British grasses and their employment in agriculture . Fig. 95. Seedof Festuca ela-tior sub-sp. arun- diiiacea. x 10. Fig. 94. Panicle of Festuca elatior About I nat. size. Inflorescence a plume-like panicle, rather close at first butspreading at the time of flowering which is usually in culms 3-5 feet high; spikelets numerous, one-flowered,and green, white, or purplish. Empty glumes almost equal, andacute. ch. vn] Botanical Description of Species 97 Seeds about 3 mm. long. Outer palea very glossy, andeither white, or yellow, or sometimes dark coloured. At the
British grasses and their employment in agriculture . Fig. 95. Seedof Festuca ela-tior sub-sp. arun- diiiacea. x 10. Fig. 94. Panicle of Festuca elatior About I nat. size. Inflorescence a plume-like panicle, rather close at first butspreading at the time of flowering which is usually in culms 3-5 feet high; spikelets numerous, one-flowered,and green, white, or purplish. Empty glumes almost equal, andacute. ch. vn] Botanical Description of Species 97 Seeds about 3 mm. long. Outer palea very glossy, andeither white, or yellow, or sometimes dark coloured. At the baseof the palete are a pair of linear hair-tufts. These are shorterthan the outer palea which is awnless and hairy at its upper margins of the inner palea are also fringed with hairs.(Fig. 92.). (a) (b) Fig. 96. Panicles of (a) Festuca rubra genu-ina and (b) Festuca pratensis. AboutJ nat. size.
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