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approach each other so much in general resemblance 

 that it is somewhat difficult to tell one from the 

 other. Our figures, however, and a little trouble 

 taken in examining the glumes and awns, will 

 readily aid in their identification. Some of our 



Fig. 210. 



Glumes and Awns of Wall Barley. 



common English grasses, as for instance the Millet 

 Grass, are remarkable for their elegance, causing 

 them always to be selected when a person is making 

 up a bouquet of wild flowers. Others, such as the 

 Couch Grass (Triticum repens), are so abundant as to 

 he troublesome, inasmuch as they will replace move 



