. Handbook of grasses, treating of their structure, classification, geographical distribution and uses, also describing the British species and their habitats. Grasses. u STRUCTURE the outermost consists of two lodicules placed at the anterioi* side of the flower, furthest from the axis or rachilla, the posterior lodicule being aborted or suppressed; three stamens constitute the middle whorl, while the innermost whorl consists of two carpellary leaves united into a single-celled ovary, which still retains two styles and stigmas. Suppression of the anterior stamen may occur, as in Anthoxan
. Handbook of grasses, treating of their structure, classification, geographical distribution and uses, also describing the British species and their habitats. Grasses. u STRUCTURE the outermost consists of two lodicules placed at the anterioi* side of the flower, furthest from the axis or rachilla, the posterior lodicule being aborted or suppressed; three stamens constitute the middle whorl, while the innermost whorl consists of two carpellary leaves united into a single-celled ovary, which still retains two styles and stigmas. Suppression of the anterior stamen may occur, as in Anthoxanthmn odoratum and some of the Bromes ; some- times the two posterior stamens are suppressed, as in Festuca. 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 Hutchinson, William M. London, S. Sonnenschein; New York, Macmillan
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