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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 10/22/2012)
 

Flora Data (Last Modified On 10/22/2012)
Genus MANISURIS L.
PlaceOfPublication Mant. P1. 2:164, 300. 1771.
Description Spikelets in pairs at the nodes of a thickened, readily disarticulating rachis, one sessile and perfect, the other pedicellate and sterile, the sessile spikelet appressed to the rachis, forming a subcylindrical raceme; first glume of sessile spikelet in- durate, obtuse, winged, smooth or variously wrinkled or pitted; sterile lemma, fertile lemma and palea hyaline, the fertile lemma awnless; pedicellate spikelet smaller and less indurate than the sessile, sterile.
Note Slender perennials with narrow flat blades and solitary subcylindrical racemes.
Key a. First glume of sessile spikelet 3-4 mm. long, smooth or obscurely pitted; flowering branches compound - --1. M. AUhITA aa. First glume of sessile spikelet 4-5 mm. long, prominently pitted in lines; flowering branches simple _-_ _ _ 2. M. RAMOSA
 
 
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