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Fig. 102. Molinia caerulea Moench. (Enodium cseruleum Gaud.) MOLINIA. — 

 a, The outer empty glumes of a spikelet; b, a spikelet of 2 florets with the 

 empty glumes removed. 



102. MOLINIA Moench, Meth. 183. 1794. Spikelets 2- to 4-flowered, her- 

 maphrodite, or the uppermost imperfect; rachilla articulated above the empty 

 glumes and between the florets; empty glumes at the base of the spikelet 2, 

 nearly equal, shorter than the flowering glumes, convex on the back, 1-nerved: 

 flowering glumes cartilaginous, acute, awnless, rounded on the back, and with 

 3 (rarely 4) prominent nerves. Palea a little shorter than the glume, obtuse, 

 2-nerved. Stamens 3. Styles short, distinct; stigmas plumose. Grain oblong, 

 inclosed within the fruiting glume and palea, free. A rather tall, csespitose, 

 perennial grass, with narrow flat leaves, and an elongated, narrow panicle of 

 rather small, erect spikelets. 



Species 1, European. Sparingly introduced in the Eastern States. 



