. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany . Fig. 5.—Rice (Oryza satira. Grass Family. Graminew). P, upper part ofrice plant, one-quarter natural size; S, a spikelet from the same; L, or ligule at base of leaf-blade, inner view; natural size.(Martius.) CEREALS 17 16. Importance of grains in ancient times. Many factsgo to show that cereals must have been among the veryfirst plants raised from seed. The Roman ceremonies, beforereferred to, were patterned after religious rites which had. Fir,. 6.—Rice. A, part of a flower-cluster of beardless rice, natural , a spikelct of
. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany . Fig. 5.—Rice (Oryza satira. Grass Family. Graminew). P, upper part ofrice plant, one-quarter natural size; S, a spikelet from the same; L, or ligule at base of leaf-blade, inner view; natural size.(Martius.) CEREALS 17 16. Importance of grains in ancient times. Many factsgo to show that cereals must have been among the veryfirst plants raised from seed. The Roman ceremonies, beforereferred to, were patterned after religious rites which had. Fir,. 6.—Rice. A, part of a flower-cluster of beardless rice, natural , a spikelct of the same. F, a flower showing its six stamens, singlepistil (with two styles and stigmas) and two lodicules. K, a ripe , F, and K enlarged. (Nees.) been practised for centuries by the Greeks, among whomwheat and barley were greatly prized. Passages in theHebrew Scriptures show that these were the grains cultivatedthroughout Palestine and in the valley of the Nile; and itis an interesting fact that a grain of wheat has been found 18 CEREALS
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