. Essentials of botany. Botany; Botany. SEDGE FAMILY 23 overlapping each other on - l-many-flowered spikelets; these are variously grouped in spikes, panicles, and so on. Fruit. Pig. 4. Vernal grass (Anthoxanihum) A, a one-flowered spikelet: a, 6, the outer empty glumes. B, a spikelet with the outer glumes removed: c, c^the inner empty glumes (neuter flowers) with long, bristle-shaped appendages; d, e, palets; anth., anthers; stig., stigmas. C, diagram of cross section of a spikelet: a, glume; d, palet. D, a fruit. (All magnified.) (After Cosson and t>e Saint-Pierre) a grain. (The family is
. Essentials of botany. Botany; Botany. SEDGE FAMILY 23 overlapping each other on - l-many-flowered spikelets; these are variously grouped in spikes, panicles, and so on. Fruit. Pig. 4. Vernal grass (Anthoxanihum) A, a one-flowered spikelet: a, 6, the outer empty glumes. B, a spikelet with the outer glumes removed: c, c^the inner empty glumes (neuter flowers) with long, bristle-shaped appendages; d, e, palets; anth., anthers; stig., stigmas. C, diagram of cross section of a spikelet: a, glume; d, palet. D, a fruit. (All magnified.) (After Cosson and t>e Saint-Pierre) a grain. (The family is too difficult for the beginner, but the structure and grouping of the flowers may be gathered from a careful study of Figs. 2, 3, 4.) 5. ;. Sedge Family Grass-like or rush-like herbs, with solid, usually triangular, stems, growing in tufts. The sheathing base of the generally 3-ranked leaves, when present, is not slit as in grasses. The flowers are usually somewhat less inclosed by bracts than those of grasses; the perianth is absent or rudimentary; stamens generally 3; style 2-cleft or 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 Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917. Boston, Ginn
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