RMRH193W–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 38 tending a linear-lanceolate, hyaline palea; flowering glume narrowly ovate, acute, short-apiculate, striate, quite strongly transversely undulate-rugose below, striate or pitted at the apex, the inclosed palea narrowly ovate, slightly convex at the base, plane above, striate. Dry soil, in thickets, etc., Texas. July-October. Specimens examined.—Texas: Reverchon 1885; Nealley 1888; 164, 564 Lindheimer 1846; 357 Lindheimer 1845; Kerrville, Smith 1897; Gillespie Co., 783 Jermy; Mouth of Pecos River, 34 Havard 1883. = = Pan
RMRJ6NR0–. Grasses of North America [microform] : the grasses classified, described and each genus illustrated, with chapters on their geographical distribution and a bibliography. Grasses; Forage plants; Graminées; Plantes fourragères. 36 PANICACE.E,. long. Spikes 1-6, terminal, protnuling above the leaves, 8-17 cm. long. Sessile stamiuato spikelet 5-8 mm. long, without a callus, ob- long obtuse, flat concave, ^-keeled. !i- ll-nerved, 7 mm. long, second glume linear, 3-nervecl, as long as the first, third oblong, 2-nerved, 5 mm. long. fourth narrower and shorter, :}-nerved. Pedicellate spikelets 2-'.]
RMRDYD9J–. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. 368 MANUAL OP POISONOUS PLANTS. Fig. 155. Wild Barley (Hordeum jubatttm.') Produces mechanical in- juries to animals. (U. S. Dept. Agrl.) Fig. 156. Common Little Barley (.Hordeum secalinum). Causes mechanical injuries. (Charlotte M. King.) arranged in spikelets, 1 or 2 in the axil of each glume, spikelets, 1- many- flowered; scales 2-ranked, or spirally imbricated, persistent, or deciduous; peri- anth free, composed of bristles, scal
RMRJ6MHP–. Grasses of North America [microform] : the grasses classified, described and each genus illustrated, with chapters on their geographical distribution and a bibliography. Grasses; Forage plants; Graminées; Plantes fourragères. 44() POACE.K smaller, secoiul not iis hnv^ us tlio spikelet; llonil glume obtuse, 3- ncrved; i)iileii "i-nerveil. Loclicules long, obtuse. Pistilliito flowers iirniiiged iu ti one-sided spike. First empty glume short, obtuse, pilose, second coriuoeous, involute, tipped by 3 long iiwns; floral glume large, compressed, 'i-lobetl, witii a sterile rudiment above bearin
RMRGXYWY–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 185. Fig. 461. Sporobolus ligulatus Vasey & Dewey, Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 2 : 518. 1894.—A slender, smooth, upright perennial, 3 to 4 5 dm. high, with narrow, flat leaves, and contracted pani- cles 8 to 12 cm. long. Spikelets (a) 3 to 4 mm. long, subterete, with obtuse, nearly equal, empty glumes (fc) which are about one- half as Jong as the smooth flowiTing glume.—Canyons, western Texas. September.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readab
RMRDPP0F–. The Indiana weed book. Weeds. 58 THE INDIANA WEED BOOK. roots fibrous. Flowers without petals or sepals, arranged in spike- lets and "usually solitary in the axils of each scale or glume; sta- mens 1-3; ovary 1-celled, producing a single seed which in fruit usually forms a three-cornered nutlet called an achene. About 160 species of the family are known from the State. For the most part they grow in damp places, as the borders of streams and lakes, along ditches and the margins of sloughs They are com- monly known as sedges, cotton- grasses, spike-rushes, bulrushes, nut- grasses, etc.,
RMREMGCC–. Circular. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 4 Fig. 'i.—Lrophorus it n isetitx: a, a portion of the rachis of one of the racemes; h, a spikelet show- ing back of the first and third glumes: o, a spikelet showing the many-nerved second glume; d, fourth or flowering glume seen from the back with the projecting styles and stigmas: e, spikelet in fruit, showing the tirst and third glumes and the liroad wing-like margins of the palea of the third glume: ;. the same as e, seen from the other side: (/. dorsal view of the fourth glume in fruit.. Please note that these images
RMRDYDB6–. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. 356 MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS larger; empty glumes subulate-pointed, 12 to 18 lines long, slightly unequal; flowering glume 8 to 10 lines long, including the barbed and very sharp-pointed stipe or callus, sparsely pubescent below and crowned with a few short hairs;. Fig. 147. Needle or Porcupine grass (Stipa spartea). a, a single spikelet; b, floret more highly magnified, with sharp pointed bearded callus. (Div. Agros. U. S. Dept. A
RMRD2MTF–. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. fig. 64.âThe Two Outer mas. Glumes op a Spikelet p- AND THE Parts op a e Single Floret op Wheat. (Oliver.) friiii (if the ])laut, termed by botanists a cur/jop.sis. In some cases, as in barley, the grain when riiie remains firmly enclosed by the scale-leaves; this is not the ease in wheat. In some grasses, between the outer glumes and the flowering glume of the lowest floret, one or more scale-leaves, called emptji glumes, con- sidered to represent barren Jlorets, are inserted. Such e
RMRH17WB–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 43 Type collected by Rol)ert Combs, No. 583, for whom the species is named, in damp, fertile flat woods at Chipley, Washington County, Florida, August 20, 1898. A specimen, No. 571, collected August 19, in water of a cypress pond is referred here. P. comlmi belongs to the group including P. agrostoidrs INIuhl. and P. longifolium Torr., but is separated from these by its low tufted habit, shorter, narrow leaves, long, slender spikelets, and elongated lower glume. ARISTIDA COMBSIIsp. nov. (Fig. 17.) A tall, strict, leafy per
RMRJ6N3B–. Grasses of North America [microform] : the grasses classified, described and each genus illustrated, with chapters on their geographical distribution and a bibliography. Grasses; Forage plants; Graminées; Plantes fourragères. AOHOSTIDK.E. 313 yollowisli sliiuing green, 3-8 cm. long, 1-3 cm. diam. Spikelets iiiirrow, very numerous, nearly concealed by the slender awns, the hairs at the base few and very short, narrow, about 3 mm. long; em[)ty glumes })ubescent or elliate, obtuse or retusc. elliptical, 1-nerved, awns 4-7 mm. long; floral glume 1 mm. long, broad hya- line, truncate-jagged, awu
RMRE1NY0–. Elementary botany. Botany. 258 MONO CO T YLED ONS. Topic III: Monocotyledons with a glume subtending the flower (Glumiflorae). 504. Lesson III. Grass family (gramineae). Oat.—As a representative of the grass family (graminese) one may take the oat plant, which is widely cultivated, and also can be grown readily in gardens, or perhaps in small quantities in greenhouses in order to have material in a fresh condition for study. Or we may have recourse to material preserved in alcohol for the dis-. Fig. 330. Fig. 331. Spikelet of One glume re- o a t showing moved siiowing two glumes. fertile flo
RMRH135K–. Bulletin. Agriculture. NORTH AMERICAN SPKCIKS oK LKPTUC'HLoA. SPECIES EXCLUDED. 21 LEPTOCHLOA BRANDEGEI Vasey = GOUINIA BRANDEGEI Hitchc. (Fig. Hi.). y FlO. 16.—Omiinia brandegei. Callus on right. This was first described by Va.sey (Proc. Calif. Acad., ser. '2.2: ','1:5. 1889). This agrees with the other species of Oouiiiin in habit and in general floral strnc- tnre. snch as the 1-nerved nufcinal eniitty glnines, the IJ-ncrvcd flowering glume, the rather long-pediceled rudimentary flower, and the hairy callus of the lower flower. It differs from the other species chiefly in the very short aw
RMRH18JY–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 157. Fig. 139. Agrostis diegoensis Vasey (A. foliosa Yasey); Beal, Grasses N. Am., 2 : 328.—A strong-growing, leafy perennial tl to 10 dm. liigb, from creeping rootstoeks, with pale-green, narrow, and many-riowered panicles 15 to 20 cm. long. Spikelets 2 to 3 mm. long; flowering glume short-awned or awnless; palea wanting.— Mountains of southern California to Washington. May- August.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and
RMRPG8KC–. The American botanist and florist: including lessons in the structure, life, and growth of plants; together with a simple analytical flora, descriptive of the native and cultivated plants growing in the Atlantic division of the American union. Botany; Botany. Order 155.—GRAMINE^. 389 a Awns about equal, spreading,—Lower gl. longer than the upper Nos. 5—r —Glumes equal, or the lower shorter. ...Nos. 8, 9 1 A. tuberculosa N. Culm rigid, 8—20', with tubercles in the axils of the numerous branches; pan. large and loose; glume linear, awned, V; triple awn {d) 2', united half-way up, thence iavolv
RMRJ6M57–. Grasses of North America [microform] : the grasses classified, described and each genus illustrated, with chapters on their geographical distribution and a bibliography. Grasses; Forage plants; Graminées; Plantes fourragères. 568 I'OACEiE. mm. long; floral glume broiully oval when spread, 2-2.3 mm. long, 7.nervea; pulea nearly as long as its glume, incurved. SpikeleU smaller, less turgid and greener than those of P. Cnuutensis. Maine (Mt. Desert, Seal Harbor), ./. H. IMjiM in 1894. 7. P. Americana (Torr.) Mai^Millan, Metasp. Minn. 1:81 (1802) Fod (tqunliM var. Amerirom Torr. Fl. V. S. 1:108
RMRH11EA–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 117. Fig. 413. Aristida californica Tliuib. iu Brewer & S. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2:289. 1880.—Hare's Grass.—A slender, densely tufted, pubescent perennial, with very narrow involute leaves and race- mose, few-llowered panicles 2 to 4 cm. long. Outer glumes unequal; flowering glume shorter than the first glume. Awns slender, nearly equal, 3 to 4 cm. long, twisted below into a slender stipe, which is articulated with the flowering glume.—Dry, desert places, Arizona to southern and Lower California. May.. Please note that the
RMRHWMN1–. Bergen's Elements of botany--key and flora, southern United States edition. Plants -- Southern States; Plants. FiG. 210. — Diagram of Inflo- rescence of a Grass. g, sterile glumes ; Py, a flower- ing glume ; P^, a scaly bract (palet); e, transparent scales (lodicules) at the base of the flower ; B, the flower.. Fig. 211. — Fescue-Grass {Festuca pratensis). A, spikelet (compare Fig. 210); B, a flower, the lodicules in fi'ont and the palea behintl; C, a lodicule ; 1), ovary. vated sorts. The cane, Arundinaria iiiacrosperma^ is the only tree-like species found in this country. [The identificati
RMRH17PE–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 49 a mere point to 1.5 cm. in length in the same spikelet; flowering gkimes, on a short stipe, hnear-lanceolate; acnte, 8 to 10 mm. long, indistinctly 3 to 5 nerved, scabrous and thinly hirsute, tipped with a stout, divergent, scabrous awn, 2 to 3 cm. long. Palea ecjualing or slightly shorter than the glume, bidentate, minutely scabrous. This species is closely allied to E. canadensis, but is readily distinguished by the more slender, open infloresence and the unequal and much reduced empty- glumes. Type collected by T. A.
RMRGBR9C–. Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Bui. 545, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate II.. General Morphology of Grasses. A. Rhizome or rootstock. B. Shoot from rootstock. C. Sheath. D. Blade. E. Culm. F. Spikelike panicle of timothy. G. Open panicle of bromegrass. H. Glumes or scales— (1) First glume. (2) Second glume. I. Florets. J. Natural size of complete brome spikelet. Plants one-third natural size.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of th
RMRH17GY–. Bulletin. Agriculture. a b c a Picas. Seeds of chess(Bromusaecalinvs): o and '*, front views; c, edge view; d, back view of seeds; e, seeds, natural size, 'i he first three show the palea and pedicel. Bromus racemosus L. Upright Chess. Florets about 9 nun. (' inch) long, exclusive of the slender awn, which varies from 4 to 9 mm. in length, similar to those of Bromus secalinus in general form. The glume is broader than in B. seca- linus and usually more arched at the margins; edges sometimes membranous, especially at the apex, which is notched above the insertion of the awn and often flaring;
RMRH181R–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 28 on the back, 2-toothed at the apex, the teeth awn-like; calkis rather densely bearded, hairs stiff, the longer ones 3 to 4 mm. long; awn arising below the apex of the flowering glume, slender, geniculate, twisted below the geniculation, about 17 mm. long. Palea as long as the fiowering glume, rather rigid, margins rounded, infiexed, apex subhyaline, the two nerves extending into subulate, awn- like teeth. Cool, mossy cliffs. Sierra de Tepixtlan, near Cuernavaca, State of Morelos, altitude 2,.300 m., 8018 C. G. Pringle,
RMRH18D2–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 22 uous. Spikelets oblong to oblong ovoid, turgid, 6-12-flowered, 15-20 mm. long; empty glumes broad, obtuse, glabrous, the lower 3- or indistinctly 5-nerved, |-| the length of the upper, the upper 7-9-nerved, 6-8 mm. long; flowering glume very broad, 7-9-nen-ed, ohime, with a Inroad scarious margin somewhat obtusely angled al:)ove the middle, glabrous or minutely scabrous, apex minutely notched; awn ratlnr Htont, attached below the apex, about the length of the glume, somewhat twisted and divergent, espccialbj at niatarit
RMRD4627–. Elementary botany. Botany. 258 MONO CO T YLED OJVS. Topic III : Monocotyledons with a glume subtending the flower (Glumiflorae). 504. Lesson III. Grass family (gramineae). Oat.—As a representative of the grass family (gramineae) one may take the oat plant, which is widely cultivated, and also can be grown readily in gardens, or perhaps in small quantities in greenhouses in order to have material in a fresh condition for study. Or wre may have recourse to material preserved in alcohol for the dis-. Fig. 334- „. „. „. Flower of Fig. 330. Fig. 331. Fig. 332. Fig. 333. oat> show. Spikelet of
RMRH13BN–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 157. Fig. 139. Agrostis diegoensis Vasey (A. foliom Yasey); Bea], Grasses N. Am., 2 : 328.—A stroug-growing, leafy perennial 6 to 10 dm. Ligh, from creeping rootstocks, with pale-green, narrow, and inauy-flowered panicles 1.5 to 20 cm. long. Spikelets 2 to 3 mm. long; flowering glume short-awned or awnless; palea wanting.— Mountains of southern California to Washington. May-August,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and ap
RMRH2TR1–. The British rust fungi (Uredinales) their biology and classification. Rust fungi -- Great Britain. ON GRAMINE.E 259 On leaves, culms and glumes of Agropyron caninum, A. re pens, Brachypodium sylvaticum, Bromus mollis and other species, Elymus arenarius, Hordeum vulgare, Secede Cereule, I). ;.<•• ..*' / : a b1. Fig. 197. P. glumarum. a, uredo-sori and b, teleuto-sori, on leaves, nat. size ; c, teleuto-sori, on glume ; d, uredospore ; e, teleutospore. Triticum vulgare. It is one of the few species that attack the ears, to which it does serious damage. (Fig. 197.) This is one of two forms or
RMRE0PFM–. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. 302 CLASSIFICATION. Fig. 271.—One-flowered Spikelet of Dhan or Rice e.g-.. Pair of empty glutnes. p, Palea. f.g:. Flowerings glume. s, Stamens. /, Lodicules. s£t Stigma. panicle. The spikelets (fig. 270) are usually enclosed at the base by two empty bracts named glumes (outer or empty, glumes) (e.g.), one placed a little above the other; these glumes are succeeded by one or more glumes (flowering glumes) {f.g-), arranged distichously on the short rachis, and each of these embraces a single flower (although one or more of them are occasionally empty). Within
RMRGBD0H–. Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Bui. 1074, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate XLVI.. Mediterranean (A). Red Rock (B). .•pike, (ace vji-v., nattu i la glume from lower, central, and upper portions of spike, natural size; kernel .in three po Ition land In trail 11 e ectlon, magnified 3 diameters.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [W
RMRH1981–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 28 Spikelets short-pedicellate, narrowly ovate, acute, 2 or rarely 3 mm. long; first glume acute or acuminate, 3-nerved, one-half as long as the spikelet; second glume broadly ovate, acute or apiculate, 5-nerved, nearly equaling the spikelet in length; third glume similar to the second, 5-nerved, equaling the flowering glume, subtending a lanceolate, hyaline palea; glumes pale, with prominent green nerves; flowering glume narrowly ovate, acute, short-apiculate, striate, nearly smooth, obscurely transversely wrinkled below,
RMREK7ED–. The classification of flowering plants. Plants. Fig. 98. Diagram of a spikelet of a grass as it would ap- pear if the internodes be- tween each set of organs were elongated, g^, lower and g"^, upper barren glume. P, fertile glume, and p, pale of the second oldest flower F^. f, a barren flower re- presented only by the axis and palea. Above it a single glume and the termination of the axis (rachilla) (a) of the spikelet. From Ward.. Fig. 99. Diagram of a spikelet of a grass. The two barren glumes—g^ lower, g'^, upper—em, brace four flowers, o- w^hich 1 is the lower- most and 4 the upper-
RMRG2X4N–. The Canadian field-naturalist. Mahony Lake Bracket! Lake Bulmer Lake . Can)"" FORT NORMAN NORMAN WELLS. Figure la. Norman Wells Pipeline, northern part. KP = Kilometer Post is a species native of Eurasia and apparently a recent introduction. It is being widely promoted in western North America as a forage. It differs from A. praten- sis L. in having acute glumes with divergent tips, lemmas obliquely truncate or tapering abruptly, and lemma awns rarely or only slightly exserted from the spikelets. In A. pratensis the glume tips are parallel or convergent, the lemmas are acute and gr
RMRDWENH–. Elementary botany. Botany. 258 MONO CO T YLED ONS. Topic III: Monocotyledons with a glume subtending the flower (Glumiflorae). 504. Lesson III. Grass family (gramineae). Oat.—As a representative of the grass family (graminese) one may take the oat plant, which is widely cultivated, and also can be grown readily in gardens, or perhaps in small quantities in greenhouses in order to have material in a fresh condition for study. Or we may have recourse to material preserved in alcohol for the dis-. Fig. 330. Fig. 331. Fig. 332. Spikelet of One glume re- Flower opened oat showing moved showing sh
RMRH194Y–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 36 wide, scabrous and sparingly short pubescent on both sides, mid vein prominent below, becoming obsolete above. Axis of the inflorescence angular, pilose, branches very short, appressed, few-flowered, the lower remote; setae single or in pairs, somewhat flexuous, widely spreading, purple or sometimes green, 5 to 15 mm. long. Spikelets ovate, acute, 2 mm. long; first glume broadly cordate, inclosing the base of the spikelet, acute, 3-nerved, one-third as long as the spike- let; second glume obtuse, 5 to 7 nerved, nearly e
RMRH1PEN–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 85. Fig. 67. Chaetochloa composita Scribu. {Setaria composita HBK.?). Branchixg Foxtail.—A stout perennial 6 to 12 ilm. high, with broad, flat leaves, and. branching, bristly panicles 10 to 25 cm. long. Spikelets 3 mm. long; second glume one-third shorter than the fourth. (No. 3617, A. H. Curtiss.)— Shell islands and keys, sometimes in old pineapple fields, southern Florida. [West Indies.] July-October.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabili
RMRDYDAP–. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. SPERMATOPHYTA—GRAMINEAE—GRASSES 361. Fig. 150. Awned Bromegrass (.Bromus tect- orum). a. Sterile or outer glumes, b. Spike- let. U. S. Dept. Agr. 10. Lolium, L. Darnel and Rye Grasses Annual or perennial grasses with flat leaves and terminal spike; spikelets many-flowered, solitary on each joint of the continuous rachis placed edge- wise; empty glumes except in the terminal spikelets; only one flowering glume, rounded on the back, 5-
RMRDE5N1–. Analytical class-book of botany : designed for academies and private students. Plants. 130 ORDER CXLI. EQUISKTACE^. the next, usually -with a membranous Hgule bet^veen the base of the leaf and sheath. Flowers in spikes, racemes or panicles, usually perfect, in 1-niany-flowered spikelets, composed of glume-. Fig. 42. Fig. 4T. like bracts in 2 rows. Outer bracts {glumes), 2, rarely 1, often unequal; the inner 2 immediately inelosmg each flower (palecB), alternate. Perianth none, or consisting of very small, membran- ous scales {squamulae). Stamens 1—6, commonly 3. An- thers versatile. Ovary 1-
RMRENHKX–. Botany. Part B [microform] : contributions to the morphology, synonymy, and geographical distribution of Arctic plants. Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1918); Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1918); Botanique; Plantes; Botany; Botany. Arclic Plants: Morphology and Synonymy 5 B The accompanying figure A; 3 I have drawn from a specimen collected in Spitzbergen by Professor A. G. Nathorst.. 2. Same; flowering glume, side-view. Ohjceria vUfoidea (Ands.) Th. Fr.; empty FlGCHE A. 1. I'oa glauca M. Vahl; spikelct. (WoUaston land). 3. P. aWrefifltoR.Br.; spikelct. (Spitzbergen). i. glume. (Greenlan
RMRH7YG4–. Botany of the living plant. Botany; Plants. 6i6 BOTANY OF THE LIVING PLANT put up long flowering shafts, each bearing several spikes of unisexual flowers (Fig. 463). In the species named, one or more of the distal spikes bears only male flowers : the lower lateral spikes bear female flowers. In the axil of each glume-like bract of the male spike is a male flower consisting only of three stamens, with no perianth or gynoecium. In a similar position on the female spikes there are found flask-shaped bodies (perigynia), through the open throat of which at flowering a three-branched stigma projec
RMRDBFTK–. The botany of crop plants : a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. 126 BOTANY or CROP PLANTS weakly, (3) panicle widely spreading, (4) panicle with branches weak and drooping. The numbei- of spikelets in a panicle varies, an average number being near 7 5. The rachis is straight or only slightly undulating. A single spikelet is borne at the end of a slender pedicel, which varies in length. Spikelet and Flower (Fig. 46).—The number of flowers m an oat spikelet varies from two to five, rarely it is one. Three, however, is the usual number. In the so-called '' single. ^—r/j/ glume Fig. 46.
RMRD2E4C–. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. introduced into this country ; now well established in the gulf states, where it is looked on as a native gra.ss. 7. Panicum (Latin name for P. Italicum). A large genus of annual or perennial grasses, con- taining probably 500 or 600 species, mostly trop- ical, represented in the United States by about 130 species, particularly abundant in the southeastern states; a few occur as far north as Canada. Spikelets one-flowered, usually awnless, in one- sided spikes or in more or less dift'use panicles; lower glume usually small; upper glume and
RMRH17EY–. Bulletin. Agriculture. SEEDS K RESCUE GRASS AM> CHESS.. Fig. â .:.â Seedsof chess (Bromui secalinua): a and6, front views: c, edge view; <!, buck view of seeds; c, seeds, natural size. Tin' first three show the palea and pedicel. exposed; grain equal to the glume and palea. often exposed at the apex of the floret, deeply grooved, reddish brown, sometimes occur- ring free from the glume and palea. The florets are Light or dark brown and mostly smooth, and sometimes have a slight diffused luster under the lens. (Fig. 2.) The more evident characters by which rescue-grass seed and chess se
RMREK8BC–. Classification of American wheat varieties. Wheat; Wheat. CLASSIFICATION OF AMEKICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 35 longer than the lemmas and is separated from the other species prin- cipally on this distinction. The length of the glume is here de- scribed as short, midlong, or long. Heuze (112) and Scofield (173) used essentially these same terms. Most varieties of wheat have midlong glumes. A few varieties, however, are distinct in having either short or long glumes. Short glumes may have lengths vary- ing from: 6 to 10 mm. Midlong glumes may vary from 8.5 to 12.5 mm., and long glumes from 11 to 15
RMRH0341–. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES 01 LEPTOCHLOA. L'] SPECIES EXCLUDED. LEPTOCHLOA BRANDEGEI Vasey GOUINIA BRANDEGEI Hitr-hc. (Fig. 16.). Pig. 16. Gouinia brandegei. Callus on right. This was first described by Vasey < Proc. Calif. Acad., ser. 2. 2 : 213. 1888 agrees with the other species of Gouinia in habit and in general floral struc- ture, such as the l-nerved unequal empty glumes, the 3-nerved flowering glume, the rather long-pediceled rudimentary flower, and the hairy callus "f the lower flower. It differs from the other species chiefly in the v
RMRD9NXW–. Field crop production; a text-book for elementary courses in schools and brief courses in colleges. Agriculture. WHEAT 105 shape may be tapering to the tip, tapering both ways from the middle, tapering from the top to the bottom, or it may be uniform throughout the length of the spike. The outer glume in the wheat spikelet is oval in shape and terminates in a beak which varies in sharpness and length.. Fig. 34. ââ A spikelet of wheat. No. 1 shows parts in position as they appear on the head. No. 2 shows parts dissected. The outer glumes also vary in color and they may be velvety or hairy, or
RMRH10M5–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 171. Fig. 467. Sporobolus utilis Torr. Pac. K. Ry. Eept. 5 : 36.5. 1853. Apare.jo Grass —A slender, vriry, much branched peren- nial, with short, spreading, or recurved, involute leaves and nar- row, simple, few-flowered panicles. Spikelets about 2.5 mm. long, with the empty glumes (a), about one-half the length of the obtuse flowering glume.—Swampy places, alongmountain streams, Avestern Texas to Nevada and southern California. [Mexico.] January-December.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page imag
RMREK7AF–. The classification of flowering plants. Plants. 240 FLOWERING PLANTS and alpine grasses. Glyceria^. Fig. 113, A—E. Bambusa arundinacea. A. Leaf-bearing branch. B. Branch of inflorescence. C. Spikelet; bg, barren glume ; fg, fertile glume; p, pale. D. Flower dissected ; g, fertile glume ; 2?, pale ; lodicule. E. (Behind) large sheath with rudimentary blade. F. Female spikelet of Zea Mays, b^, 6"", barren glumes; /, fertile glume; p, pale enveloping the lower part of the ripening ovary which bears the base of the single stigma; p', pale of second, aborted flower. After Nees. A, B, E,
RMRGWTD1–. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. f 3 Pi0, is.—Seeds ol Ftw tudetica: a and b, back viewB; c i ,side views; .rami g, fronl views; p, a terminal floret. general surface scabrous or sometimes glabrous; web not present; palea equaling or somewhal exceeding the glume and often separated from it at the apex in florets having a well-developed grain; keels of the palea hispid-ciliate, mostly exposed and more or less evident from the side; raehilla segment varying from one-fifth to one- third or even one-half the Length of the glume, glabrous or scabrous, sterile raehilla. Please note tha
RMRJ5RTP–. Grasses of North America [microform] : the grasses classified, described and each genus illustrated, with chapters on their geographical distribution and a bibliography. Grasses; Forage plants; Graminées; Plantes fourragères. A<»U«»STIIU:.K 281 than the internodos; ligiilc unite, 4 inin. lonp; hhidcs 8-15 cm. long, 6 mill. wiiK'. Spike exscrtetl when iiiuture,5-H cm. long, 6-8 mm. wide, dense. Spikelcts ovail. uhout ',' mm. long; empty glumes little united below, the keels and lateral glumes eiliate- pul.p-oent, obtuse and truncate; floral glume nt-arly as long as the empty ones, ovate, o
RMRDA6AF–. Gray's new manual of botany. A handbook of the flowering plants and ferns of the central and northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. Botany. GRAMINEAE (gEASS FAMILY) 165 lemma 10-12 mm. long, acuminate, 5-nerved, evenly scabrous-pubescent on back; awn 5-6 mm. long. — Fields, Me. lo Ont., local. (Adv. from Eu.) 77. LdLIUM L. Darnel Spikelets several-flowered, solitary in alternate notches of the continuous rhachis, one edge of each spikelet placed against the rhachis, the glume on that edge wanting; second glume rigid, 5-7-nerved, exceeding the lowest floret; rhachilla flattened; lemm
RMRH17R3–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 48 wide 3 or rarely 5 nerved; flowering glume smooth or minutely scabrous, borne on a short stipe, 11 to 13 nnn. long, 5-nerved, the nerves next the keel often shortly excurrent, tipped with a straight or sometimes divergent scabrous awn 2 to 4 cm. in length. Palea about 10 nun. long, narrow, tapering to a narrow, truncate, or minutely bidentate point, scabrous on the keels. Closely allied to E. canaden-va L., but easily distinguished by its smaller size and the scabrous but not hirsute flowering glumes. General bistkibuti
RMRHWMXC–. Bergen's botany : key and flora : Pacific coast ed.. Plants. Fig. 2. — Diagram of Inflorescence of a Grass. g, sterile glumes ; ^j,a flowering glume;/>2> a scaly bract (palea); e, transparent scales (lodicules) at the base of the flower; B, the flower.. Fig. 3. — Fescue-grass (Festuca pratensis). A, spikelet (compare Fig. 2) ; B, & flower, the lodicules in front and the palea behind ; C, a lodicule ; D, ovary. 1-many-flowered spikelets ; these are variously grouped in spikes, panicles (/. Figs. 136, A, B, C e. Fig. 183), and so on. The fruit is a grain.. Please note that these im
RMRGB6J2–. Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GENEEA OF GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES. 147 reduced in M. schreberi (fig. 82), the tj^pe species, the first being obsolete and the second not over 0.5 mm. long. In M. montana (Nutt.) Hitchc. {Cdlycodon montanuni Xutt.; Muhlenbergia tH-flda Hack.; M. gracilis of author s, not H. B. K.) the sec- ond glume is 3- toothecl. Muhlen- bergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin. (J&g. 83), of the South- ern States, is a handsome peren- nial with diffuse purple panicles. There are nine species in the Eastern States; the others are wester
RMRH12W5–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 23. Fig. 319. Andropogon hallii Hack. Sitzungsber. Ak. Wiss. Wieu,89: 127. 1884. Colorado Sand-gkass.—A stout, glabrous perennial 4 to 10 dm. or more bigli, with rather long (the lower 10 to 20 cm.), flat leaves and stout racemes which are in pairs or iu threes and 5 to 8 cm. long. Sessile spikelet (a) about 8 mm. long, with the first glume (b) ciliate along the keels and pilose-hairy toward the apex. Awn shorter than the spikelet or wanting.— Dry sandy soil, North Dakota, Montana, southward to Kansas, Texas, and New Mexic
RMRGWTG1–. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. f s , âSeeds f Texas bluegraee I Poa arachnifera): </ and '». back views, Beeda Bhowing the long hairs of the web; cand </. Bide views; e-g, front views; </. a terminal floret. 'â 'â¢hi with long, silky hairs; basal web copious, often twice as long as the floret, very persistent; Burface between the veins glabrous, the keel hispid-ciliate above the middle; palea fr three-fourths to four-fifths the length of the glume, its keels more or less exposed, silky pubescent to the middle and hispid-ciliate at theapex; rachilla segmenl varying fro
RMRE1H3K–. Flowers of the field. Botany. GRASS FAMILY 565 I. //. mollis (Creeping Soft-grass).âRooi-ilork creeping; slenis about a foot high, hairy at the nodes, slender ; leaves rough, with smooth sheaths; panuie 2â3 in. long, rather loose, whitish; upper soil ;. upper glumes acute ; the awn of the flmecriiig glume of the flower rough, projecting be)on(l the glumes.âOn light abundant.âFl. Jul)', August. Perennial. -'. H. laiidlus (Yorkshire Fog, ^ifeadow Soft- grass).âA similar plant, tufied, iâ2 feet high, the whole plant clothed with a very short down, giving it a pale soft appearance ; panicle pale
RMRE1H2F–. Flowers of the field. Botany. GRASS FAMILY 575 flowered ; flowering glume 5-nerved.-—Waste jjlace>:. everywhere.— Fl. nearly all the year round. Annual. 2. P. bulbosa (Bulbous IIeadow-grass).—A.low, tufted, glabrous plant, 6—lo in. high, remarkable for the l^uVos forrned by the swollen base of the stems and leaf-sheaths ;Jeaves narrow, finely serrate, with long, acute ligules ; panicle ovoid, scarcely spreading.. PDA AN'KUA {A'::iU^l J/^'Oi^C'i'-^'yilS^'X not much niore than an inch long, with branches in pairs ; spikeleis ovate, 3—4-flowered ; tlo'cering glume pointed, keeled, with minu
RMRH10N4–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 169. Fig. 465. Sporobolus thurberi Scribn. U. S. Dept. Ayr. Div. Agros. Bull 11: 48. fig. 5. 1898. Thurber"s Rush-grass.—A slender, very much brauclied and leafy pereunial 1.5 to 2.5 dm. high, from creeping rootstocks, with contracted, linear, long- exserted panicles 3 to 5 cm. long. Spikelets straw-colored, 4 to 5 mm. long. Flowering glume (/>, c), are pilose for half their length.—Xew Mexico( t). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabi
RMRDA6HM–. Gray's new manual of botany. A handbook of the flowering plants and ferns of the central and northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. Botany. 94 GRAMINEA.E (GRASS FAMILY) § 1. SCHIZACHi'EIUM (Nees) Trin. Bacemes solitary; joints of the rhach.% clavate.. 1. A. scoparius Miohx. Culms tufted, 4-12 drc. high; branches single or in pairs from the upper sheaths; sheaths glabrous or hairy ; blades often hairy above near the base; racemes slender, 2-6 cm. long, joints and sterile pedicels hairy on the margins ; sterile spikelet a single awn-pointed glume, 2-4 mm. long; fertile spikelet about
RMRH131G–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 13. Fig. 309. Andropogon tener Kuntli, Revis. Gram. 2 : 565. Bkardless Broom Sedge.—A slender perennial grass 2 to 6 dm. high, with long, narrowleaves, and very slender racemes 3 to 6 cm. long. Sessile spikelet (a) 4 to 5 mm. long, with the ciliate and deeply cleft fourth glume (/) bearing a slender awn 8 to 14 mm. long.—Dry sandy hills and pine barrens, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi to New Mexico. [Cuba, Mexico.] July-September.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been d
RMREN544–. Weeds of Ontario [microform]. Mauvaises herbes; Weeds; Mauvaises herbes, Lutte contre les; Weeds. ne Pack. oval with 1; rarfaee (hth of an ed; glume «n a row He-shiqwd: urn; a tuft kthcr aten- g; pointed in kngdi; dded with seed bears [Tooved on m inch in end; sur- )f an indi own; each rows lead-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Howitt, J. E. (John Eaton), 1880-1966; Harrison, F. C. (Francis Charles), b. 1
RMRH9GKH–. The botany of crop plants; a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. ZEA 167 flowers, the lower one of which is abortive^ (Figs. 62 and 63). The palet and lemma of the abortive flower remain, and form a part of the "chaff" on the cob. The spikelet is subtended. Fig. 63.—Longitudinal section of pistillate spikelet of Black Mexican sweet corn, X 25. Sli, base of stigma; Sly, style; £, outline of embryo sac; L, lemma; Pa, palet; St, stamen of aborted flower; 5c, stylar canal; Ov, func- tional ovule; G, glume; Sta, rudimentary stamen; P, pistil of aborted flower; J, joint of rachill
RMRJ6N7F–. Grasses of North America [microform] : the grasses classified, described and each genus illustrated, with chapters on their geographical distribution and a bibliography. Grasses; Forage plants; Graminées; Plantes fourragères. 196 POACE.E. d. Panicle spikelike, rays mostly sessile, first glumo 4-5 mm. long 21 d. Panicle racemose or spreading, first glume ?-!> mm. long 32 1. A. desmantha Trin. & Uupr. Mem. Acad. St. Pctersb. (VI.) MOO (1841)). A slender sparingly-bniuched grass, 30-50 cm. high. Sheaths mostly shorter than the internodes; ligule short clliate; blades in- volute, setaceou
RMRH10EB–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 186. Fig. 482. Agrostis paludosa Sfirilm. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Agios., Bull. 11: 49. fig. 7, 1898. Marsh Bent.—A low, densely cii-spitose perennial 1 to 1..5 cm. high, with soft, narrow leaves, and narrow, ratlur densely flowered panicles 3 to 5 cm. long. Spikelets abont 3 mm. long, with ovate-lanceolate, acute empty glnmcs (a), which are a little longer than the broadly obtuse and minutely scabrous dowering glume (''). Palea 0..") mm. long.— Labrador. August, September.. Please note that these images are extracted
RMRDBFHN–. The botany of crop plants : a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. ZEA 167 flowers, the lower one of which is abortive^ (Figs. 62 and 63). The palet and lemma of the abortive flower remain, and form a part of the "chaff" on the cob. The spikelet is subtended. Fig. 63.—Longitudinal section of pistillate spikelet of Black Mexican sweet corn, X 25. Sti, base of stigma; Siy, style; E, outline of embryo sac; L, lemma; Pa, palet; St, stamen of aborted flower; Sc, stylar canal; Ov, func- tional ovule; G, glume; Sta, rudimentary stamen; P, pistil of aborted flower; J, joint of rachil
RMRH114R–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 137. Fig. 433. Stipa bloomeri Boland. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4 : 168. 1870. (6. si&imaThurb., not Lam.) Bloomer's Stipa.—A slender, densely ciespitose perennial 3 to 9 dm. high, with long, narrow or involute leaves and more or less open panicles 12 to 24 cm. long. Spikelets 8 mm. long, empty glnmes (a) acute, one- fourth longer than the hairy flowering glume {h). Awn 12 to 18 mm. long.—California and Montana.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced fo
RMRH0208–. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. SEEDS OF RESCUE CRASS AND CHESS. m .**• :.—Seeds of chess i Jirmuti* scruln.<r. a and b, front views; 3ge view; d, back view of seeds; e, seeds, natural size. 1 tirst throe show the palea and pedicel. exposed; grain equal to the glume and palea, often exposed at the apex f the floret, deeply grooved, reddish brown, sometimes occur- ring free from the glume and palea. The florets are light or dark brown and mostly smooth, and sometimes have a slight diffused luster under the lens. (Fig. 2.) The more evident characters by which rescue-grass seed
RMRH11B8–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 123. Fig. 419. Aristida fasciculata Tuir. Auu. Lye. N. Y. 2 : 154. 1826. Dog-town Grass.—A slender or sometimes rather stout, densely ca'spitose, wiry perennial 2 to 4 dm. high, with narrow, rather rigid, involute leaves, and contracted, few-flowered pan- icles 5 to 12 cm. long. Spikeleta usually purplish, with very unequal empty glumes, the first about one-half the length of the second, which is 14 to 24 mm. long; the flowering glume usually about 12 mm. long, terminated by three divergent, nearly equal awns varying in le
RMREK8ED–. A classification of the cultivated varieties of barley ... Barley. 444 Roy Glen Wiggans and from H. distichon by a great reduction in the structures of the side spikelets. The side spikelets of H. deficiens (fig. 72) not only are sterile, but also are reduced in all the floral parts to a much greater extent than in H. distichon. In some cases alj that remains in evidence of a side spikelet is one outer glume. Neither pistil nor stamers are ever present.. ABC D E Fig. 72. various types of hordeum deficiens A, Selection G21; B, Russian Courland; C, S. P. I. 41155; D, Selection 626; E, Selectio
RMREMR7P–. Elementary botany [microform]. Botany; Botanique. -7, -' I3- â l>iM«rain of fI<nvLr of Wlieat. no flowers in their 'ivilc ⢠fi, . - ^^'-^â¢f"-tgir'--.'i;;;;.,?r 1 orn. two rows, hae single llowers in iMeir axils an,l an; termed Jl,nvcnmr liitter alternate as ^ do the glumes, so ^ that the first or lowest of them {I) â¢stands above the lower glume (6'): the .second {P,,) is inserted on thcM)])- posite side of the iixis and is alxne tlif ui)per glume {:<)' The fl(nvering c glumes, and less [inlTrillloa'iaSr"!;!â¢^' "'"â ""^-^ "-â 'â ' "''^â
RMRJ6MBM–. Grasses of North America [microform] : the grasses classified, described and each genus illustrated, with chapters on their geographical distribution and a bibliography. Grasses; Forage plants; Graminées; Plantes fourragères. 474 I'OACE.E. 4-6 rays), tlic longest 3-4 cm. long simple and densely flowt^rod at the base. Spikelets mostly sessile, pale green, 2-3-novered; empty glumes spreading, sul>e(iual, about 3 mm. long, first 1- nerved, second 3-ncrved; lloral glume loosely pubescent below, ovate-acute, the second 6 mm. long; i>alea pubescent. Lower California ((Juadalupe Island), Pal
RMREK7A9–. The classification of flowering plants. Plants. Fig. 113, A—E. Bambusa arundinacea. A. Leaf-bearing branch. B. Branch of inflorescence. C. Spikelet; bg, barren glume ; fg, fertile glume; p, pale. D. Flower dissected ; g, fertile glume ; 2?, pale ; lodicule. E. (Behind) large sheath with rudimentary blade. F. Female spikelet of Zea Mays, b^, 6"", barren glumes; /, fertile glume; p, pale enveloping the lower part of the ripening ovary which bears the base of the single stigma; p', pale of second, aborted flower. After Nees. A, B, E, reduced. C, D, F, enlarged. original form is unknow
RMRJ6MMH–. Grasses of North America [microform] : the grasses classified, described and each genus illustrated, with chapters on their geographical distribution and a bibliography. Grasses; Forage plants; Graminées; Plantes fourragères. 412 POACE.E. long; terminal empty glume on a raeliilla 1.5 mm. long, bearing a very sliort awn. drain less than 2 mm. long. Florida, Cio'/iKs 3442. Delaware and southward. 89. (179). SCHEDONNARDUS Stcud. Flora, 33:;2-28, 229 (1850) name; Syn. PI. (Jram. 140 (1855). Spikelets 1-flowered, acuminate, sessile in the excavations on 2 sides of a 3-sided rachis, rachilla very
RMRDD9KX–. Lessons in botany. Botany. CHAPTER XL. MONOCOTYLEDONS (Concluded). Topic III: Monocotyledons with a glume subtending the flower (Glumiflorse). 404. Lesson III. Grass family (graminefle). Oat.—As a representative of the grass family (gramineae) one may take the oat plant, which is widely cultivated, and also can be grown. w Fig. 2ii. Fig. 212. Fig. 213. Fig. 214. Spikelet of One glume re- Flower opened Section show- oat showing moved showing showing two palets, ing ground plan two glumes. fertile flower. three stamens, and of flower, a,axis. two lodicules at base of pistil. Fig. 215. Flower o
RMRH6W0F–. Breeding crop plants. Plant breeding. 70 liREEDIXa CROP PLANTS A common practice used at Minnesota University Farm is to emasculate a nmnbcr of spikes one day and make the crosses from one to four days later at about the time when the flowers open.. I'lii. 14.— Details of wheat inflorescence. Uppor loft, normal spikes; lower right, emasculated spike; 2, spikelet natural size;/and n, a = anthers, o = ovary, « = stigma,/ = filament; 4/:f = diagrain after flowering; .'j = transverse floral diagram, (in, fi/= lemma., p = pal -a, u = an- thers. H =.stigma; 0, flowerless glume-, 7, lemma, H, palea
RMRH194B–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 37 Mexican boundary, 2000 Mearns 1893; no locality, 728 Palmer 1896; Oaxaca, 344 Conzatti & Gonzalez 1897. Readily distinguished from the type by its larger size and elongated, spreading branches of the panicle. CH^TOCHIiOA GRISEBACHII MEXICANA var. nov. Seiarin mexicana Schaffner in Herb. A denseh' caespitose form, 6 to 10 cm. high, with interrupted panicles 1 to 3 cm. long and short leaves 2 to 3 cm. in length. Spikelets as in the type. San Luis Potosi, 1044 Schaffner 1876; Schaffner, Sept., 1877. i Flowering glume f
RMRH10XX–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 150. Flc. ilCu Muhlenbergia monticola Hiicklt y, Proc. Acad. N;it. Sci. I'bila. LSlil', 'Jl.—A slender, wiry, iiuuh-biaiieliod pereiinial 3 to 6 dm. high, with short, narrow leaves and strict (or in aiithesis spreading) panicles 8 to 20 cm. long. Spikelets with lUHMiiial empty glumes, the longer second one 2 mm. long and usually obtuse or toothed at the apex; the narrow flowering glume is 3 mm. long, pilose near the base and tipped with a very slender flexuose awn 10 to l.T mm. long.—Dry soil, Texas to Arizona. [Mexico]. A
RMRH130R–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 15. Fig. 311. Andropogon hirtiflorus oligostachyus (Chapm.) Hack, iu 1). C. Monog. Phan. 6:372. (Andropogon oligostachyus Chapm.) A slender perennial G to 12 dm. liigh, with narrow leaves and slender racemes 5 to 6 cm. long. Sessile spikelet (a) 6 to 7 mm. long with the first glnme (h) liirsute, and the deeply cleft fourth glume (e) bearing a slender, geniculate awn about 15 mm. long. Florida, Arizona. [St. Domingo and Mexico.] July- Septemher.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may
RMRE1H43–. Flowers of the field. Botany. GRASS FAMILY 559 Iâ2 feet hieh. a foot high ; leaves numerous, niosth' radical, densely tufted, finely subulate, involute, rough ; parade close, oblong, with short branches â¢, ghnnes acute, the lowest longer than the second; â fioweriiig-glume 4-ribbed, jagged at the top, with a fine bent and twisted basal awn.âDry heaths in the south ; rare.âFl. June, July. Perennial. T. A. caniiia (Brown Bent).âStents ascendring smooth, sometimes with runners; leaves narrow, fiat, smooth : panicle with long, slender branches, spread- ing when in flower, purplish or green ; gl
RMRE1KKP–. A manual of botany. Botany. MONOCOTTLEDONES 217 hypogy^oiis scales (lodiculcd, squamulce,' or glumellules) ; these scales- also are occasionally absent. Stamens 1—6, usually 3 fila/ments capillary; anthers 2-celled, versatile. Ovary superior 1-celled, with a solitary ascending ovule; stigmas feathery or Fig. 991. Fig. 992.. Fig. 991. Diagram of a spikelet of the Oat (Avena). (From Le Maout.) gl, gl. Two glumes, enclosing two liermaphrodite flowers, anrl one, a, abortive. b. The outer palea or flowering- glume, fc, b. The inner palea. p, p. Two scales (sguamnlce or glumellules); the dotted cu
RMRJ6NJ3–. Grasses of North America [microform] : the grasses classified, described and each genus illustrated, with chapters on their geographical distribution and a bibliography. Grasses; Forage plants; Graminées; Plantes fourragères. TUISTECilNPLE. 77 many-tlowered, yellowish, 15-o0 cm. long, 3-5 cm. broad, rays bearing spikek'ts along the upper half. S])ik('lets on })edicols 1-2 or more mm. long. First glume ovate-lanceolate, extending to the top of the florets, 3-nerved, 3-3.5 mm. long including the stout point, raehilla broad and carrying the second glume 0.3 mm. above tlie first glume, second gl
RMRH10W8–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 154. Fig. 450. Lycurus phleoides HBK. Nov. Geu. 1: 142, t. 45. 1S15. Tkxax Timothy.—A slender and somewhat wiry perennial 2 to 4.5dMi. high, much brauchL'd and often geniculate at the base, with narrow, long-pointed leaves and cylindrical, spike-like panicles 3 to 6 cm. long. Spikelets 4 mm. long, with awned glumes, the iirst glume (C) often terminating in two unequal awiis, the flowering glume terminating in an awn as long as its(df.—Dry soil on the plains and mesas, Colorado to Texas and westward to New Mexico and Arizon
RMRH90J2–. The botany of crop plants; a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. ZEA 167 flowers, the lower one of which is abortive^ (Figs. 62 and 63). The palet and lemma of the abortive flower remain, and form a part of the "chaff" on the cob. The spikelet is subtended. Fig. 63.—Longitudinal section of pistillate spikelet of Black Mexican sweet corn, X 25. Sti, base of stigma; Sty, style; E, outline of embryo sac; L, lemma; Pa, palet; St, stamen of aborted flower; Sc, stylar canal; Ov, func- tional ovule; G, glume; Sta, rudimentary stamen; P, pistil of aborted flower; J, joint of rachill
RMRH0XD6–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 2!I3. Fig. 589. Lepturus incurvatus (Linu.) Trin. Fuucl. Agros. 123. 1820. {Aegilops incurvata Linn. Sp. PI. i: 1051. 1753; Rotthccllia incurvata Ijinn. Suppl. 114.) CURLY Hard-grass.—A low, much branched annual 1 to 2 dm. high, with narrow leaves and usually strongly incurved sjjikes 2 to 8 cm. long. Spikelets about 6 mm. long, the acute empty glumes much exceeding the hjaline floral glume.—Borders of brackish marshes, Maryland to southern Vir- ginia, New Jersey (on ships' ballast) and California. Introduced from Europe..
RMRDHFC7–. Essentials of botany. Botany; Botany. SEDGE FAMILY 23 overlapping each other on - l-many-flowered spikelets; these are variously grouped in spikes, panicles, and so on. Fruit. Pig. 4. Vernal grass (Anthoxanihum) A, a one-flowered spikelet: a, 6, the outer empty glumes. B, a spikelet with the outer glumes removed: c, c^the inner empty glumes (neuter flowers) with long, bristle-shaped appendages; d, e, palets; anth., anthers; stig., stigmas. C, diagram of cross section of a spikelet: a, glume; d, palet. D, a fruit. (All magnified.) (After Cosson and t>e Saint-Pierre) a grain. (The family is
RMRH110C–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 147. Fig. 443. Muhlenbergia trichopodes (Ell.) Chapm. Fl. S. U. S. 553. 1860. {Agrosiis trichopodes Ell.) Bunch Haiu-grass.—A slender, rather rigid perenuial, 6 to 9 dm. Mgh, with veiy narrow, involute leaves and capillary panicles nearly 30 cm. long. Spike- lets (a) with nearly e(£ual empty glumes which are hardly more than half the length of flowering glume {c), which is terminated by a sliort, straight awn.—Dry piue barrens, North Carolina to Florida and westward to Texas. July-October.. Please note that these images ar
RMRH17AE–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. Fig. 13.—Bulbous Mi'lii-grass {Melica bullosa): a, spikelet; b, flowering glume; c, floret; d, c.aryop- sis; e, terminal rudinieutary floret. Fig. 14. — Bencli-land Spear-grass (Poa arida) -. a, spikelet; 6, flowering glume; c, floret. Poa fendleriana Vasey (Fendler's Spear-grass).—A small bimch-grass, 10 to 15 incbes high, with numerous leaves and ample panicles. It occurs on rocky slopes in tbe foothills in the western part of the State; seemingly neither frequent nor abundant, but undoubtedly an excellent pasture grass.
RMRH106P–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 49 aud with the branches scabrous. Spikeh'ts 2 to 2.3 miii. h)n,!;-. Eiiipty uliimes less than 1 mm. in leugth, broadly obtuse or trimcate and occasioually miuutely erose-dentate, miuutely scabrous ou tlie back above. Flowering glumes 3-nerved, mucrouate-pointed or subaristate, scabrous above. Palea a little shorter than the glume. Type specimen 2411, P. A. Rydberg, Georgetown, Colo., August 19,1895. II. N. Pat- terson collected the same form in the same region in 1885. A rigid and appar- ently a perennial form of this spe
RMRH10WH–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. ir)3. Fig. 449. Muhlenbergia parviglumis Yasey, Contrib. Nat. Herb. 3 : 71. 1892. SMALL-(iLrMEDDKOr-sKKD.—A slender, ereftperon- uial 3 to 6 dm. liigh, ofteu branching, with rather rigid, narrow leaves and narrow panicles 8 to 14 cm. long. Spikelets about 3 mm. long, wilh minute, nearly equal and obtuse empty glumes (a), one- fourth ti) one-fifth as long as the narrow, sharply two-toothed flowering glume, which bears a slender awn between the teeth 12 to 20 mm. long.—Texas. September, October.. Please note that these image
RMRJ6N4F–. Grasses of North America [microform] : the grasses classified, described and each genus illustrated, with chapters on their geographical distribution and a bibliography. Grasses; Forage plants; Graminées; Plantes fourragères. 272 POA(E.K. 1-1.5 mm. long, the awn 1.5-3 mm. long; llonil glume ovate, acute, with stil! hairs at tlie biise, scabrous above, 2 mm. long, the slender wavy awn 1-^ cm. long; palea ovate, 1.5 mm. long, nerves veiy. Fig. 48.—Pereilema crinita. A, spike; li. sjiikelet; c, floret; d, floral glume; e, grain, ('rrinius.) near each other. Grain nearly 1 mm. long. The sterile
RMRDD4MG–. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Scientific expeditions. Arctic Plants: Morphology and Synonymy 5 B The accompanying figure A: 3 I have drawn from a specimen collected in Spitzbergen by Professor A. G. Nathorst.. FiGTJKB A. 1. Poa glauca M. Vahl; spikelet. (Wollaston land). 2. Same; flowering glume, side-view 3. P. o66rmataR.Br.; spikelet. (Spitzbergen). i. Glyceriavilfoidea(,Asids.) Th.Fr.-empty glume. (Greenland). 5. Same; flowering glume, side-view. 6. G. maritima (Huds.) We • empty glumes. (Norway). 7. Same; flowering glume, dorsal view. 8. G. Vahliaria (Liebm.) Th. Fr
RMRH10CR–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 190. Fig. 486. Calamagrostis breweri Tliui b. iu Brovrer & S. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2 : 2S0. 1880. Bhewkk's Reed-grass.—A sleuder, densely tufted perennial, 1.5 to 4 dm. liijib, with numerous, seta- ceously involute, basal loaves, short eulni leaves and open, few- flowered panicles 2 to 6 cm. long. Spikclets with nearly equal glumes wliich are 3 to 4 mm. long, the 4-tootbed flowering glume with a small tuft of very short hairs on each side at the base and an exscrted straight awn.—Mountains of California. July, August.. Pl
RMRH0YX1–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 223. Fig. 519. Melica torreyana Scribn. Proc. Acad. Nat Sci. Phila. 1885:47. Turkey's Melic-grass.—A slender, leafy, cajspitose perennial 6 to 9 dm. bigh, witb flat leaves and more or less spread- ing panicles 12 to 20 cm. long. Spikelets usually 1-flowered, witb tbe rudiment of a second flower raised upon a long pedicel; empty glumes (a) as long as or exceeding tbe flowering glume, wbicb is minutely pubescent toward tbe apex.—California. May-Sep- tember.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page image
RMRH10FX–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 182. "» Fig. 478. Agrostis perennans (Walt.) Tudcerm. Am. Joiirn. Sci. 45:44. 1813. {Cor)iiic(>}>i<r])ercini(tiis'at.nSS.) rEiiENNiAi, Bent or Tiiix Grass.—A slender, sp;iiiii,uly branched, leafy per- ennial, with weak, ascending culms 3 to 7.5 dm. long, and dilVuse, capillary panicles 8 to 16 cm. lon.t,'. Spikelets 1..") to 2 mm. long, with acute empty glumes (a), which are a little longer than th.' glabrous flowering glume (&).—Damp, shaded places, Maine to Minnesota and Nebraska, southward to S
RMREMR81–. Elementary botany [microform]. Botany; Botanique. ,,'''â «⢠-â )4. - A nuwer âf V ical cMcluscl in its two pale.i;.. -7, -' I3- â l>iM«rain of fI<nvLr of Wlieat. no flowers in their 'ivilc ⢠fi, . - ^^'-^â¢f"-tgir'--.'i;;;;.,?r 1 orn. two rows, hae single llowers in iMeir axils an,l an; termed Jl,nvcnmr liitter alternate as ^ do the glumes, so ^ that the first or lowest of them {I) â¢stands above the lower glume (6'): the .second {P,,) is inserted on thcM)])- posite side of the iixis and is alxne tlif ui)per glume {:<)' The fl(nvering c glumes, and less [inlTrillloa'iaS
RMRDW8NY–. Introduction to botany. Botany. i6 Introduction to Botany. monoecious, or dioecious, and of several 2-ranked bracts or glumes. Stamens commonly 3, and styles usually 2, but varying from i to 3. Ovary i-celled and i-ovuled. Fruit a seedlike grain. See Fig. 341 for a diagrammatic representation of the struc- ture of the flower.. I. POA. Meadow-Grass. Grass. Spear Diagrams of a typical grass flower, i, a spike- let dissected; a a, empty glumes; d b, fertile glumes bearing flowers {c c) in their axils; d, a glume bearing the sterile flower (e) in its axil; /, the palet. ^i, a cross diagram of th
RMRJ6M9E–. Grasses of North America [microform] : the grasses classified, described and each genus illustrated, with chapters on their geographical distribution and a bibliography. Grasses; Forage plants; Graminées; Plantes fourragères. f)l-> I'OACK.K.. short; blades IliU, :•()-»;() cm. luiiii', 1-1.5 oin. widt'. J'liniclo vei- siiii])lt'. ir)-".'0 cm. long, rays siiigk', IVw ami few-lloverc(]. S|iik('lnts sliortly pedicellate, ol)- luiiU'ly ciirviii",' from tlio axis: first empty glimio 2-2.5 mm., second aliont -l.'t mm. long; floral glume 4 mm. or more long, besides the point. Grain co
RMRJ6MK6–. Grasses of North America [microform] : the grasses classified, described and each genus illustrated, with chapters on their geographical distribution and a bibliography. Grasses; Forage plants; Graminées; Plantes fourragères. 430 POACE.!;. li<5'ulo. Spikes broad, 2-4 in iiimibor, di^jitatt', 1-3 oin. long, often purple. Spikt'lets clo.sely imbricate, ri-llowcMvd, lirst <,dume l- nerved, 1.5 nun. long, second broailly ovate, 5-(3-nervod near tho middle; lloral glume 3 mm. long, 2 nun. wide, when spread out, a double or triple nerve toward each nnugin, 1 below in the middle, with 5 above
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