IMIALAHIDK.K. 185 



tlie latter below the middle projecting twice the length of the 

 gill nil'. 



Widely dispersed in temperate Asia, North America, Aiistniiia; 

 often sown for pastures and lawns. See popular atcount in Vol I. 

 p. 155, Fig. 73. 



Vermont. J'n'uf/le for Pelton; Massachusetts, /leal Xi; Penn- 

 sylvania, ^vn'/juer lor U. S. Dept. Agricul. 217; Micliigan, C/urk 

 110J>. 



Var. PLELii (Lecoq & Lamolte). A. /V/r/// Li'coq & Lamotte, 

 Cat. 1*1. Auver. 385 ( ). An annual 15-40 cm. high. SiiiaUer, 

 more slender, with shorter leaves. Spikes '^'.5 cm. long, second 

 lower empty glume when closed lineai-lanceohitc. wlicn spread 

 about two-thirds as wide as the corresponding glume of A. otlnra- 

 tuni; third and fourth glumes narrower, darker, and closetl; lower 

 part of the twisted awn almost black. Of no value, thougli the 

 setids are often sold for those of the species. 

 Michigan, (M. A. C.) Heal 34. 



44. (104). SAVASTANA Schrank. Ikier. Fl. 1: 100, 337 (1789). 

 Holy (Jkass. Vaxilla-ouass. IHeroclihw Gmel. Fl. Sib. 1 : 101 

 (1747). Torresia Ruiz & Pav. Prod. Fl. Peruv. 125 (1794). />/>- 

 xarrvnum Labill. Nov. lloll. PI. 2:82,/. 232 (1806). Diincsia 

 Kafin. Am. Monthly Mag. 175 (1818). Afa.ciu U. Hr. Parr. 1st 

 Voy. App. 193 (1824). Diowrin Endl. Gen. 81, in Syii. (1830). 



Spikelets with one perfect flower, slightly coni})ressed, panicu- 

 late, rachilla articulate above the lower glumes, terminal llowre 

 jiorfect. 



Empty glumes persistent below the joint, keeled, acute, gla- 

 brous, obscurely 1-3-nerved. Floral glumes of the staminate 

 florets villous, scarcely shorter, obtuse, emarginate or bifid, keeled, 

 the main nerve often e.xtendiug into a short awn. Floral glume of 

 the ui)per floret keeled, 5-nerved, ol)tuse, the keel often extending 

 into a short awn; inner glume narrow, 3- nerved, or nerveless 

 beyond the keel. Stamens in the staminate flowers 3, in the fertile 

 often only 2. Styles distinct, very long, grain oblong, enclosed by 

 the upper glumes, but not adherent. 



Sweet-scented perennials with flat (and often broad) acuminate 



