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CHAPTER II. 

 CLASSIFICATION OF THE COMMON GRASSES. 



GROUP I. Sheath characteristically coloured. Page 



35- 



II. Variegated. Page 36. 

 III. Bulbous, with very low flat ribs. Page 36. 

 ,, IV. Cord rooted. Page 37. 

 V. Acute sheathed. Page 37. 



VI. See Part II. 



VII. Bitter tasted (from Cumarin). Page 38. 

 VIII. Bristle bladed. Page 38. 



IX. See Part II. 

 X. Hairy. Page 39. 



XL See Part II. 



XII. Blade ribless with median lines. Page 40. 

 Bent grass (Agrostis). See page 77. 



