GENERA OF GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES. TOL 7 
the two florets; first floret perfect, its lemma awnless; second floret 
staminate, its lemma awned on the back. 
Fic. 61.—Aspris caryophyllea. Plant, K 43 spikelet and two views of floret, < 5. 
Perennial grasses, with flat blades and contracted panicles. Species 
about eight, Europe and Africa; two introduced into the United 
States. 
Type species: Holcus lanatus L. 
Ginannia Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 4: 321, 1901, not Scop., 1777, nor Dietr., 1804. 
Based on “ Holeus L. et Auctor.,” the two species included, C. pubescens and @. 
mollis, showing that it is to the species congenerie with Holceus lanatus L. that 
the name is applied. 
