154 TRIANDRIA..° DIGYNIA. 
Pisr. Germen turban-shaped: Styles 2, straddling, hairy, 
- bent inwards.. Summits simple. iste 
S. Vess. none. The blossom incloses the seed. 
SEED single, strap-shaped, convex on one side, covered. 
Ozs. The calyx may be considered as a 2-leaved husk, 
and 2 of these husks growing together, 
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-HOR’DEUM. Pl. I. f..952 Tourm.995. 
Common Receptacle \engthened into a spike. ce 
Car. Husk 6 leaves, containing 3 florets. “Flovets sitting. 
~ Leaves strap-shaped, tapering to a point, distant, in 
pairs. Sah is i 
Bross. 2 valves... Lower. Valve longer than’ the calyx, 
bellying, angular, See shaped , but ‘pointed, ending in 
a a awns ack bt spear-shaped, flat, smaller. 
ectary 2-leaved'; leafits exe-shaped, acute fringed. 
(Schreb.) “The near ee genet: (Sr.) = BS 
Stam. Filaments 3, hair-like, shorter than the blossom. — 
Anthers oblong 222208 Nok a RCS CN. IRE 
Pisr. Germen egg-turban-shaped. Styles 9, woolly. 
~~ reflected. Seige iheaie © i! me i 
S. Vess. none. The blossom grows round the seed with- 
F out mine S mG J 
EED single, oblong, ‘bellying, angular, tapering at each 
end, furrowed on one side. e é a) GQ 
_ Oss. In some species all the 3 florets that grow together 
are fertile,and have both stamens and pistils ; but in others, 
the middle floret alone is fertile, and furnished with stamens 
and pistils ; the dateral florets having only stamens. LINN. _ 
TRITICUM. Pl, II. f. 24, Tourn. 292, 293. Geerin6l- 
Buoss. 2 valves, nearly equal, the size of the cal x. Outer 
Valve baying blunt, ut pointed. Inner Valve flat Poe 
a rSattere 2-leaved 5 leafits acute, bulging at the base — 
chreb. . Dist c 
Stam. Filaments 3, hair-like. forked - 
a cach IA r Anthers oblenys Bye 
Pist. Germen turban-shaped. Sty] hair-like, te 
flected. Szmmits oeraaget its Cera “i : : 
