. Notes on the life history of British flowering plants. Botany; Plant ecology. 440 BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS here it rests; but when there is any wind it is thrown out, and a fresh supply drops down, to be scattered in its turn. The plant is protected against browsing quad-. FiB. 352.—Airhenatherum avenaceum. 1, 2 xl2. 3, 4x5. 1, A closed anther; 2, an open anther ; 3, spikelets on a calm day with glumes distended, and anthers pendulous ; 4, spikelets in a wind. The pollen escaping from the pendulous anthers in the spikelet to the right; in that to the left {and below) the anthers (two only re
. Notes on the life history of British flowering plants. Botany; Plant ecology. 440 BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS here it rests; but when there is any wind it is thrown out, and a fresh supply drops down, to be scattered in its turn. The plant is protected against browsing quad-. FiB. 352.—Airhenatherum avenaceum. 1, 2 xl2. 3, 4x5. 1, A closed anther; 2, an open anther ; 3, spikelets on a calm day with glumes distended, and anthers pendulous ; 4, spikelets in a wind. The pollen escaping from the pendulous anthers in the spikelet to the right; in that to the left {and below) the anthers (two only remaining) have shed their pollen ; in a third flower (in the same spikelet as the last mentioned) the anthers are still closed and in process of being exserted. rupeds by the scabrid leaves. Kerner, however, saw thousands of the tufts on the meadows near Oberiss in the Tyrol, which cattle had torn up, as he supposes, so as to get at the edible plants growing near them. HOLCUS H. lanatus.—The floral arrangements resemble those of Arrhenatherum. According to Kerner some florets open in the morning about 6 and others about 7 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 Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913. London, New York, Macmillan and Co. , Ltd.
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