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7.
CC. Bristles falling with the spikelet at maturity.
Bristles united into a burrlike involucre,
the bristles retrorsely barbed.
Cenchrus
EE. Spikelets not subtended by bristles
D. Glumes or sterile lemma awned, inflorescence
panicleate; spikelets silky.
Rhynchelytrium
DD. Glumes and sterile lemma awnless
E. Fruit flexible, usually dark colored,
lemma with white hyaline margins
Spikelets in slender racemes more or
less digitate at the summit of the
culms
Digitaria
EE. Fruit rigid
Spikelets placed with the back of the
fruit turned toward the rachis of the
spikelike racemes
Fruit not long acuminate; at least one
glume present
F. First glume wanting; spikelets
plano-convex
Paspalum
FF. First glume present, spikelets in
panicles, culms herbaceous
Panicum
16. Guttiferae Galophyllum Inophyllum L.
A low branching tree to 60 ft., rough gray bark; leaves 3-8"
long, leathery, nearly oval; flowers white, 1" across in clus-
ters of 4-15; 4 sepals; 4-8 stamens. Fruit round and green.