. The botany of crop plants : a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. 212 BOTANY OF CROP PLANTS pointed, and five- to six-nerved; the palet is oval, rounded above, pointed, and thin-membranous; lodicules are absent; there are three stamens; the ovary is obovate, smooth, and with two style branches. Pollination.—Pearl millet is regularly cross-pollinated. The flowers near the middle of the inflorescence are the first. Fig. -Millets. i, Common; 2, Hungarian; 3, Siberian; 4. Golden Won- der; s, Japanese Barnyard; 6, German; 7, Pearl. to open. The stigmas of perfect flowers first appear
. The botany of crop plants : a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. 212 BOTANY OF CROP PLANTS pointed, and five- to six-nerved; the palet is oval, rounded above, pointed, and thin-membranous; lodicules are absent; there are three stamens; the ovary is obovate, smooth, and with two style branches. Pollination.—Pearl millet is regularly cross-pollinated. The flowers near the middle of the inflorescence are the first. Fig. -Millets. i, Common; 2, Hungarian; 3, Siberian; 4. Golden Won- der; s, Japanese Barnyard; 6, German; 7, Pearl. to open. The stigmas of perfect flowers first appear be- tween the closed glumes, then the stamens, which are in turn followed by the appearance of staminate flowers. Mature Grain.—The kernel is 3 to 4 millimeters long, reach- ing the length of the glumes, obovate, somewhat flattened on. 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 Robbins, Wilfred William, 1884-1952. Philadelphia : P. Blakiston's Son
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