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Page 283
... spikelets . Lower bractea smaller and empty . Hypogynous set wanting . Stamens 2. Style 3 - parted , filiform , deciduous . Fruit covered with a brittle pericarpium . 1. C. Mariscus R. Br . E. B. 14. 950 . Panicle repeatedly compound ...
... spikelets . Lower bractea smaller and empty . Hypogynous set wanting . Stamens 2. Style 3 - parted , filiform , deciduous . Fruit covered with a brittle pericarpium . 1. C. Mariscus R. Br . E. B. 14. 950 . Panicle repeatedly compound ...
Page 293
... Spikelets imbedded in the rachis Spikelets not imbedded A bractea at the base of the spiculæ Bractea wanting Glumes none Glumes twin Spikelets 1 - flowered Spikelets 2- or many - flowered in pairs , threes , or fours solitary Rachis ...
... Spikelets imbedded in the rachis Spikelets not imbedded A bractea at the base of the spiculæ Bractea wanting Glumes none Glumes twin Spikelets 1 - flowered Spikelets 2- or many - flowered in pairs , threes , or fours solitary Rachis ...
Page 294
... Spikelets with a pinnated bractea Spikelets destitute of bracteæ Glumes truncate Glumes acute Paleæ awnless Panicle loose Glumes much shorter than the florets 28. ARRHENATHERUM . 29. ECHINOCHLOA . 30. HOLCUS . 31. ANTHOXANTHUM , - 32 ...
... Spikelets with a pinnated bractea Spikelets destitute of bracteæ Glumes truncate Glumes acute Paleæ awnless Panicle loose Glumes much shorter than the florets 28. ARRHENATHERUM . 29. ECHINOCHLOA . 30. HOLCUS . 31. ANTHOXANTHUM , - 32 ...
Page 295
... Spikelets cordate Spikelets not cordate 50. FESTUCA . } 51. VULPIA . 52. GLYCERIA . 53. BRIZA , Pedicels articulated with the 54. SCLEROCHLOA . spikelets Pedicels not articulated with the spikelets Scales truncate Scales acute - - 55 ...
... Spikelets cordate Spikelets not cordate 50. FESTUCA . } 51. VULPIA . 52. GLYCERIA . 53. BRIZA , Pedicels articulated with the 54. SCLEROCHLOA . spikelets Pedicels not articulated with the spikelets Scales truncate Scales acute - - 55 ...
Page 296
... Spikelets in pairs , threes , or fours , many - flowered or somewhat 2 - flow- ered . Glumes 2 , as long as the spikelet , or shorter . Palea 2 ; the lower often awned at the apex . Scales obtuse , generally fringed . Sea Lyme - grass ...
... Spikelets in pairs , threes , or fours , many - flowered or somewhat 2 - flow- ered . Glumes 2 , as long as the spikelet , or shorter . Palea 2 ; the lower often awned at the apex . Scales obtuse , generally fringed . Sea Lyme - grass ...
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1-celled 5-cleft 5-lobed 5-parted 5-toothed acute æstivation albumen Annual anthers apex August awned axillary base Biennial bifid Bracteas branched bristles Calyx Capsule Carpella Catkins cells chalky Clusters compressed Corolla corymbose cotyledons cylindrical deciduous dehiscing disk ditches downy E. B. Supp elliptical embryo entire filiform flat fleshy Florets Flower-stalks Flowers Fruit glands Glumes gravelly hairy heart-shaped hedges Herbaceous plants hermaphrodite hilum Hudson hypogynous imbricated Involucrum July June Juss keeled lanceolate Leaflets leafy Leaves lanceolate Leaves ovate linear Linn lobes many-flowered many-seeded margin meadows membranous moist mountains naked nearly numerous oblong obovate obtuse Ovarium Ovary Palea paleæ Panicle Pappus pastures Perennial Perianthium Petals pinnate pinnatifid racemes radicle Receptacle roundish sandy scales Seeds segments Sepals serrated sessile Sheaths shorter Shrub Silicula simple Smith smooth solitary Spikelets Spikes spreading stalked Stamens Stem erect Stigmas Stipulas Stipules Style taper ternate thickets toothed tube Umbels upper valves vittæ waste ground whorl Willd woods
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Page 194 - July, August. 3. O. minor Smith. EB 6. 422. Stem simple. 'Corolla nearly cylindrical ; lower lip with curled segments, the middle one largest and lobed. Stamens fringed. Style smooth. Smith. In clover fields. — Annual ? July, August. '4. O. rubra Smith. EB 25.