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Bulletin V. 2. 



f^ Fig. 50. 



Fig 50. Hohus lafiatus, L. --Velvet-grass. A, the inflorescence, which 

 is a rather densely-flowered panicle, with spreading branches, a, a 

 spikelet expanded in flower, b, the same with the large empty 

 glumes removed, showing more clearly the two florets: the first or 

 lowest floret has stamens and pistil, the second, stamens only; the 

 first flowering glume is awnless, the second bears a slender, 

 curved awn. 



Fig. 51. Agrostis alba^ L. — Red-top. A, inflorescence, a diffuse 

 panicle. B^ spikelet from same, one flowered. E^ palet; in this 

 the empty glumes have been removed and the flowering glume, Z>, 

 stands to the right. 



