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iiiombranons; flowering gliiuio nf 

 the fertile spikclet small, 

 membranous, ciliate, bifid at 

 summit, with or without a bent 

 awn twice as long as the spike- 

 let and rising between the lobes ; 

 palea narrow, ciliate; lodicules 

 ciliate ; grain oblong. Andro- 

 pogon halcjjensis, Sibth. 



Cultivated in moist districts 

 and subspontaneous. — Dec. -May. 

 — Mediterranean region. 



S. rulgarc, Pers. (Cultivated 

 Sorghum), is a tall stout annual, 

 with downy panicle branches 

 and broader spikelets ; flowering 

 glume of the fertile spikelet witli 

 a long or very short awn; grain 

 broad-oval. — Warm regions of 

 Africa and Asia. 



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15. Oryzopsis 



(Greek onjza, rice, 

 resemblance.) 



Oryzopsis 



Michaux. 

 opsis. 



Sorg^hum halepense. 



mil 



iaceaj 



uic: 



Oryzopsis miliacea. 



iter. Mail !i-floircrcd Mil- 

 l(f-(ir(iss. filabrous perennial, 

 with erect slender stems; 

 leaves flat, glossy-green above, 

 minutely saw-toothed on the 

 edges: Hgule truncate: pan- 

 icle large, .spreading, loose, 

 with long slender branches, 

 rough downwards: spikelets 

 small, turning straw-coloured 

 or purpli.sh, pedicellate and 

 clustered along the panicle- 

 branches; 2 outer glumes 

 membranous, persistant, ra- 

 ther unequal, lanceolate, 

 rounded on back. 3-nerved, 

 longer than the flowering 

 glume, which is 3-nerved, 

 notched, with a straight, 

 terminal, deciduous awn twice 

 its length and jointed at 

 base; grain oblong, tightly 

 enclosed in the hardened, 

 '■hining, flowering glume and 



