Botanical Description of Oats A vena saliva. 



A, a portion of the inflorescence which is a simple, open panicle. B, a spikelet, 

 two-flowered, with a sterile rudiment terminating the rachilla. C, one of the broad, 

 lanceolate empty glumes. Z), a flowering glume; this bears an awn on the back just 

 below the two-toothed apex. V", pistil; the ovary of which is very hairy. G, lodicules. 

 1_ The oat is a most useful forage plant; but its culture and uses are well understood 

 and require no discussion here. 



