CVII. GRAMINE^E. 
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\JMolinia. 
middle and usually near the base longer than the glumes, leaves 
setaceous. E. B. t. 1296 : Pam. Gr. t. 25. 
Sandy hills and pastures. ©. 5, 6. — Culms tufted, 1 — S inches 
high. Panicle few-flowered, pale silvery-green. Glumes ovato-lanceo- 
late, scabrous ; when seen under the microscope both are 1 -nerved; 
glumellas narrow, acuminate, scabrous, the point bifid. — These two 
last species have the habit of Aira, but are scarcely distinct in cha- 
racter from the 2-flowered species of Avena, except by both glumes 
having only a central nerve. 
*** Outer glumella entire at the end; awn jointed in the middle with a 
tuft o f hairs at the joint, upper portion clavate. Neuter floret 
wanting. Glumes both 1 -nerved. Corynephorus. 
6. A. canescens L. ( gray H.) ; panicle rather dense, florets 
shorter than the calyx, awn clavate shorter than the calyx, 
leaves setaceous. E. B. t. 1190: Pam. Gr. t. 110. Coryne- 
phorus Beauv. 
On the sandy sea-coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk. Jersey. !£. 7. — 
Remarkable in this genus for having its awn clavate, and bearing at 
the joint a tuft of hairs ; a character which distinguishes it from all 
other British grasses. 
17. Molinia Sclirank. Molinia. 
Panicle somewhat contracted or spreading. Spikelets awnless, 
oblong-cylindrical, with 1 — 5 (or more) perfect florets and 
usually a subulate rudimentary upper neuter one. Glumes 2, 
acute, shorter than the florets, unequal, lower one 1 -nerved. 
Glumellas 2 ; outer one convex on the back, glabrous, entire 
at the end, ultimately cartilaginous and inclosing the free ca- 
ry apsis. — Named in honour of Don Giovanni Ignatio Molina , 
who wrote an account of the natural history of Chili, published 
in 1782. 
1. hi. ccerulea Moench ( purple M.) ; panicle erect somewhat 
contracted, spikelets erect, outer glumella usually 3-nerved, culm 
with a single node near the base. — a. panicle bluish-purple, 
spikelets 2 — 3-flowered, outer glumella 3-nerved. Pam. Gr. 
tt. 20, 103. Melica L. : E. B. t. 750. — j3. panicle pale greeD, 
spikelets 1 -flowered, outer glumella 3 — 5-nerved. Molinia 
depauperata Lindl. : Pam. Gr. t. 19. Melica alpina Don. 
Wet heathy places and moors, frequent. — fl. Clova mountains at 
an elevation of 3000 feet. 21. 7, 8. — Culms 1 — 2 ft. high or more. 
Leaves long, linear, and acuminate. Panicle 2 — 8 inches in length, 
bluish-purple, rarely green. Glumes lanceolate, nearly equal. Florets 
generally 2 perfect and 1 sterile; but if M. altissima of Link be a 
variety, as supposed by Kunth, the spikelets are sometimes many- 
flowered. Anthers large, purple. 
