Tribe IV. Phalarideæ.
Spikelets with 1 terminal hermaphrodite flower, with or without 1 or 2 male or rudimentary flowers below. Outer glumes 4, the lower 2 sometimes small, the 2 inner sometimes serving as flowering glumes for mala flowers.
First and second outer glumes smaller than the third and fourth. Flowering glumes obtuse |
9. Ehrharta. |
First and second outer glumes minute, many times smaller than the third and fourth. Flowering glumes acute |
10. MicrolÆna. |
First and second outer glumea as large as the third and fourth, both of which usually contain a male flower 11. |
HierochlŒ. |