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Fig. 6. Miscantlius japonicus Anderss. EULALIA.— a, A spikelet; b, dorsal 

 view of the first glume; c, similar view of the second glume. 



6. MISCANTHTJS Anderss. Oefvers. Vet. Akad. Forh. Stock. 12: 165. 1855. 

 Spikelets all alike, 1-flowered, hermaphrodite, in pairs along the continuous 

 branches of a terminal, spreading panicle, the rachilla articulated below the 

 empty glumes. Glumes 4, the 1st two membranaceous, nearly equal, empty; 

 the 3d less firm in texture, empty; the 4th or flowering glume hyaline, more or 

 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 spreading. 



Species 7, in eastern Asia, Japan, and South Africa, one introduced and 

 cultivated for ornament. 



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