Group VII. Bitter-tasted Grasses. 



Sweet Vernal Grass (Anthoxanthttfn odoratum). 

 Fig. i. A small blade, shewing the shape. 

 Fig. 2. Base of blade. Observe the small round ears 



and the beard of hair. 

 Fig, 3. The same ; ears absent. 

 Fig. 4. The ligule (magnified). Teeth very fine. 

 Fig. 5. The ligule (magnified). Teeth coarser. 



Group VIII. Bristle-bladed Grasses (fig. 2). 



Cord-rooted ; ligule distinctly visible, and thick. 



Moor Mat Grass (Nardus stricta). Old bristle hard, and 



horizontal. 



Fig. I. Base of shoot. Observe the roots, ligule, and 

 blades. 



Fibrous-rooted : ligule not noticeable. 



Sheep's Fescue and its many Varieties (Fetfuca ovind]. 

 Bristle softer and vertical. 



Fig. 2. Portion of bristle-like blade. 



Fig. 3. Base of culm leaf blade, shewing the ear-like 

 ligule (magnified). 



Fig. 4. Base of radical leaf blade. Observe the thick- 

 ening where the blade joins the sheath, and 

 the apparent absence of the ligule (magnified). 



Fig. 5. Section of shoot (magnified). The folded rib- 

 less blade is surrounded by a sheath. After 

 Stabler. 



Fig. 6. Section of shoot (magnified). In this case the 

 folded blade is ribbed. After Lund. 



Fig. 7. Portion of an open ribbed blade (magnified). 

 After Lund. 



Group IX. (See Part //.) 



