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Page 5
... foot or more high . Leaves varying somewhat in width . Racemes long , many - flowered . Pedicels short , never reflexed . Flowers bluish or inclining to purple . 8. V. Beccabúnga , L. ( Brooklime ) ; racemes opposite , leaves elliptical ...
... foot or more high . Leaves varying somewhat in width . Racemes long , many - flowered . Pedicels short , never reflexed . Flowers bluish or inclining to purple . 8. V. Beccabúnga , L. ( Brooklime ) ; racemes opposite , leaves elliptical ...
Page 10
... foot high . Leaves scarcely cordate at the base , upper ones narrow - ovate . Racemes , as well as the stems , more or less branched . Flowers white or rose - coloured . Calycine leaflets reflexed . Petals obcordate , patent . Germen ...
... foot high . Leaves scarcely cordate at the base , upper ones narrow - ovate . Racemes , as well as the stems , more or less branched . Flowers white or rose - coloured . Calycine leaflets reflexed . Petals obcordate , patent . Germen ...
Page 12
... foot high , yielding an agreeable smell in the act of drying , like that of Woodruff ( Asperula odorata ) , and giving the well- known scent to new - made hay . Leaves short . Panicle compact , spiked , yellow in age . Valves of the ...
... foot high , yielding an agreeable smell in the act of drying , like that of Woodruff ( Asperula odorata ) , and giving the well- known scent to new - made hay . Leaves short . Panicle compact , spiked , yellow in age . Valves of the ...
Page 19
... foot ; from the sessile or nearly sessile spikelets . - These sessile spikelets and the terminal awn distinguish this genus from Bromus , where the British plants of this genus had been placed . There are many continental species ...
... foot ; from the sessile or nearly sessile spikelets . - These sessile spikelets and the terminal awn distinguish this genus from Bromus , where the British plants of this genus had been placed . There are many continental species ...
Page 20
... foot or more high , glabrous , somewhat glaucous . Leaves , as in all the species of this and the fol- lowing genus , opposite , entire or slightly toothed . Flowers fine deep rose colour , arranged in numerous unilateral cymose spikes ...
... foot or more high , glabrous , somewhat glaucous . Leaves , as in all the species of this and the fol- lowing genus , opposite , entire or slightly toothed . Flowers fine deep rose colour , arranged in numerous unilateral cymose spikes ...
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1-celled 5-cleft acuminate acute Anthers axillary base beneath bifid bipinnate Borrer bracteas branched calyx capsule Carpels catkins cells chalky colour common cordate corolla Cotyledons crenate cylindrical downy England feet high fleshy florets flowers foot high frequent fronds fruit genus germen glabrous glaucous gravelly hairy hedges Hook imbricated inches high involucre Ireland July June Juss.-Named lanceolate leaflets leafy leaves lanceolate leaves ovate legumes Lindl linear linear-lanceolate Linn lobes margin Moist mountains nearly oblong obovate obtuse Ovary ovato-lanceolate panicle pastures peduncles Perianth Pericarps petals petiolate pinnate pinnatifid pinnules plant procumbent pubescent purple racemes rare receptacle ribs root Salict sandy scales scape Scotland seeds segments serrated sessile sheaths short shorter silky slender solitary spatha species spikelets spikes spreading stalked Stam Stamens stem erect stigmas stipules style subulate Suppl terminal toothed umbels upper valves waste places whorled Woods yellow