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XIV. Centothece^. Slender grasses. Leaves broad lanceolate. Spikelets 
m narrow spike-like racemes, i- to many-flowered adhesive. Glumes all similar 
Fruiting 2 to many. 
Spikes numerous; spikelets *1 in. long . • 7^^- Centotheca 
Spikes few, opposite or whorled; spikelets 
scattered, *3 in. long . .72. Lophatherum 
Festuce.'E. Slender grasses. Leaves usually linear narrowed. 
Spikelets panicled, 2- or more-flowered. Flowering glumes 3- to manv- 
nerved. Stipes short. ^ 
Panicle lax, few-flowered; glumes keeled; awn¬ 
less; annual . . . .73. Poa 
XVI. Horde/E. Spikelets sessile single (or clustered) in notches of a 
single spike. Florets i or 2, slender grasses; leaves usually narrow. 
Slender seashore grass; spikelets single in 
slender spikes . . . 7.^. Lepturus 
P^iare.e. Broad-leaved forest grasses. Spikelets in terminal 
whorled racemes, distant, large unisexual. Fruit obovoid, adhesive. 
75. Leptaspis 
XVIII. Bambusace 2E. Arborescent orshrubby grasses sometimes scandent. 
Gulms jointed hollow, with at first culm sheaths. Leaves linear to lanceo¬ 
late. Inflorescence a panicle often compound, of spicate branches. Spike¬ 
lets i- to many-flowered. Empty glumes i or more. Flowering glumes 
similar. I alea large 2-keeled (rarely wanting). Lodicules 3 or more or o. 
btamcns 3 or 6 or more. Ovary globose or long; style with i to 3 stigmas. 
Grain with a crustaceous or fleshy pericarp. 
Bambuse^. Stamens 6; pericarp thin adnate to seed. 
Filaments free; big bamboos . . .76. Bambusa 
Filaments in a tube. 
Spikelets many-flowered; palea 2-keeled . 77. Gigantoculoa 
S pikelets few-flowered; palea o or not 
keeled . . . . .78. Oxytenanthera 
DENDRocALAMEiE. Stamens 6. Pericarp detachable. 
Big bamboos; spikelets 2- to many-flowered; 
^ panicle large; grain small . 79. Dendrocalamus 
rsush or shrub; spikelets i-flowered; panicle 
capitate; grain elongate beaked 80. Cephalostachyum 
Melocanne.e. Pericarp fleshy or crustaceous free. Stamens 6. 
Lodicules o; spikelets very small; climbing 
, , bamboos . . . . gj. Dinochloa 
Lodicules 2 or more; erect plants shrubby or 
arboreous; grain small, pericarp 
e. • . • • • .82. ScHIZOSTACHYUM 
Stamens 6 or more; lodicules irregular; grain 
large fleshy .... 83. Ochlandra 
1 . COIX, Linn. 
Tall annual or jDerennial grasses, with broad leaves and many 
axillary and terminal spikes. The lowest spikelet (female) enclosed 
in a bract which becomes hard, polished, white or light blue. Male 
spikelet in a raceme protruding from the female bract. Glumes 
4. Glumes I and II lanceolate subeqiial, stiff or herbaceous, empty. 
Glumes III and IV thin hyaline. Stamens 3. Female spikelet 
