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empty glumes which form, as it were, an appendage to 

 the fruiting glume ; flowering glumes awnless. 



Species two, H. Brownii and H. Gulliveri Benth., in 

 North Australia. 



234. (236) Anthochloa Nees. Panicles capitate, small ; 

 spikelets few-flowered, awnless ; flowering glumes broad, 

 flabellate, finely toothed, thin- membranaceous, silvery 

 white. 



Species two, in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia. The 

 small heads of A. lepida recall those of Helichrysum or 

 Paronychia. 



235. (237) Melica L. Spike- 

 lets few-flowered, mostly in 

 narrow or spike-like panicles ; 

 empty glumes membrana- 

 ceous, 3-5-nerved ; flower- 

 ing glumes parchment-like, 

 mostly 7-9-nerved, awnless 

 or short-awned; anterior 

 lodicules entire or slightly 

 emarginate. 



Species over thirty, 

 throughout temperate zones, 

 excepting in Australia. M. nu- 

 tans (Fig. 81), a forest grass in 

 Europe, has narrow panicles 

 and nodding, naked spikelets ; 

 31. ciliata L. has cylindrical 

 false spikes, and long-fringed 

 flowering glumes. It grows 

 Europe, also cultivated for ornament. 



236. (238) Diarrhena Rafin. (Korycarpus Ze&, Rcemeria 

 Zea, Onoea Franchet and Savatier). Spikelets in a loose 

 panicle, 3-5-flowered, almost linear ; flowering glumes 

 coriaceous, shining, three-nerved, awnless ; fruiting 

 glumes somewhat remote, spreading, leaving the beaked 

 caryopsis exposed. 



Species two, one (D. Japonica Franch. and Sav.) in 

 Japan and one (D. Americana, P. B.) in North America. 



Fig. 81. — Melica nutans L. (After 

 Nees, Gen. Germ., I. 60.) 



upon sunny hillsides in 



