Fig. 49. Schmidtia subtilis Tratt. (Coleanthus subtilis Seid.), 

 , b, Spikelets; c, palea. 



MOSS-GRASS.— 



49. SCHMIDTIA Tratt. Fl. GEsterr. l : 12. 1816. (Coleanthus Seid. 1817.) 

 Spikelets 1-flowered. Outer empty glumes none; flowering glumes ovate, 

 hyaline, keeled, usually bearing a short, straight awn. . Palea 2-keeled, bifid, or 

 2- to 4-dentate. Stamens 2. Styles distinct; stigmas plumose. Caryopsis nar- 

 row, oblong, free. A small, annual grass, with short, flat leaves and small, 

 umbel-like exserted panicles. 



Species 1, Northern and Central Europe, Northern Asia, and Western North 

 America. 



