Melica onoei
Melica onoei is a species of grass found in China, Japan, Korea, Pakistan and Taiwan.
Description
The species is perennial and have elongated rhizomes. It culms are long. The species leaf-sheaths are tubular and smooth with one of their length being closed. It eciliate membrane is long and is truncate. They also have flat leaf-blades which are long by wide and have scaberulous and hispid surface. Both the leaf-sheaths and leaf-blades have glabrous surface.The panicle itself is open and is long with the main branches being distant from each other and are long. The spikelets themselves are solitary and oblong and are made out of 2 fertile florets that are long. Fertile spikelets are pediceled and have rhachilla stems that are long. Florets are diminished at the apex.
Its lemma have scaberulous surface and emarginated apex with fertile lemma being chartaceous elliptic, keelless, and long. Both the lower and upper glumes are elliptic, keelless, membranous, and have acute apexes. Their size is different; Lower glume is long while the upper one is long. Palea is 2-veined. Flowers are fleshy, oblong, truncate, have 2 lodicules, and grow together. They have 3 anthers which are long with fruits that are caryopsis and have an additional pericarp with linear hilum.