. Botany of the living plant. Botany; Plants. 614 BOTANY OF THE LIVING PLANT pentacyclic, usually trimerous structure is more or less reduced in the number of the parts. The name Glumiflorae refers to the fact that the bracts are usually stiff and dry, and are called Glumes or Paleae, which constitute the " chaff " of Grasses. The gynoecium is superior, and though it may be tri- locular with numerous ovules in the less specialised forms, in the more advanced Sedges and Grasses it is unilocular, and contains only a single ovule. The fruit then matures as a Grain, or Nut. The plants ar
. Botany of the living plant. Botany; Plants. 614 BOTANY OF THE LIVING PLANT pentacyclic, usually trimerous structure is more or less reduced in the number of the parts. The name Glumiflorae refers to the fact that the bracts are usually stiff and dry, and are called Glumes or Paleae, which constitute the " chaff " of Grasses. The gynoecium is superior, and though it may be tri- locular with numerous ovules in the less specialised forms, in the more advanced Sedges and Grasses it is unilocular, and contains only a single ovule. The fruit then matures as a Grain, or Nut. The plants are mostly annual or perennial herbs, frequently with long internodes. The alternate leaves are sheathing below, with a simple grass-like blade, and often a ligule projecting upwards at the junction of sheath and blade. Family : Juncaceae. Example : Field Wood-Rush. (8) The Field Wood-rush (Luzula campestris, Willd.) is a perennial very common on poor grass land. It has a Grass-like habit, but its flowers are. 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 Bower, F. O. (Frederick Orpen), 1855-1948; Wardlaw, C. W. (Claude Wilson), 1901-. London, Macmillan and Co. , ltd.
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