NATURAL HISTORY. 



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Fig. 66. Meadow Oat Grass. 



Fig. 70. 



Fig. 69. YeUow Oat Grass. 



inner ; panicle leaning slightly on one side, glumes very 

 unequal ; stems from two to three feet high, root perennial, 

 fibrous, sometimes bulbous. It is readily distinguished from 

 other grasses by its ha\'ing two florets, the lower one having a 

 long awn rising from a little above the base of the outer palea. 

 Introduced. Flowers m June and July. Shown in Fig. 71. 

 A magnified spikelet is seen in Fig. 72. 



This is the Ray grass of France. It produces an abundant 



