. Flowers of the field. Botany. GRASS 571 slender, erect branches ; Fpikclcts few, erect, lanceolate, i—3- flowered, awnless ; gliaiies acute, equal.—Wet heaths ; common. Growing in tussocks in company with Sc'abiosa succisa. The stems are sold in bundles by tobacconists for cleaning pipes. (Named in honour of G. J. Molina, a Chilian botanist.)—Fl. July, August. CATAFKOPA AQ'l-ATIC\ (TT'afrr iil^t^H-^.-LSS). ^3. (^Vhorl-grass \ of whiclii (T. aqudtica (Water \\"horl-grass) is the only species, is a soft, smooth, pale green plant, creeping or floating below,
. Flowers of the field. Botany. GRASS 571 slender, erect branches ; Fpikclcts few, erect, lanceolate, i—3- flowered, awnless ; gliaiies acute, equal.—Wet heaths ; common. Growing in tussocks in company with Sc'abiosa succisa. The stems are sold in bundles by tobacconists for cleaning pipes. (Named in honour of G. J. Molina, a Chilian botanist.)—Fl. July, August. CATAFKOPA AQ'l-ATIC\ (TT'afrr iil^t^H-^.-LSS). ^3. (^Vhorl-grass \ of whiclii (T. aqudtica (Water \\"horl-grass) is the only species, is a soft, smooth, pale green plant, creeping or floating below, sometirpes mucli branched. J—2 feet high ; Itcves short, flat, blunt, with inflated sheaths and blunt liijules : panich- i—4 in. long, pyramidal, with slender, spreading, whorled branches ; spikdets 1—3-flowered : empty "liniies \'ery unequal, and both these and the fiou'cring-glunie. 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 Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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