. Elements of botany. Botany; Botany. 10 ELEMENTS OP BOTANY. 1-many-flowered spikelets; these are variously grouped in spikes, panicles (Figs. 183, 211 A), and so on. The fruit is a grain (Mg. 9). (The family is too difficult for the beginner, but the struc- ture and grouping of the flowers may be gathered from a care- ful study of Figs. 210, 211.) ;, SEDGE FAMILY. Grass-like or rush-like herbs, with solid, usually triangular, stems, growing in tufts. The sheathing base of the generally 3-ranked leaves, when present, is not slit as in grasses. The flowers are usually somewhat less en
. Elements of botany. Botany; Botany. 10 ELEMENTS OP BOTANY. 1-many-flowered spikelets; these are variously grouped in spikes, panicles (Figs. 183, 211 A), and so on. The fruit is a grain (Mg. 9). (The family is too difficult for the beginner, but the struc- ture and grouping of the flowers may be gathered from a care- ful study of Figs. 210, 211.) ;, SEDGE FAMILY. Grass-like or rush-like herbs, with solid, usually triangular, stems, growing in tufts. The sheathing base of the generally 3-ranked leaves, when present, is not slit as in grasses. The flowers are usually somewhat less enclosed by bracts than those of grasses ; the perianth is absent or rudimentary; stamens generally 3; style 2- cleft or Fig. 210.—Diagram of Inflo- rcBcence of a Grass. £f, sterile glumes ; Pi, a flower- ing glume; P^, a scaly bract (palet): e, transparent scales (lodicules) at tbe ba£e of tlie flower; 5, the 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 Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917. Boston, Ginn
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