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Bioss. Valves 2, oblong, compressed, about the length 
* of the calyx; the outer concave, embracing the inner, 
toothed at the end, the keel running out into a short 
. awn; miner flat with the edges folded in, cloven at the 
end, : : 
Stam. Filaments 3, hair-like, longer than the blossom. 
: Anthers oblong. : 
Pist. of the length of the filaments. Germen inversely 
egg-shaped, hairy. Styles 2, bristle-shaped, upright. 
Summits pubescent. . : 
S. Vess. The blossom inclosing the seed. 
SEED single, hairy. 
Ons. The above descriptions were made from a collective 
view of the Sesleria spharocephala. Arduin. spec. ii. t.17. Hall. 
ap. Scheuch. app. ii. n. 30. and the Sesl. caerulea. St. 
POA. PILTE, fig. 18.00 
Cat. Husk 2 valves, awnless ; containing several florets 
pointing from 2 opposite lines, and collected into an 
bitte cag- depots spike, Valves egg-shaped, tapering 
_ to a point. . 
Buoss. Paltes Valves egg-shaped, rather acute, con- 
_ cave, compressed, somewhat longer than the calyx, 
skinny at the ee sos sink Claes, 
aaa Nectary 21 Ves 5 ts acute or 
“atthe base. (Schreb.) ’ 
Stam. Filaments 3, hair-like. Anthers forked at each 
Pist. Germen roundish. Style 2, bent back, woolly. 
Summits like the styles. : sats , 
8..Vess. The blossom adheres to the seed without open- 
SEED single, oblong, compressed, tapering at each end, 
covered by the blossom. 
_ Oss. Different species vary much in the number of florets 
m each calyx, viz. from 2 to 10, or more, and even in the 
same species the number is not very constant. 
_ BRYZA. Pl. IL. fig. 17. Gaertn, 1. | 
Cr Fas valves, expandi , containing several florets 
_* pointing from stwe Gosiie tes, callectel into a heart- 
— spiket. Values blunt, heart-shaped, concaye, 
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