. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. 182 BRITISH GRASSES. 3. Avena flavescens, Linn. Yellow Oat. Root perennial, creeping; stem erect, but curved at the base, a foot and a half high, striated, jointed, smooth, polished; leaves flat, acute, striated, more or less pubes- cent ; joints several, smooth, often with a circle of drooping hairs beneath ; sheaths very hairy ; panicle compound, erect, or somewhat nodding, spreading; rachis and branches scaly, the lower branches placed in clusters of fives; spikelets numerous, of a shini
. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. 182 BRITISH GRASSES. 3. Avena flavescens, Linn. Yellow Oat. Root perennial, creeping; stem erect, but curved at the base, a foot and a half high, striated, jointed, smooth, polished; leaves flat, acute, striated, more or less pubes- cent ; joints several, smooth, often with a circle of drooping hairs beneath ; sheaths very hairy ; panicle compound, erect, or somewhat nodding, spreading; rachis and branches scaly, the lower branches placed in clusters of fives; spikelets numerous, of a shining gold colour, small; outer glumes acute, keeled, roughish, very unequal; flowering glumes four or five in number, tinged with green, toothed at the summit, hairy at the base, awned; awn rising from above the centre of the glume, slender, shorter than in the other species, bent; palea narrow, acute, shorter, blunt, and jagged at the summit. The Yellow Oat-grass is one of the prettiest of the species, its panicle is suffi- ciently diffused to have a claim to elegance, and the brilliantly sparkling gold of the spikelets gives it a very characteristic charm. It a- bounds in rich natural mea- dows ; we have noticed it in especial luxuriance in those on the carboniferous lime- stone formation, mingling with Poas and Festucas. Mr. Sinclair ascertained that it would not thrive if culti- vated alone. He recom- mends it to be mixed with Hordeurn pratense, Cynosurus cristatus, and odoratum. It prefers a. 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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