Euchlaena
(from eu, well, and chlaina, a mantle; in allusion to the large glumes). SYN. Reana. ORD. Gramineoe. Tropical fodder grasses, of annual duration. Male flowers in dense terminal panicles; females in axillary spikes. Leaves long, broad, strap-shaped. Stems tall, succulent. E. luxurians (luxuriant). Teosinte. fl., males on short axillary panicles; females in large terminal drooping panicles. l. 4ft. long, green, soft in texture. Stems 12ft. to 15ft. high, in tufts, as many as thirty stems springing from a single seed. Mexico. (B. M. 6414.)