NATURAL ORD 
TABLE OF GENE 
MOST IMPORTANT AS INCLUDING FOOD-PRODUCING SPECIES, AND 
THE SIGN * DENOTES A STRIKING DEVIATION 
NAME OF GRASS. 
FORM OF INFLORESCENCE. 
Number of 
Flowers in each 
Spikelet. 
Number of Outer 
Empty Glumes. 
Vernal grass ( Anthoxanthum ). 
Oblong spicate panicle ; spikelets pedicellate. 
One 
Four* 
Fox-tail ( Alopecurus ). 
Cylindrical spicate panicle ; spikelets pedicellate. 
One 
Two 
Rice ( Oryza sativa). 
Drooping lax panicle ; spikelets pedicellate. 
One 
Two (minute) 
Feather Grass ( Stipa pennata). 
Panicle. 
One 
Two 
Indian Corn or Maize ( Zea Mens). 
Monoecious : staminate flowers in terminal panicles, 
Two, 
Two 
pistillate flowers in axillary spikes. 
one 
imperfect 
Two 
Rye Grass (Lolium perenne). 
Distichous spike ; spikelets sessile edgewise on axis. 
Several 
One* 
Mat Grass (. Nardus stricta). 
Unilateral spike ; spikelets sessile. 
One 
O* 
Wheat ( Triticum vulgare). 
Distichous spike ; spikelets sessile broadside on axis. 
Several 
Two 
Rye ( Secale Cereale). 
Distichous spike ; spikelets sessile broadside on axis. 
Two 
Two 
Barley ( Ifordeum vulgare). 
Distichous spike ; spikelets sessile on the axis in 3’s. 
One 
Two 
Oats {Avena ’sativa). 
Spreading or unilateral panicles ; spikelets pedicelled. 
Two 
Two 
Sugar Cane ( Sacchccrum offecinarum). 
Ample spreading panicle. 
One 
Three 
