FL'OWERs OF THF SEA-COAST 



KEY TO PLATE XVII 



No. i. Seaside Manna 

 (Glyceria maritima, Wahl. 



a, Floret, with stamens an 

 versatile anthers, with palea, 

 with inflexed edges, and flow- 

 ering glume. 4 Pistil, with 

 2 feathery stigmas, c, Spike- 

 let, with anthers appearing 

 between glumes of upper 

 florets. */, Stem, with leaves 

 and sheaths and flowers in 

 panicle. 



within stamens-,', with yellow 

 anthers, amj pistil with stig- 

 mas (feathejy); empty glume? 

 bel^w. b, (floret, with pecti- 

 nate empty glumes an d spi ke- 

 let with glumes and' anther*. 

 (, Plant, with rootstockj roots, 



leaves, sh 

 with spike 



ths, and panicle 

 ts and x pectinate 

 glumes. 



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rass 

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with sfam^ns, 



i anther 



palea and flowering glume. 

 Spikelet. c, Flowering st 

 with Reaves, sheathed 1 

 Twith 



No. 4. Squirrel-tail Grass 

 (Hordeum maritimum, With.) 

 a, Pistil, with 2 feathery stigmas, lodicules 

 below, b, Bisexual middle spikelet with 

 palea, awned flowering glume, and ^Wped 

 setaceous empty glumes, c, Lateral floret 

 with awned empty glumes ; awns longer 

 than the glume, curved flowering glumes, 

 and rachilla. rf, Flowering stemi with 

 sheathing leaf and spike, with 

 spikelets. 





4 ? 



Lym 



(Elytnus 'tprenarius) 



a, Bisexual fltfreV-with stamens, pistil, 

 palea, and 5 -nerved flowering glume. i>, 

 Spikelet, with empty gUwnes, flowering 

 glumes, and anthers half exserted. c, 

 ,tock, with *tem and sheathing 

 ves. d, Flowering spike, with spjkele^sA' 



4, Squirrel Tail Grass ( 



