. Botany for high schools and colleges. Botany. 4r>4- BOTANY. some of tliese are liardy (winter wheats), others are tender (spring wheats); some are awned, others awnless; in some the grains are Figs. 334-9.—Inplouescknce of tue Fig. 337. Fig. 338. Fig. 339. Fig. 334.—Spikelet. Fig. 335.—Spikelet opened. G, glumes ; P, palets ; A, awn ; F^ abortive flower. Pig, 336. —Flower with upper palet. Fig. 337.—Embryo. Fig. 338.—Section of grain. Fig. 339.—Diagram of spikelet. Gl, glumes ; 5, palets ; J., abortive flower. dark in color (red wheats), in others they are light colored (white 'Whea


. Botany for high schools and colleges. Botany. 4r>4- BOTANY. some of tliese are liardy (winter wheats), others are tender (spring wheats); some are awned, others awnless; in some the grains are Figs. 334-9.—Inplouescknce of tue Fig. 337. Fig. 338. Fig. 339. Fig. 334.—Spikelet. Fig. 335.—Spikelet opened. G, glumes ; P, palets ; A, awn ; F^ abortive flower. Pig, 336. —Flower with upper palet. Fig. 337.—Embryo. Fig. 338.—Section of grain. Fig. 339.—Diagram of spikelet. Gl, glumes ; 5, palets ; J., abortive flower. dark in color (red wheats), in others they are light colored (white 'Wheats). Fabre's experinaents about a quarter of a century^go appear to indicate that wheat was originally derived from a wild grass called. 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 Bessey, Charles Edwin, 1845- [from old catalog]. New York, H. Holt and company


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