. Wayside weeds, or, Botanical lessons from the lanes and hedgerows : with a chapter on classification . Botany; Wild flowers. WAYSIDE WEEDS. 179 —" versatile " is the proper botanical term—tliree in every distinct species of Britisli grass, but one, the sweet-scented meadow grass, which, has only two of these organs; you will, probably, also observe the little feathery stigmas protruding beside them. The scales, or paleas, or valves, for they have all these Fig. 107.—floret of Uelis G-raas, showing festlierj gtigmas. names, which include the stamens and styles, are, as you will obse
. Wayside weeds, or, Botanical lessons from the lanes and hedgerows : with a chapter on classification . Botany; Wild flowers. WAYSIDE WEEDS. 179 —" versatile " is the proper botanical term—tliree in every distinct species of Britisli grass, but one, the sweet-scented meadow grass, which, has only two of these organs; you will, probably, also observe the little feathery stigmas protruding beside them. The scales, or paleas, or valves, for they have all these Fig. 107.—floret of Uelis G-raas, showing festlierj gtigmas. names, which include the stamens and styles, are, as you will observe, generally in pairs (Figs. 107 and. Fia. 108.—Spikflet or Locusta of Meadow Soft Grusij; a a, glumes or involucre, inclosing florets. 108); a number of pairs making up a Httle spikelet {Fig. 108). From the extremities of the scales, generally from the outer one, and often from its back, arise long, thread-like projections, which have the name of awns. Barley, rye, and the beautiful feather-grass afford us some of the best. 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 Thomson, Spencer, fl. 1848-1883. London : Groombridge
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