. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. CLASSIFICATION. Ill who feast upon its seeds. It has been found in Surrey, Suffolk, and Norfolk. It is indigenous in nearly all the countries of Europe, and also in North Africa and the United States. It flowers during the latter part of the summer and the early au- tumn, and its polished seeds are ripe in September. It is distinguished from the Rough Panicum by the erect teeth of its bristles, and from the Glaucous Pa- nicum by the equal length of the second and third 6. Panicum C
. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. CLASSIFICATION. Ill who feast upon its seeds. It has been found in Surrey, Suffolk, and Norfolk. It is indigenous in nearly all the countries of Europe, and also in North Africa and the United States. It flowers during the latter part of the summer and the early au- tumn, and its polished seeds are ripe in September. It is distinguished from the Rough Panicum by the erect teeth of its bristles, and from the Glaucous Pa- nicum by the equal length of the second and third 6. Panicum Crus-galli, Linn. Cockspur Panicum. {JEcTiinochloa, Bab. Man.) Root annual, fibrous; stems erect, smooth, furrowed; leaves broad, harsh, pointed, rough beneath, central rib very clearly marked; sheaths tumid, the panicle arising closely from the uppermost one ; ligule either absent or only supplied by a white mark or a few hairs ; panicle compound, dense, the main branches distant below, crowded above, rough, from six to ten in number, with a few very short branch]ets bearing clusters of sessile spikelets with long smooth hairs springing from their base; spikelets crowded, all turned to one side; first empty glume broad and short, the second as long as the floret, rough with short hairs and three-ribbed, the third of equal length, and terminating in a short or long bristly awn; flowering glume very thin and transpa- rent, smooth, glossy, and awnless; the palea of the barren. 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 Plues, Margaret. London : Reeve & co.
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