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Fig. 52. Meado'.v Brome Grass. 



Fig. 54. Rye Grass. 



and roiigliisli on the inner, glume much shorter than the spike- 

 let, flowers six to nine, awnless. FloAvers in June. Shown in 

 Fig. 54, Fig. 55 represents a magnified spikelet of this plant. 

 This grass has had the reputation in Great Britain, for many 

 years, of being one of the most important and valuable of the 

 cultivated grasses. It is probably much better adapted to a wet 

 and uncertain climate, than to one subject, almost annually to 



droughts, which often continue many weeks, parching up every 

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