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Page 23
... minute portion actually em- braced by the base of the glume . The homology of the glumes of Gramineæ , whether empty or flowering , with those of Cyperaceae may now be considered as generally admitted ; and a total absence of perianth ...
... minute portion actually em- braced by the base of the glume . The homology of the glumes of Gramineæ , whether empty or flowering , with those of Cyperaceae may now be considered as generally admitted ; and a total absence of perianth ...
Page 24
... minute bodies above the lodi- cules in the female flowers of Pariana , which Doell mistook for additional lodicules , appear to me to be rudimentary staminodia ; they are very minute and irregular , and not always to be found . I have ...
... minute bodies above the lodi- cules in the female flowers of Pariana , which Doell mistook for additional lodicules , appear to me to be rudimentary staminodia ; they are very minute and irregular , and not always to be found . I have ...
Page 36
... minute outer glume ; and , again , P. pallidum and P. candidum , H. B. K. , both of which Doell places in Eremachyrion , are scarcely to be distin- guished from each other except by the lowest empty glume absent in the one , present in ...
... minute outer glume ; and , again , P. pallidum and P. candidum , H. B. K. , both of which Doell places in Eremachyrion , are scarcely to be distin- guished from each other except by the lowest empty glume absent in the one , present in ...
Page 41
... minute or sometimes quite deficient . This section was proposed as a distinct genus in Walter's ' Flora Carolinensis ' under the name of Syntherisma , and by Richard , in Persoon's ' Synopsis , ' under that of Digitaria , and is still ...
... minute or sometimes quite deficient . This section was proposed as a distinct genus in Walter's ' Flora Carolinensis ' under the name of Syntherisma , and by Richard , in Persoon's ' Synopsis , ' under that of Digitaria , and is still ...
Page 51
... never been able to see more than three , which are rather large ; but there are sometimes within them two or three very minute scales , MR . G. BENTHAM ON GRAMINEE . 51 lian species, of which one extends to New Zealand ...
... never been able to see more than three , which are rather large ; but there are sometimes within them two or three very minute scales , MR . G. BENTHAM ON GRAMINEE . 51 lian species, of which one extends to New Zealand ...
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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