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Pedy 114. conse merata L. ORCHARD-GRASS. onde geet in flower; 
,a single floret; ¢, mg ower with 3 stamens and 2 plum ; d, the 
Got r portion of ‘a leaf-sheath and lower ip rt of the featblade showing the 
a ey the point where these parts join; ¢, a sec tion of the culm at one of 
114. DACTYLIS Linn. Sp. Pl. 71. 1753. Spikelets 3- to 5-flowered, nearly 
sessile in dense suahicton: rachilla articulated above the empty glumes and 
& 
acute; floral glumes 5-nerved, short-awn-pointed, strongly ¢ mpressed-kee 
1 usly cil . Pal ittle shorter than the eines, 
eeled. , 3. Styles distinct; plumose. n, i 
oblong, ine e fruiting glume and palea, but free. A perennial 
gr. flat leaves and narrow (expanded in flower) grass panicles. 
Species 1, with several varieti ‘ies, native of the north temperat te regions of 
the Old World, but now very wid 
thoroughly y par 
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