Fic. 70. Avena fatua Linn. WILD OAT.—a, Pepe aie ee b, a spikelet 
bingo the oy tad glumes removed. Figs. 165 and 166 in Bu 7 also illustrate — 
VENA Linn. n. Sp. P1.79. 1753. Spikelets 2- to 6-fiowered; rachilla articu- 
ha aoe the ened glumes, bearded below the flowering glumes. Empty 
glumes 2, unequa i te longer than the flowering g1 glumes: flower- 
ing glumes ine on the won 5- to 9-nerved, often bi identate 2 eee apex, 
, dorsal n may b absent 
in cultivated forms). Grain Satiicens at least at th ntl 
ing to the fruiting glume or palea. Annuals or perennials with rather large 
spikelets variously p 
— about 50, widely spend over the temperate and ech Reto ahs the 
pater hogan eiey 
parts of of the — 
