No. fi. 



HIEROCHLOE M ACROPH YLLA TIaiih.iii iJohiml. Tians. C;il. Auric 



Soc. 1864-5. 132. 



J'Idiit pcrenuial, tufted, from a slender or often knotted lootstock. 



Ciilni erect, slender, rarely branclicd above the base, usually naked above and 

 sliylitly hispid, 2 to ;{ feet high. 



jA'ttvcs of culms 3; sheaths mostly open above, striate, nearly snioolli, equaling 

 or ex<'eedinjn' the iiiternodes; blades flat, taperinj;' to both ends, hispidiilous above and 

 beneath, cross veins between the nerve;; rather prominent, i to (i lines wide and (i to 12 

 inches long; ligule membranaceous, usually purple, 2 to 3 lines long. 



liijliirrsrcucc an open panicle, 3 to <> inches long; branches spreading or ii-tiexed, 

 mostly in twos, slender, (leximse, lower ones 2 to 3 inches long, bearing 1 to •• i»cdicel- 

 late s])ikelets beyond the middle. 



iSpihItts obov;ite, ."> How cred ((ndy the n|i))er (lower maturing seed). 2 to 2', lint-s 

 long; (irst cmjity glume liroadly osate, acute, e;irinate, thin, smooth, pnr)(lisli, 3 nerved 

 at base, l\ to 2 lines long; second empty ghnne same l)ut ;', line longer and slightly 

 liisjiid on the keel; Moral ylnme broadl>' oblong, obtuse or eniarginate and mncronn 

 late, ciliate, pubescent on back near ajiex, ."(nerved, li to 2 lines long, upper one at 

 nniturity slightly indurated and shining; jtalet oblong-linear, clelt at apex, thin, 

 ]»nl)es(!ent(in the 2 nerves, l{ to l.\ lines long: grain triangular in cross section, tajiei- 

 iug to each end, brown, opacpie, 1 line long. 



Plate VI; «, spikelet enlarged aboul -^ times: /(. em|)l\- glumes: /, IJinal glume; 

 (I. palet. 



Oalil'oinia and (Mcgon. I'"urnishes a huge :imnUMt of loliiige. and is prolialdy of 

 auricnitnral Nalne. 



