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Page 21
... four to six empty glumes at the base of the spikelet . Where , there- fore , I feel obliged to differ from him in the genus to which I would refer a species , it may as often be from the inability to ascertain what are his views as to ...
... four to six empty glumes at the base of the spikelet . Where , there- fore , I feel obliged to differ from him in the genus to which I would refer a species , it may as often be from the inability to ascertain what are his views as to ...
Page 24
... four in two pairs , as described and figured by Kunth ; but then the outer pair , although closely contiguous ( on the opposite side of the floral axis ) to the upper ones , appear to me to represent the palea which is otherwise ...
... four in two pairs , as described and figured by Kunth ; but then the outer pair , although closely contiguous ( on the opposite side of the floral axis ) to the upper ones , appear to me to represent the palea which is otherwise ...
Page 27
... four ; the lowest in Reimaria , and in a few species of Paspalum , corresponds to the second in the majority of Paspala and a few allied genera , and to the third in Panicum . All these genera are included by Fournier , as by all others ...
... four ; the lowest in Reimaria , and in a few species of Paspalum , corresponds to the second in the majority of Paspala and a few allied genera , and to the third in Panicum . All these genera are included by Fournier , as by all others ...
Page 32
... four glumes , the uppermost one usually enclosing or subtending the fertile flower , though in some Andropogoneæ it is excessively reduced or even quite obsolete or rudimentary . The next under it may be empty like the lower ones , or ...
... four glumes , the uppermost one usually enclosing or subtending the fertile flower , though in some Andropogoneæ it is excessively reduced or even quite obsolete or rudimentary . The next under it may be empty like the lower ones , or ...
Page 33
... four rather distinct groups , though scarcely marked enough to be raised to the rank of subtribes ; and to these we would add a few more or less abnormal genera , but little connected with each other , but all apparently more nearly ...
... four rather distinct groups , though scarcely marked enough to be raised to the rank of subtribes ; and to these we would add a few more or less abnormal genera , but little connected with each other , but all apparently more nearly ...
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Agrosteæ Agrostis allied American species Andropogoneæ appear articulation Asiatic Australian species Beauv Beauvois Benth botanists branches bristles caryopsis characterized characters chiefly Chlorideæ closely cluster comprises Crypsis dense Desv distinguished Doell dorsal awn East-Indian Eriochrysis European extratropical fertile flower Festuca Flora Flora Australiensis flowering glume forming Fourn Fournier fruiting glume genera genus glabrous Gluma Gramineæ grasses Griseb groups habit hairs helopus hermaphrodite Hochst included inflorescence Isachne Kunth Linn lodicules lower empty glumes lowest glume male flower Mexican Munro narrow nearly Nees Nees's nerves North-American number of species Old World Oryzeæ outer empty glumes outer glumes pair palea Paniceæ panicle Panicum Paspalum pedicel peduncle plant Poaceae Pollinia Presl proposed rarely reduced regions rhachilla rhachis Rottboellia sæpius scarcely sessile short single slender small spikelets sometimes South Africa specimens Spiculæ spike-like spikelets spikes Spodiopogon Sporobolus stamens Steud Steudel subtribe terminal tribe Trin Trinius tropical Africa unawned usually whilst