British grasses and their employment in agriculture . (a) (b) Fig. 96. Panicles of (a) Festuca rubra genu-ina and (b) Festuca pratensis. AboutJ nat. Fig. 97. Seedof Festuca da-tior sub-sp. pra-tensis. x 10. Elymus arenarius, L. (Sand Lyme-grass.) (Fig. 91.)A perennial, with long and numerous rhizomes, chiefly foundon sandy sea-shores. It has been extensively sown for bindingloose or on parts of the English and Dutch coasts. A. 7 98 Botanical Section [PT I Shoots round; sheaths split; leaf-blades long, firm, folded or rolledinwards, with spinous points. The inner or upper su
British grasses and their employment in agriculture . (a) (b) Fig. 96. Panicles of (a) Festuca rubra genu-ina and (b) Festuca pratensis. AboutJ nat. Fig. 97. Seedof Festuca da-tior sub-sp. pra-tensis. x 10. Elymus arenarius, L. (Sand Lyme-grass.) (Fig. 91.)A perennial, with long and numerous rhizomes, chiefly foundon sandy sea-shores. It has been extensively sown for bindingloose or on parts of the English and Dutch coasts. A. 7 98 Botanical Section [PT I Shoots round; sheaths split; leaf-blades long, firm, folded or rolledinwards, with spinous points. The inner or upper surface of theblade has deep grooves and flat-topped prominent ribs; the lowersurface is ribless and smooth. Ligule very short and distinct.
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