Fic. 6. Miscanthus japonicus Anderss. EULALIA.—«a, A spikelet; b, dorsal 
view of the first glume; c, similar view of the second glume. 
6. MISCANTHUS Anderss. Oefvers. Vet. Akad. Férh. Stock. 12: 165. 1855. 
Spikelets all alike, 1-flowered, hermaphrodite , 
, in along the continuous 
branches of a terminal, g panicle, the rachilla articulated below the 
empty glumes. Glumes 4, the Ist two membranaceous, nearly equal, empty; 
the 3d less firm in texture, ty; the 4t flowering gl hyali . 
empty; h , 
less bifid at the apex and usually awned between the teeth. Palea hyaline. 
Stamens 3. Rather tall, usually showy grasses, with the numerous slender 
racemes of the terminal panicle more or less 
| 7, in eastern Asia, Japan, and South 
