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lateral) florets mere neutral rudiments at the base of llie perfect one. 

 Glumes nearly equal, boat-shaped and often winged-keeled, exceeding the 

 florets. Fertile jloret flattish, of two shining awnless paleod which at 



Fig. 270 Sweet-scented Vernal Grass (Aathoxanthum odoratum). See Fig. 249 



