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Page 14
... respect of number of species ; but they must still be acknowledged as immensely predominant , as well in individual numbers as in the part they take in the vegetation of the globe . The great majority of Orchidea are very local , and ...
... respect of number of species ; but they must still be acknowledged as immensely predominant , as well in individual numbers as in the part they take in the vegetation of the globe . The great majority of Orchidea are very local , and ...
Page 17
... respect of terminology , he so far modified that of Kunth , that where a glume is theoretically supposed to have a flower in its axil , but really has not even the slightest rudiment , he does not , like Kunth , call it a whole ...
... respect of terminology , he so far modified that of Kunth , that where a glume is theoretically supposed to have a flower in its axil , but really has not even the slightest rudiment , he does not , like Kunth , call it a whole ...
Page 22
... respects the views I had expressed as to the relative importance and constancy of some of the characters , and partially to rearrange some of the tribes and subtribes , although the general principles of classification which had been ...
... respects the views I had expressed as to the relative importance and constancy of some of the characters , and partially to rearrange some of the tribes and subtribes , although the general principles of classification which had been ...
Page 34
... respect of the greater number of species is a natural one , readily distinguished from Panicum by the inflo- rescence and by the technical character of the deficiency of the small lowest glume . It is now , however , ascertained that ...
... respect of the greater number of species is a natural one , readily distinguished from Panicum by the inflo- rescence and by the technical character of the deficiency of the small lowest glume . It is now , however , ascertained that ...
Page 40
... respects polymorphous . In habit and inflorescence it may be confounded sometimes with Paspalum , sometimes with Arundi- nella , or even with some Agrostem . Generally speaking , it may be easily recognized by technical characters ; but ...
... respects polymorphous . In habit and inflorescence it may be confounded sometimes with Paspalum , sometimes with Arundi- nella , or even with some Agrostem . Generally speaking , it may be easily recognized by technical characters ; but ...
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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