. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. 268 BRITISH GRASSES. Dr. Parnell says that hares and rabbits eat it with avi- dity, and it certainly grows in places likely enough to court their notice. Its closely-packed panicles and tough stems, with their mo- derate complement of taper- ing leaves, soon feel the ef- fect of sun and heat, and gradually assume a reddish- brown tint, but they do not lose form,—that rigid stalk has no thought of drooping; those erect leaves stand firm through scorching sunshine and withering frost. Look at
. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. 268 BRITISH GRASSES. Dr. Parnell says that hares and rabbits eat it with avi- dity, and it certainly grows in places likely enough to court their notice. Its closely-packed panicles and tough stems, with their mo- derate complement of taper- ing leaves, soon feel the ef- fect of sun and heat, and gradually assume a reddish- brown tint, but they do not lose form,—that rigid stalk has no thought of drooping; those erect leaves stand firm through scorching sunshine and withering frost. Look at the tough little plant attentively, and you see that it is of the indomitable texture that might be charred by intense heat, but would never bend its head, nor allow its leaves to hang limp. Its foreign homes are Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and North Africa. It flowers in July and ripens its seed in 7. Poa loliacea, Huds. Darnel Poa. (Triticum, Eng. Bot.; Sclerochloa, Bab. Man.) Root annual, fibrous, tufted; stems stiff, round, about six inches high; leaves short, pointed ; sheaths long; panicle spike-like; spikelets sessile or nearly so, in two rows, alter- nate on the rachis, but leaning in one direction, two or three clustering together at the base sometimes, containing from six to eight florets each, from nine to twelve spikelets in each panicle; outer glumes keeled, but without lateral ribs,. 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 Plues, Margaret. London : Reeve & co.
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