INTRODUCTION 



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XXVI. 



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PHALARIS 



arundinacea 



_y 



Reed-like Canary-^m^^. 



Fertile seed 



>1 



The above seed is somewhat 



hairs at the base 



ylindrical 



th 



e 



it is covered by the husl 



the Jrundines, (No. XXI). Howev 



th 



e 



but 



this seed they are divided into two distinct tuft 



microscope also shews it to be furnished with 



so far, therefore, it resembles 



3 the base of the seed : 



of th 



orolla 



of th 



do encircl 



the seed. 

 Phalaris, 

 scale-like 



But what seems to determine th 

 its shining, horny crust, (see 



situated on 



N 



allian 



IV) 



pposite sides of the base of 



ce at 



first sight between this grass and the 



o 



That 



o 



the arundo is membraneou 



matter 



It is sharp-pointed at each end, but that only tapers to a blunt point 

 Itorded by this grass, has qualities 



or 



Phalaris, than to that of the Arundines 



Phalaridi 



} 



s more 

 I theref 



nalog 



The nutritive 

 to that of the different species of 



nking it with the 



follow Schrad 



■, 



XXVII. 



PHLEUM pratense, Var. 



minor. 



Lesser Variety of Meadow Cat's-tail grass 



Seed-vessels, witii and 

 without the seed t 



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I 



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i 



vari^"" ""t" °' I '"^ '"''"°'' ™™''' "'' °'""'°"' "'"'^«»"' '" <l»Wg-iAed from that of the true 

 or f„ rjJr'i^'T I" ■"'"« -""'■" ™'"'"- "f » ™»-i- f°-. -■! the dagger-points. 



fork of the seed-vessel, short 



nearly straight, or inclined inward 



and bent rather outwards 



while those of the true variety 



? 



which will appear manifest on referring to No. V 



^ a 



Corolla dupl 



Pili, coroUam Arundinura cingentes, propria desu 



corticato 



um 



g 



Phalarid 



fe 



haud commod 



lag 



nee 



Neque etiam ulla nos necessitas cog 



disjungitur, 

 tectum^ scd 



genere, librum et corolla membranacea 

 llud pro distincto genere habeamus/' 



Schrader. '' Flora Germanicay'' Vol. I. p. 182. 



