nut pyriform to obovoid F. schultzii 
b. Fertile glumes densely gland-dotted, central nerv e 
protruding only slightly past tip, nut sub-globular 78 
78a. Style glabrous or sparsely and shordy ciliate at base, glumes lobed 
but somewhat acute, lowest glumes glabrous on central nerve F. cephalophora 
b. Style densely long ciliate at base, glume with 2 broad lobes at apex, 
ciliate on central nerve F. compacta 
79a. Leaves densely silky pubescent beneath, glumes pubescent F. sericea 
b. Leaves not densely silky pubescent beneath, 
glumes ciliate on margins only or glabrous 80 
80a. Glumes greater than 2.2 mm long, ciliate on upper margins, 
mature nuts usually tuberculate 81 
b. Glumes less than 2.2 mm long, glabrous, 
mature nut smooth or sparsely verruculose F. cymosa 
81a. Glumes greater than 3.5 mm long, style glabrous, 
leaves with wide hyaline margins F. neilsonii 
b. Glumes less than 3.5 mm long, style hairy, leaves (if present) 
without wide hyaline margins F.furva 
82a. Nut with transverse, wavy ridges, one spikclel per stem 83 
b. Nut longitudinally striate, finely reticulate, 
smooth or tuberculate, spikelets usually more than one per stem 91 
83a. Glumes hairy, or if glabrous, then rest of plant densely hairy 84 
b. Plants glabrous 85 
84a. Leaves hairy, nut broadly ellipsoid, upper glumes glabrous F. pilifera 
b. Leaves scabrid on margins, otherwise glabrous, 
nut obovate, upper glumes with short fine hairs above F . punctata 
85a. Majority of spikelets nodding 86 
b. Majority of spikelets erect 87 
86a. Leafless perennial, style greater than 2.6 mm long, usually greater 
than 0.4 mm wide, glumes greater than 3.3 mm long F. nutans 
b. Annuals, usually leafy, style less than 2.6 mm long, 
usually less than 0.4 mm wide, glumes less than 3.3 mm long F. sp. I 
87a. Glumes less than 2 mm long, rich red, nut ridges generally 3-4, 
style base ciliate F. nuda 
b. Glumes greater than 2 mm long, pale, 
nut ridges 4 or more, style base glabrous or ciliate 88 
