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Fig. 37. Anthoxanthum odoratum L. SWEET VERXAL-GRASS.— a, A spike- 

 let: b, the same with the outer glumes removed, showing the awned 2d and 3d 

 glumes; c, flowering glume, inclosing the stamens and pistil, which project 

 above. 



37. ANTHOXANTHTJM Linn. Sp. PI. 28. 1753. Spikelets hermaphrodite, 

 1-flowered, narrow, somewhat compressed. Glumes 5, the 1st and 2d empty, 

 unequal, awnless, or mucronate-pointed; the 3d and 4th empty, shorter, 2-lobed, 

 clothed with brown hairs, and awned below on the back; 5th shorter than the 

 others, hyaline, broadly obtuse, awnless. Palea (?) narrower, 1-nerved, included 

 within the 5th glume. Stamens 2. Styles distinct. Grain oblong, inclosed 

 within the 5th glume and palea, free. Aromatic annual or perennial grasses, 

 with flat leaves and narrow spike-like panicles. 



Species 3 or 4. European. 



