GRASS FAMILY. 



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

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

 florets. Fej-iile floret flattish, of two shiuing awnless palece which at 



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



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