British grasses and their employment in agriculture . Fig 56. Inflorescence ofAmnio Phragmites. About \ nat. size. Fig. 57. Panicles of Avena flavescens, Pre-flowering stage. 6. In fullflower. About S nat. size. Flowers in June or July; culms erect. 3-5 feet high. Paniclelarge, open, and spreading equally on all sides. Spikelets large,ovate-lanceolate, hanging, each of two to three flowers. Empty 74 Botanical Section [PT I glumes, smooth, papery, acute, and nearly equal. The lowerglume has about seven conspicuous nerves, the upper one hasfrom nine to eleven. Seeds about 15 mm. long by 3 m
British grasses and their employment in agriculture . Fig 56. Inflorescence ofAmnio Phragmites. About \ nat. size. Fig. 57. Panicles of Avena flavescens, Pre-flowering stage. 6. In fullflower. About S nat. size. Flowers in June or July; culms erect. 3-5 feet high. Paniclelarge, open, and spreading equally on all sides. Spikelets large,ovate-lanceolate, hanging, each of two to three flowers. Empty 74 Botanical Section [PT I glumes, smooth, papery, acute, and nearly equal. The lowerglume has about seven conspicuous nerves, the upper one hasfrom nine to eleven. Seeds about 15 mm. long by 3 mm. broad, cylindrical,tapering at apex. The outer palea may be almost white, oryellowish, or some shade of brown, or even of. a dark-slate colour;its basal part is covered with brown or yellow hairs, and it bearsa twisted and bent dorsal awn of a rich brown colour (when ripe)and about 30 mm. long. Rachilla long, cylindrical, outstanding,and covered with fine long bristles. The graiD closely resembles.
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