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found enclosing several flowers instead of one as in 

 Timothy. Inside the glumes will be found a second pair 

 of minute chaff-like bracts, which are known as palets or 

 pales. These enclose the flower proper. 



102. The stamens are three in number, with the anthers 

 fixed by the middle to the long slender filament. The 

 anthers are therefore versatile. The styles are two in 

 number, bearing long, feathery stigmas. The ovary contains 

 a single ovule, and when ripe forms a seed-like gram, 

 technically known as a caryopsis. 



TIMOTHY. 



103. It will be observed that the stalk of Timothy is 

 hollow except at certain swollen knot-like joints. This 

 peculiar stem of the Grasses is called a culm. Occasionally, 

 however, it is not hollow. The leaves are long and narrow 

 and straight-veined, and each of them at its base surrounds 

 the culm with a split sheath. Observe also that at the 



