GRASS FAMILY. 



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lateral) florets mere neutral rudiments at the base of the perfect one. 

 Glumes nearly equal, boat-shaped and often winged-keeled, exceeding the 

 florets. Fertile floret flattish, of two shining awnless pale<z which at 



FIG. 270 Sweet-scented Vernal Grass (Anthoxanthum odoratuin). See Fig. 249. 



