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INTRODUCTION 



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VII. 



ALOPECURUS pratensis 



Meadow Fox-tail 



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grass 



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Fertile seed 



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Diseased or abortive 



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Th 



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seed 



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d with the husks of the blosso 



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awn 



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Insects eat this seed while it 



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disease termed clavus 



mbry 



o : It 



shewn in the above specimens 



great measure be prevented, by simply permitting the first shoot 



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the larger valve is furnished with an 



subject to blight ; and likewise to the 

 Yet the effects of all these might in a 



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of th 



seed 



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season to carry th 



VIII. 



MILIUM efusum. 



^iWet-grass , 



Fertile seed 



♦ 



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The husks of the blossom 



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seed 



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the body of which is roundish, and very smooth 



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IX. 



AGROSTIS stolonifera. 

 Stoloniferous Bent-grass. 



Fertile seed 



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The seed is covered with the husks of the blossom, which do not open 



tapers to a point at each end 



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it is cylindrical, but 



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