INTRODUCTION. 



XXI 



IV. 



PHALARIS 



canariensis 



anarj-grass . 



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Fertile seed 



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Th 



e seed is covered with th 



e 



husk 



s 



becomes tapering to a point at both 



f the blossom, lik 



crust 



e 



nds 



nor opens; from a round, it 



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V. 



PHLEVM pratense. 

 Meadow Cat's-tail grass 



Fertile seed 



f 



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Seed-vessel, or husk 



s 



The seed is loosely covered with the husks, which separate from it in cleaning ; the naked 



as shewn above 



roundish 



furnished with straight white hairs on the back 



The two valves which constitute the husk 



seed-vessel 



points, which afford 

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a 



good 



haracter of distinction between this and th 



they also terminate with two dagger-like 



e seed of fox-tail grass. 



VI. 



PA NI C UM glaucum. 

 Glaucous V 2imc-grass . 



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e 



Fertile seed 



f, 



The seed is covered with the inner husks of 



the seed is round on one side 



the blossom, which 



and flat on the oth 



not open ; the body of 



