Botanical De 



r,pt, 



of Oats — Arena saliva. 



A, a portion of the inflorescence which is a simple, open panicle. B, a spikelet, 

 two-flowered, with a sterile rudiment terminating the rachilla. C, one of the broad, 

 lanceolate empty glumes. /), a flowering glume; this hears an awn on the back just 

 below the two-toothed apex. /, pistil; the ovarv of which is very hairy. G", lodicules. 

 i_ The oat i.s a most useful forage i)lant; but fts culture and uses are well understood 

 and require no discus.siou here. 



