. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. 190 BRITISH GRASSES. leaves flat, pointed, rigid, pungent, glaucous, hairy; sheaths smooth, ribbed; ligule absent, a tuft of hairs in its place ; inflorescence digitate; spikes short, from three to five in number; rachis zigzag and angular ; spikelets solitary, al- ternate, close-pressed, on one side of the rachis only; outer glumes nearly equal, lanceolate, acute, without lateral ribs, toothed on the upper part of the keel; flowering glume compressed, polished, beardless, longer than the o
. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. 190 BRITISH GRASSES. leaves flat, pointed, rigid, pungent, glaucous, hairy; sheaths smooth, ribbed; ligule absent, a tuft of hairs in its place ; inflorescence digitate; spikes short, from three to five in number; rachis zigzag and angular ; spikelets solitary, al- ternate, close-pressed, on one side of the rachis only; outer glumes nearly equal, lanceolate, acute, without lateral ribs, toothed on the upper part of the keel; flowering glume compressed, polished, beardless, longer than the outer glumes, without lateral ribs; palea long but narrower, rough at the edges ; stamens three, pendulous ; styles long; stigmas feathery. Mr. Brown describes the rudiment of a second floret at the base of the palea, situated on a long hair-like footstalk, the end of which is thickened. The clustering spikes of this Creeping Cynodon, and the purple tint of its orderly rows of spikelets, gives it both a marked and a pleasing appearance; its foliage is not graceful, the stem-leaves standing at an angle of 45° from the stem, stiff and regular, never deviating into curves or drooping. The slender spikes vary from an inch to an inch and a hal in length, and the height of the plant is from three to six inches. The foliage is of a glaucous green, which contrasts agreeably with the purple spikes. It is found only on the sandy shores of Cornwall. But although a rare and little-known plant in Britain. 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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