DESCRIPTIONS OF TRIBES AND GENERA. 



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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. GiMiveri 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 Hdichrysum or 

 Paronychia. 



235. (237) Melica L. Spike- 

 lets few-flowered, mostly in 

 narrow or spike-like panicles ; 

 empty glumes membraua- 

 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. mi- 

 tans (Fig. 81), a forest grass in 

 Europe, has narrow panicles 

 and nodding, naked spikelets ; 

 M. dliata L. has cylindrical FlG ^_ Melica nutm j\. (After 

 false spikes, and long-fringed 



flowering glumes. It grows upon sunny hillsides in 

 Europe, also cultivated for ornament. 



236. (238) Diarrhena Eafin. (Korycarpus Zea, Bcemeria 

 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. 



