212 BULLETIN 772, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
these disarticulating at the base and easily detached, the uncinate 
fruits acting like burs. 
Fig. 126. — Luziula peruviana. Plant, X i; pistillate and staminate spikelets, X 5. 
11. MELINIDEAE, THE MOLASSES-GRASS TRIBE. 
Melinis Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 54, pi. 11, f. 1. 1812. A Brazilian 
genus. Melinis minutifiora Beauv. (molasses grass) is cultivated in 
