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are fleshy, blunt. The fruit is plano-convex, or 

 flattened. 



In height the Finger-grass is 6 to 18 in. It 

 flowers in July and August, and is a herbaceous 

 perennial. 



The flowers are pollinated by the agency of the 

 wind. The stigma is ripe in advance of the stamens, 

 which are three in number. The stigmas are 

 penicillate, not so long as the styles. 



The only names applied to this grass are the ones 

 cited. 



Amongst foreign Panic Grasses there are some 

 cereals of value, Indian Millet, an alien in the British 

 Isles, and Samoa Millet. Guinea Grass is a fodder 

 plant. Some of the Panic Grasses are dispersed by 

 animals which feed on them. The stem joints, after 

 passing through the stomach, are able to grow again. 



Panicum sanguinale. — Fig. 113 sltows the panicle 

 with its five digitate spikes. It is possible to make out 

 the paired spikelets on one side of the rachis, one stalked 

 the other sessile. 



Reed-Grass or Ribbon Grass (Phalaris 

 arundinacea). 



Familiar in the garden, as the variegated form, 

 this grass is a native plant. The name Ribbon Grass 

 refers to the character of the leaves. The second 

 Latin name indicates its reed-like habit. Phalaris is 

 from phalf shining. 



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