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Fic. 113. Briza media L. QuAKING-Ghasc.a A spikelet; b, a flowering 
glume: ¢, @ palea. 
113. BRIZA Linn. Sp. Pl. 70. 1753. Spikelets many-flowered, rounded- 
ovate, or heart-shaped; rachilla articulated above the e€ empty glumes 
between the florets; florets crowded, the uppermost usually imperfect. Glum 
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~ e florets; ore) glumes 3 to aaeue cordate at the base, awnless; palea 
ich its glume, obtuse, 2-keeled. Stamens3. Styles short, dis- 
tinct; stigmas plumose. Annuals or Devennials;. with th flat or convolute leaves, 
VOSELY 
Species 12, in Europe, ope, North Africa, and the temperate He seasons of Sea 
