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Fig. 120. Scolochloa festucacea (Willd.) Link. SPRANGLE-TOP.— a, The 

 empty glumes of a spikelet, the florets of which are shown above at b. 



120. SCOLOCHLOA Link, Hort. Berol. 1 : 136. 1827. Spikelets 3- to 4-flowered; 

 raehilla articulated above the empty glumes; callus hairy; Empty glumes 2, 

 acute, 3- to 5-nerved; flowering glumes rigid, rounded on the back, awnless, 5- 

 to 7-nerved, nerves very unequal, one or more projecting beyond the apex of 

 the glume. Ovary hairy at the top. Styles very short. Stigmas plumose. Tall 

 grasses, with flat leaves, and ample, spreading panicles. 



Species 2, in the north temperate zone of both hemispheres. 



