. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. fig. 64.âThe Two Outer mas. Glumes op a Spikelet p- AND THE Parts op a e Single Floret op Wheat. (Oliver.) friiii (if the ])laut, termed by botanists a In some cases, as in barley, the grain when riiie remains firmly enclosed by the scale-leaves; this is not the ease in wheat. In some grasses, between the outer glumes and the flowering glume of the lowest floret, one or more scale-leaves, called emptji glumes, con- sidered to represent barren Jlorets, are inserted. Such e
. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. fig. 64.âThe Two Outer mas. Glumes op a Spikelet p- AND THE Parts op a e Single Floret op Wheat. (Oliver.) friiii (if the ])laut, termed by botanists a In some cases, as in barley, the grain when riiie remains firmly enclosed by the scale-leaves; this is not the ease in wheat. In some grasses, between the outer glumes and the flowering glume of the lowest floret, one or more scale-leaves, called emptji glumes, con- sidered to represent barren Jlorets, are inserted. Such emjjty glumes may also occur above the uppermost jierfect floret. An example of the former case is afforded by sweet vernal grass (Fig. 06), in which the entire spikelet consists of, first, two outer glumes, then two awned empty glumes repre- senting two barren florets, and lastly a perfect floret with its flowering glume and pale, but with no loJ'i- enles, only tiro stamens, and the pistil surmounted by two feathery stigmas. The foregoing descrip- tions of the spikelets of ^^^- '^'^'â wheat and vernal grass will give the reader a general idea of the structure of the flowers of grasses. The actual dissec- tion of spikelets of various gi'asses by the aid of a penknife, a mounted needle, and a mag- nifying glass, is strongly re- commended, when the minor characters which enable botanists to classify grasses will be brought into view. The manner in which the anthers are attached to the filaments will also be seen from the woodcuts. As the anthers can swing freely about their point of attachment they are said to be versatile. The anthers ^'| and feathery stigmas are usually to bo seen protruding from the spikelets at the time of flowering. ]\Iost grasses have t/tree Spike op Dissected Spike- let OP Vernal Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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