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Page 38
... narrow , somewhat flexuose rhachis of the spike , so as to be rather di- stichous than secund , and by their direction , the back of the flower- ing glume and of the lower empty one being turned outwards or away from the rhachis . The ...
... narrow , somewhat flexuose rhachis of the spike , so as to be rather di- stichous than secund , and by their direction , the back of the flower- ing glume and of the lower empty one being turned outwards or away from the rhachis . The ...
Page 44
... narrow cylindrical spike- like panicle . In the typical species , P. myurus , Linn . , the spike- lets are rather acuminate and the fruiting glume scarcely hardens ; in P. indicum , Linn . , and others the spikelets are small , and ...
... narrow cylindrical spike- like panicle . In the typical species , P. myurus , Linn . , the spike- lets are rather acuminate and the fruiting glume scarcely hardens ; in P. indicum , Linn . , and others the spikelets are small , and ...
Page 54
... narrow and female ; it is widely spread over North America , and includes the East - Russian and Japanese Z. latifolia , which is absolutely identical with some North - American specimens . The other species , Z. miliacea , Kunth ...
... narrow and female ; it is widely spread over North America , and includes the East - Russian and Japanese Z. latifolia , which is absolutely identical with some North - American specimens . The other species , Z. miliacea , Kunth ...
Page 59
... narrow , and dense , or very large , loose , and spreading , with very numerous small or minute spikelets , whilst in a few species it is short and dense , forming almost an oval head with larger spikelets . The two sections proposed by ...
... narrow , and dense , or very large , loose , and spreading , with very numerous small or minute spikelets , whilst in a few species it is short and dense , forming almost an oval head with larger spikelets . The two sections proposed by ...
Page 65
... narrow , and dense , with short erect branches buried in the copious silky hairs , the glumes are never awned , and there is only one , or rarely two , stamens ; in Miscanthus the panicle is loose , with long spreading branches , the ...
... narrow , and dense , with short erect branches buried in the copious silky hairs , the glumes are never awned , and there is only one , or rarely two , stamens ; in Miscanthus the panicle is loose , with long spreading branches , the ...
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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