590 
CXIII. GrRAJMINEiE 
the glumes. Empty glumes 2, nearly equal, very narrow, rigid, 
pubescent, tapering into long, straight awns ; awn of the lower 
glume the longer. Flowering glume minute, glabrous, membran- 
ous, containing a 2-sexual flower. Stamens 3. Styles 2, short, 
united at the base. Grain linear, much longer than its glume, 
free within the outer glumes. (Fig. 189.) 
Throughout India, ascending to 8000 ft., common on barren, sandy soil. — 
Tropical Asia and Africa. 
Tribe III. Andropogonese. 
9. MISCANTHUS. From the Greek mischos, a stalk, and 
anthos, a flower, referring probably to the stalked spikelets. — 
Asia, Pacific Islands. 
Miscanthus nepalensis, Hack . ; FI. Br. Ind. vii. 107. Peren- 
nial ; stems erect, 3-6 ft. Leaves 6-18 x tj— | in. Ligule rounded. 
Spikelets similar, narrowly ovoid, x i 0 - in. excluding the awn, 
1 -flowered, partially enveloped in a tuft of long, silky, shining, 
golden-yellow hairs springing from its base, in pairs, unequally 
