= 212 BULLETIN 772, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
these disarticulating at the base and easily detached, the uncinate 
fruits acting like burs. 
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11. MELINIDEAE, THE MOLASSES-GRASS TRIBE. 
Melinis Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 54, pl. 1d f. 4. 1812. A Brazilian 
genus. Melinis minutiflora Beauv. (molasses grass) is cultivated in 
