THE SEEDS OF ANTHOXANTHUM,. 51 
duced with agricultural seeds. Mr. Townsend ape a figure and 
deserption of the plant in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 1 
eeds of the two grasses spe closely resemble each other, 
ets the posses differences which may be detected when they are 
y examined. As gretee for sale the seeds are not nake 
like -. “of Chee but are still covered by two sets of leafy 
parelopes: They are Beem and more or less hairy bodies, with 
_ two ppurernetse awns, one being kneed, and the other shorter an 
straight. The small ss is easily freed from the outer coverings, 
and it is found a be an oval brownish body, with a shining coat. 
- The coat consists of two thin striated scales, which are so closely 
- wrapped round the seed that it is very difficult to remove them. 
When ibe; grass is in flower the scales are more open, and the 
stamens spring from within them. The hairy awned pales are 
CES deg ee MR ee Oe ee a RS a nr 
. 2—Anthoxanthum Puelii Lec. & Lam. Ten times the natural size. 
a, the seed with its shining striated scales; }, one of the me with the jointed 
hygrometric awn, the hairs along the nerves and margins, and with straight 
edges and toothed apex; c, the “seed” is offered for sale, consisting of the two . 
pales, completely enclosing the see 
pay FBS pt Se ae ak ee a 
believed to be aborted florets, one on either side of the central 
ertile floret, which produces the seed; and the three florets 
are enclosed in two mnognal anne white chaffy glumes, which 
