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Fig. 59. 



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Fig. 60. 



Fig. 58. Dadylis glomerata. — Orchard-grass. A figure illustrating 

 the habit of growth. To the right is shown the inflorescence 

 drawn on a slightly larger scale; the spikelets are crowded in one- 

 sided clusters, {glomerate.) 



Fig. 59. Dadylis glo7nerata,\^.— Or (ir\2iXd[-gx2i^^. ^, spikelet. The 

 stigmas are projecting from the sides of the florets, and extending 

 above the terminal floret are three stamens with long anthers. 



Fig. 60. Poa prate?isis, L. — Kentucky Blue-grass. B, spikelet. 

 C/, C2, empty glumes. JD, flowering glume. E, palet. The 

 stigmas and stamens are projecting from between the flowering 

 glumes and palets. Z>, fruiting glume in cross section. The lower 

 portion of the flowering glumes, along the nerves, is clothed 

 with fine woolly hairs. The spikelet is three-flowered ; the rachilla 

 extends above the third floret as a slender, naked prolongation. 



