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42 Plantaginaceae
1. Plantago
A. lvs. 1-10 in. long, 5-9 veins, smooth and broad
Plantago major L.
AA. lvs. 1-18 in. long, 3-5 veins, hairy and narrow
Plantago lanceolata L.
15 Gramineae
Subfamily I. Festucoideae
Ia. Spikelets (flowers) perfect, spikelets pedicellate and
one flowered ......... Tribe V Agrostideae
Ammophila
Sporobolus
Polypogon
Ib. Spikelets perfect, pedicellate, spikelets two to many
flowered, glumes shorter than first floret.... Tribe II
Festuceae
Eragrostis
Foag
Ic. Spikelets one to several flowered, sessile on opposite
sides of a jointed or continuous axis forming symmetrical
spikes............. Tribe III Hordeae
Lepturus
Subfamily II. Panicoideae
Id. Spikelets perfect, spikelets on one side of rachis; spike
usually more than one ........... Tribe VII Chloridae
Chloris
Cynodon
Eleusine
Ie. Glumes membranaceous, the sterile lemma like the glumes in
texture, fertile lemma and palea indurate or at least firmer
than the glumes ........... Tribe XII Paniceae
Cenchrus
Digitaria
Panicum
Paspalum
Rhynchelytrum
Setaria
Stenotaphrum
3. Cyperaceae
A. Flowers all uniform, spikelets uniform .... B.
B. Scales of the spikelet strictly 2-ranked, conduplicate and