. The American botanist and florist: including lessons in the structure, life, and growth of plants; together with a simple analytical flora, descriptive of the native and cultivated plants growing in the Atlantic division of the American union. Botany; Botany. Order 155.—GRAMINE^. 389 a Awns about equal, spreading,—Lower gl. longer than the upper Nos. 5—r —Glumes equal, or the lower shorter. ...Nos. 8, 9 1 A. tuberculosa N. Culm rigid, 8—20', with tubercles in the axils of the numerous branches; pan. large and loose; glume linear, awned, V; triple awn {d) 2', united half-way up, thence iavolv
. The American botanist and florist: including lessons in the structure, life, and growth of plants; together with a simple analytical flora, descriptive of the native and cultivated plants growing in the Atlantic division of the American union. Botany; Botany. Order 155.—GRAMINE^. 389 a Awns about equal, spreading,—Lower gl. longer than the upper Nos. 5—r —Glumes equal, or the lower shorter. ...Nos. 8, 9 1 A. tuberculosa N. Culm rigid, 8—20', with tubercles in the axils of the numerous branches; pan. large and loose; glume linear, awned, V; triple awn {d) 2', united half-way up, thence iavolved and spreading. (J) Mountains, N. J., and W. 2 A. dlchotoma Mx. {a) Culm 8—12', dichatomously branched; gl. 3—4"; lateral awns erect, minute, the middle awn {h) as long as the pale (3"), twice bent to the form of a bayonet. (T) Dry sandy fields : common. 3 A. ramosisslnia Engelm. Culms diffusely branched; gl. 9—10", awn-pointed; lateral awns 2", middle awn 1', spreading, (i) Sands, 111., Ky. 4 A. gracilis Ell. Very slender, i^—Hf; pan. virgate, 4—8'; glume and flower equal, (2^-3"); middle awn 9—10", horizontal, the lateral erect. (T) Sandy places. i3. vir^'ata. Taller (2-3f), pan. If; gl. and fl. shorter (2"). S. {Chapman). 5 A. lanata Poir. Culms^—4f, stout, branched from base; Ivs. flat, with woolly sheaths ; pan. 1—2f, woolly in its axils ; upper glume, lower (purplish) pale and lat- eral awns each 4—5", middle awn some longer, n Sandy soils, S. 6 A. spiclftfrmls Ell. Culms l—3f, rigid, simple; Ivs. rolled, rigid, smooth; pan. spike-form, dense ; flower 1' long, awns as long, gl. much shorter, n Wet sands, S. 7 A. purpurascens Poir. (c) Culms slender, 2—3f; Ivs. scarcely rolled; pan. If long, loosely spicate ; glume and fl. 4—5", purplish ; awns 1', spreadin;;. n Sandy. 8 A. stricta Mx. Culms 2—3f, strictly erect, with long rigid rolled Ivs.; pan. loosely racemous. If; gl. 6—7", fl. 6&
Size: 1198px × 2086px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectbotany, bookyear1870
