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Melica (old Italian name for Sorghum, from mel, honey). Gramineae. Melic Grass. Slender- stemmed perennials: spikelets 2- to several-fld., rather large, often richly colored or with a pearly luster, in narrow or open panicles.—Species about 35, throughout temperate zones. Several beautiful native species of U. S., but not known in cult. M. ciliata, Linn., of Eu., with a pale spike-like panicle of silky spikelets is sometimes cult, for ornament, and M. violacea, Cav., a Chilean species with graceful panicles of violet-tinged broadly winged spikelets, has been recently intro.
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