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REFERENCES TO PLATE II. 
Roots. 
Do. proceeding from the joints whilst the stems are 
in a procumbent state. 
Root leaves. 
Stem in a procumbent state covered by the sheaths. 
Do. rising upright and covered by the sheaths. 
Stem leaves. 
Knots or joints, 
Sheath with the spike bursting forth. 
Do. inclosing the stem. 
Sheathscale. 
Branches of the panicle. 
A little branch. 
A spiket. 
Do. magnified. 
Valves of the calyx after drawing up the enclosed 
florets. 
Keel of the calyx. 
Valves of the corolla. > 
Keel of the corolla. 
Stamens, or male parts. 
Do. the natural size. 
Anthers supported by the filaments. 
Do. magnified. 
Styles, or female parts. 
Do. magnified. 
A seed. 
A woolly substance adhering to the seed, particularly 
in the Poa trivialis, and the Poa pratensis. 
A woolly substance which appears when the glumes 
of the corolla are drawn out of the glumes of the 
calyx. 
