INTRODUCTION. 



XXV 



V 



X. 



HOLCUS 



lanatus 



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I 



Woolly Soft-^ra^^ 



1^ 



Naked seed 



m 



9 



« 



I 



Seed-vessel, or husks 



The outer 



inner husks, in general, adhere to th 



e 



seed 



shaped, and furnished with a short bent awn 



the 



o 



mooth. The seed of the Phleum 



or cat s-tail grass, (N 



round form, sufficiently distinguishes it from the above 



of th 



it : they are e^^-^ 



e 



is egg-shaped 



and 



very 



the Phleum, likewise 



y 



iFords an easy distinction between their 



Alopecurus, or fox-tail, (No. VIL), is distinguished from these by it 

 permanent, and terminating in a straight awn. 

 distinguish between these seeds. 



always naked, and being of a 

 the forked termination of the husks of 



d-vessels. The seed of the 



5 covermg. 

 The Agriculturist will find 



or husks, being 

 it his interest to 



XI. 



AIRA 



ccespitosa. 



Turfy }l^\v-grass, or Hassocks 



I 



Seed always fertile 



t 



# 



The seed 



covered with the inner husk 



which adhere to it 



d-vessel 



with 



woolly hairs which proceeds from the base of th 



little farther, clearly distinguishes the seed from that of the Hokus, or sofrg 



it is egg-shaped ; a tuft of 



slender awn projecting a 



(N 



A 



X.) 



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