British grasses and their employment in agriculture . Fig. 116. A. Seed of Holcus mollis consisting of the entire spikelet. x Contents of the spikelet A. The lower pair of paleae (Ip.) contain agrain; up. upper pair of paleae showing the remains of stigma on the un-developed ovary, x 10. Flowers early in July; culms usually about 18 inches spike of spikelets is from 1 to 2 inches long. The flower ofeach central spikelet is bi-sexual, the lateral flowers staminateonly. The glumes of all the spikelets are bristle-like. The seed consists of the three united mature out
British grasses and their employment in agriculture . Fig. 116. A. Seed of Holcus mollis consisting of the entire spikelet. x Contents of the spikelet A. The lower pair of paleae (Ip.) contain agrain; up. upper pair of paleae showing the remains of stigma on the un-developed ovary, x 10. Flowers early in July; culms usually about 18 inches spike of spikelets is from 1 to 2 inches long. The flower ofeach central spikelet is bi-sexual, the lateral flowers staminateonly. The glumes of all the spikelets are bristle-like. The seed consists of the three united mature outer palea of the central flower is three-nerved, and themiddle nerve terminates in a serrated awn rather longer than theouter palea. The rachilla of the central flower is very fine, cylin-drical, and about half as long as the inner palea. 112 Botanical Section [pt i (Wood Barley-grass.) A not very H. sylvaticum, Huclscommon perennial. Flowers about midsummer; culms about 2 feet high; spikeabout 3 inches long, lax, the spikelets are distinctly se
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