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Botanical Section 



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spikelets usually adhere when ripe. The central spikelets have 

 linear-lanceolate glumes, which are fringed and end in a straight 

 rough awn. The outer palea bears a terminal awn which is longer 

 than the glumes. The inner palea has a long slender rachilla. 

 Central flowers bi-sexual. (Fig. 118.) 



Fig. 115. Hokus lanatus (left) and Holcus mollis, a dried specimen (right). 

 About I nat. size. 



The lateral spikelets are borne on distinct pedicels, and the 

 glumes are fine and bristle-like. The outer palea bears a terminal 

 awn longer than the glumes. Rachilla fine, shorter than that of 

 the central flower. Lateral flowers staminate. As in H. pratense 

 the "seed" consists of the three united spikelets —the central one 

 only enclosing a grain. 



