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INTRODUCTION. 



XXXV 



XXIV. 



HORDE UM 



murinum. 



Wall Barley-was*. 



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Perfect seed 





i 



I 



U 



\ 



The husks cover the seed without opening ; it is oblong, bellying, angular, tapering at each 



end, and furrowed. 



XXV. 



TRITICUM 



repens 



Creeping-rooted, Wheat, or Conch-grass. 



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\ 



The 



u 



sk 



s 



of th 



e blossom enclose th 



4 



and emit it 



th 



e 



seed 



1 



e seed until it is perfected, and afterwards open 



9 



ther furrowed 



IS oval-oblong and obtuse at both ends : on this sid 



convex 



on 



the 



The utility of a thorough 



tion 



the 



quaintance with the foregoing principal characters of distinc 



th 



generic characters of the seeds of grasses, will best appear by practically applying 



em to distinguish those seeds from each other that 



blance 



found to have the nearest resem 



but producing plants of different species ; and likewise the seeds of such 



of more importance for the Agriculturist to distinguish from all 



grasses 



o 



thers 



