ELEMENTS OF STRUCTURAL BOTANY. 



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plants of the Grass Family, aud are often found enclos- 

 ing 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 jxih-ts or pales. 

 These enclose the flower proper. 



76. The stamens are three in number, with the 

 anthers fixed by the middle t© 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 grain, technically known as a caryopsis. 



TIMOTHY. 



CHAPTER XI. 



COMMON CH.\RACTERISTICS OF THE PLANTS JUST EXAMINED. 

 STRUCTURE OF THE SEED IN MONOCOTYLEDONS. 



77. It is now to be pointed out that the six plants 

 last examined, viz., Dog's-tooth Violet, Trillium, 

 Indian Turnip, Calla, Orchis, and Timothy, though 

 differing in various particulars, yet have some charac- 



