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FIRST BOOK OF GRASSES 



After the foregoing the spikelet and its parts will 

 be recognized in most of the genera of the group 

 having few to many-flow- 

 ered pediceled fepikelets. 

 As stated in Lesson III 

 the florets in a single spike- 

 let may be of two kinds. 

 The simplest spikelet of 

 this type is found in the 

 Floret of reed (Phragmites commu- 



THodm ^lg\ Ijj ^Ijjg tJig lowest 



flava. ' ' 



floret is staminate or neu- Fig. 17. Lemma of 

 ter and its lemma is much longer (^"Uea vavpophoro^es. 



than in the other florets (Fig. 18, A). In the per- 

 fect floret (Fig. 18, B) it will be seen that the palea 

 is very much shorter than the lemma, that the 



Fig. 18. A, spikslet ol Phragmites communis; B, floret. 



rachilla bears copious long soft hairs, and that in- 

 stead of disarticulating at its summit and remaining 



