. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. 178 BRITISH GRASSES. below the centre of [the glume ; palea shorter than flower- ing glume, ribbed along the margin, ribs green, fringed at the edges, concave, naked; the seed has a soft hairy co- vering. A common weed in fields and hedges, particularly ob- jectionable amongst barley, though accounted trouble- some by the farmers among any kind of corn. Village fishermen sometimes use the florets as artificial flies. The awns make very good hygro- meters. No member of the grass family is mo
. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. 178 BRITISH GRASSES. below the centre of [the glume ; palea shorter than flower- ing glume, ribbed along the margin, ribs green, fringed at the edges, concave, naked; the seed has a soft hairy co- vering. A common weed in fields and hedges, particularly ob- jectionable amongst barley, though accounted trouble- some by the farmers among any kind of corn. Village fishermen sometimes use the florets as artificial flies. The awns make very good hygro- meters. No member of the grass family is more desira- ble in the field-flower bou- quet ; the delicate glaucous- green tint, shading to white, of the large glumes; the nodding habit of the showy spikelets, and the pennon- like graceful leaf recommend the Wild Oat to the lover of the beautiful. So destitute of any utility is this plant and so deleterious is its presence, that its name has got to be used for all youthful follies. Var. strigosa has longer florets, the flowering glume is six-ribbed, while that of the normal species is eight- ribbed ; the leaves of , var. strigosa, are broad, acute, rough on both surfaces, the central rib polished on the under surface, the panicle is turned to one side; the outer glumes are not quite equal, the lower being smaller and seven-ribbed, the upper nine-ribbed, the ribs of a full green colour; the flowering glume is as. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plues, Margaret. London : Reeve & co.
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