Melinis

Plant Characteristics

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Read about Melinis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Melinis (Greek, meline, millet). Gramineae. A glutinous grass with branched decumbent steins, flat blades and terminal panicles of very small spikelets, of value as a forage plant in the tropics. Spikelets 1 line long, with a perfect terminal floret and a sterile floret below; first glume very small; second glume and sterile lemma about as long as the spikelet, notched, the latter awned; perfect floret awnless.— Species one. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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