24 HORTUS GKAMINEUS VV^OE UIIN ENSIS. 



The seed is covered with the inner husks, which do 

 not open ; it is oblong, and pointed at each end. The 

 colour of this seed is reddish yellow ; and, in some 

 instances, passes under the name of golden grass. 

 Refer. 1. A portion of the spike with its ripe seed. 



1. A spiket magnified. 



2. A seed the natural size. 

 2. The same magnified. 



Fig. 17, Festuca /?ro^e;?sis, meadow fescue-grass. 



The husks of the corolla envelope the seed, and 

 adhere to it without opening : it is oblong, slender, 

 and very acute, rounded on one side and marked 

 with a longitudinal furrow on the other. 

 Refer. 1. A spiket, shewing the terminating seed ; which is fre- 

 quently abortive. 



1. The same magnified. 



2. A perfect seed the natural size, shewing its rounded 



side. 



2. The same magnified. 



3. The same, shewing the furrowed side of the seed. 

 3. The same magnified. 



Fig. 18. Bromus ?«o//is, soft brome-grass. 



The inner husks, or corolla, sliut close upon, and 

 adhere to the seed ; which is oblong, convex on one side, 

 and furrowed on the other. It is of much importance 

 to the farmer to distinguish this seed, which is so fre- 

 quently to be found, to the loss and injury of the farm ; 

 it is the produce of an annual grass, known in common 

 practice under the name oi oat -grass. 

 Refer. 1. A seed the natural size, convex side. 



1. The same, shewing the furrowed side. 



2. The same magnified, shewing the convex side of the 



seed. 

 2. The same magnified, shewing the concave side of the 

 seed. 

 Fig. 19. Stipa pinnata, long-awned feather-grass. 



The seed is covered by the inner husks ; it is oblong. 

 The long feather-like awn of the seed distinguishes it 

 from that of any other species; the feathery arista is 

 frequently a foot long. 



