. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany . FiG. 2.—Oat. A, Upper part of flower-cluster. B, a single spikelet inflower, with bracts spread somewhat apart. C, one of the outer , an inner bract bearing an awn. ./, pistil. G, lodicules. A and Babout natural size, C, D, and ./, enlarged. (Nees.) dinarily a small leaf-like organ belonging to a little cluster of grass-flowers together with their bracts,is called a spikelet. At the base of the inner bracts are theso-called lodicules which by swelling spread apart the bractsso as to expose the anthers and stigmas at
. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany . FiG. 2.—Oat. A, Upper part of flower-cluster. B, a single spikelet inflower, with bracts spread somewhat apart. C, one of the outer , an inner bract bearing an awn. ./, pistil. G, lodicules. A and Babout natural size, C, D, and ./, enlarged. (Nees.) dinarily a small leaf-like organ belonging to a little cluster of grass-flowers together with their bracts,is called a spikelet. At the base of the inner bracts are theso-called lodicules which by swelling spread apart the bractsso as to expose the anthers and stigmas at the proper timefor shedding or receiving the pollen. An awn is a bristle-like appendage such as make up the beard of many grasses. 14 CEREALS.
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