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THE COMPLETE GRAZIER. 



BOOK X. 



The narrow-leaved oat grass, Avena pratensis, L., has still larger 

 spikelets than Avena pubescens, but its lower leaves, though harsh 

 and rough, are not hairy. The wild oat grass, or havers, Avena 

 fatua, L., is a weed of cornfields, and much resembles the cultivated 



Fig. 416. Perennial Rye Grass. 



Loliuni perenne. 



I 



Xat. size. 



Fig. 415. Wild Oat Grass. 



Avena fatua. 



Fig. 417. "Seed" of Lolium 



perenne (Perennial Rye 



Grass). 



Front and side views, 

 magnified 8 diameters. 



oat. Its spikelets are large (fig. 415), and the contained florets are 

 each furnished with a long twisted awn, and with a number of reddish- 

 brown hairs, pointing forward at the base. The stem is smooth, but 

 hairy at the joints. This plant is an annual, growing from seed each 

 year, and dying on the approach of winter. 



