AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 99 
glumes. Within these glumes are two other 
bracts, often membranous, called alee, or 
pales, and which are, in fact, the chaff scales 
BARLEY. 
(Spike and Flower.) 
that ultimately enclose the grain or seed, as 
in wheat, etc. Within these pales are the 3 
stamens, and the germen, the latter usually 
