Phaenosperma
(from phaino, to shine, and sperma, a seed; alluding to the glistening seeds). ORD. Gramineae. A monotypic genus. The species is a tall, hardy grass, thriving in any common soil. It may be increased by seeds, sown in spring.
P. globosum (globe-seeded). fl. in a large panicle, with its slender branches scarcely branchleted; spikelets one-flowered; glumes four, slightly acute; style distinct; stigma plumose. l. flat. h. 6ft. China, 1874.