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COMMON GRASSES OF THE FARM 



It grows in dense tufts, popularly termed ' hassocks ' or ' tus- 

 socks,' which appear to be raised slightly above the level of the 

 ground. The most luxuriant development is seen when tufted hair- 

 grass grows in wet meadows and woods, but its unsightly tufts of 

 coarse, useless herbage are common on drier meadows and pastures. 



Fig. iyS.—A, Panicle of Golden Oat-Grass (natural size). £, Spikelet (twice natural size). 



Genus Trisetum. 

 Panicle spreading ; spikelets two- or three-flowered ; empty 

 glumes unequal and keeled ; flowering glumes with a somewhat 



