British grasses and their employment in agriculture . Fig. 79. Bromus giganteus, L. About Tj nat. size. Fig. 80. Seedof Bromus gi-ganteus. - the naturalstate the awnis not curvedback as shownin the figure. membranous. The line terminal (or only slightly sub-terminal)awn is serrulate (barbed), and longer than the palea itself(12-20 mm.). The rachilla is rather Ion?, cylindrical, and rough(Fig. 80.) B. madritensis, and B. maximus are rare species (p. 188). ch. vn] Botanical Description of Species 87 Bromus inermis, Leyss. (Awnless Brome-grass.) (Fig. 81.)See p. 141. This is not a Dative of

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British grasses and their employment in agriculture . Fig. 79. Bromus giganteus, L. About Tj nat. size. Fig. 80. Seedof Bromus gi-ganteus. - the naturalstate the awnis not curvedback as shownin the figure. membranous. The line terminal (or only slightly sub-terminal)awn is serrulate (barbed), and longer than the palea itself(12-20 mm.). The rachilla is rather Ion?, cylindrical, and rough(Fig. 80.) B. madritensis, and B. maximus are rare species (p. 188). ch. vn] Botanical Description of Species 87 Bromus inermis, Leyss. (Awnless Brome-grass.) (Fig. 81.)See p. 141. This is not a Dative of Britain but is sometimes grown as aforage crop on poor soils in this country under the name ofHungarian Forage-grass. It is a perennial with long stoutrhizomes which enable it to endure drought and to spread rapidly.

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