. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. BRIZA. 255 recently detected by Professor Graham in a field of Italian Eye-grass near Grantham, on the Firth of Forth, in a most luxuriant state, the stems three feet high, the panicles three inches long, and the foliage abundant in proportion. This growth was doubtless from foreign seed, imported along with that of Eye-grass, which had been brought from the South of France. The Eough Dog's-tail has been found in the Shetland Islands, of a very dwarfed form, and also in Northumber- land and
. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. BRIZA. 255 recently detected by Professor Graham in a field of Italian Eye-grass near Grantham, on the Firth of Forth, in a most luxuriant state, the stems three feet high, the panicles three inches long, and the foliage abundant in proportion. This growth was doubtless from foreign seed, imported along with that of Eye-grass, which had been brought from the South of France. The Eough Dog's-tail has been found in the Shetland Islands, of a very dwarfed form, and also in Northumber- land and Durham. Its foreign homes are France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and North Africa. It flowers at the end of June, and ripens its seed in August. The bristly head and long awns are its distinctive features. There is an Indian species, C. corocana, the seeds of which are eaten instead of rice in times of Genus XXXIV. BBIZA. QUAKE-GRASS. Gen. Char. Spikelets several-flowered, pendulous ; panicle loose; outer glumes spreading, blunt; flowering glumes the same shape as the outer ones; palea very small, flat and roundish; scales two, narrow and notched; filaments three, capillary; anthers oblong; ovaries roundish, styles two, stigmas feathery; seed compressed, adhering to the flower- glume and palea till they open and drop 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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