212 BULLETIN 772, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



these disarticulating at the base and easily detached, the imcinate 

 fruits acting like burs. 



FIG. 126. Luziola, peruviana. Plant, X i ; pistillate and staminate spikelets, X 5. 

 11. MELINIDEAE, THE MOLASSES-GRASS TRIBE. 



Melinis Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 54, pi. 11, f. 4. 1812. A Brazilian 

 genus. Melinis minutiflora Beauv. (molasses grass) is cultivated in 



