EARLY SUMMER FLOWERS 



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FlG. 85. Perennial Rye-Grass. 2, node ; 3, node cut through, length- 

 wise ; 4, spikelet ; 5, flower between the upper and lower pales, the 

 latter bent away to show the lodicules, stamens, and pistil ; 7, parts 

 of the flower removed from the spikelet. (After Schumann.) 



