GRAMINEt^ 



Leaves 100 or more, in a dense rosette, 1^-3 ft. long, 2-3 ins. broad, 

 gradually narrowed above the broad clasping base, widest near middle, thin, 

 flat, or concave towards apex, rigid, erect, pungent pointed, serrulate towards 

 base, teeth deciduous, scabrous at back, dull green, often glaucous, margins 

 red-brown. 



An evergreen shrub, or small tree, 4-6 ft. ; few branches ; Bark smooth, 

 light grey. 



First plants said to have been received by Gerarde from the AVest Indies, 

 1593. Also called JMound Lily. 



Class II Monocotyledons 



Division II Nudiflorce 



Natural Ordeu . . . Graminece 



Usually herbaceous plants, rarely suffrutescent or arborescent ; Stems fistular, 

 septated at nodes ; Leaves alternate, narrow, with a ligule at base of blade, and 

 a sheath forming a tube enclosing the stem ; Flozveis usually hermaphrodite, 

 seldom moncecious (as in Maize), mostly arranged in a panicle or spike, bearing 

 spikelets enclosed by bracts or glumes ; Perianth absent or represented by scales ; 

 Stamens 1-6 or more, usually 3, anthers versatile; Ovary superior, 1 -celled 

 stigmas 1-3 ; Fruit a caryopsis. 



GREAT REED, Arundo Dona.v. 



Gardens. September, October. Requires protection during winter in colder 

 counties. 



Flowers reddish, ultimately whitish, in a compact payiicle, 12-16 ins. long, 

 of numerous spikelets enveloped in silky hairs and containing 2 or more perfect 

 florets, florets awned, lower palea entire ; Fruit a caryopsis, free from palea. 



Leaves alternate, lanceolate, acute, entire, glaucous green, arching. 



A hardy ornamental grass, 10-12 ft. 



Native of S. Europe, Egypt, and Asia; introduced 1648. 



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