RMRE1G2X–. The phanerogams of the Juan Fernandez Islands. Botany. THE PHANEROGAMS OF THE JOAN FERNANDEZ ISLANDS 99. Fig. i. a—d Stij>a fernandezicuia: a spikelet, X 21; b flowering glume, X 5," c flower with palea and two lodicules, X 2o; d anthers, X 10. e—i Polypogon imberbis, spikelets, flowering glume and palea: e leg. Reed, f Skottsberg no. 298, g no. 491, h no. 471, i f. aristata no. 1109. k P, crinitus, spikelet, flowering glume and palea. 1 Agrostis masafuerana, spikelet. — e—1 X 10. Podophorus Phil. 4. P. bromoides Phil. — JoiiOW, Estud. 135. Masatierra: GerMain! Discovered by GERMAIN
RMPFYK5X–. 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. 247. E. obtnsa. Spikelet x 2%. Achene x 10.. 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.. Gray, Asa, 1810-1888; Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln, 1864-1935; Fernald, Merritt Lyndon, 1873-1950. New York, American Book Co
RM2AFPJB7–. Lessons with plants. Suggestions for seeing and interpreting some of the common forms of vegetation. (theear), and he will find that the kernel or grain very soon outgrowsthe bracts. Do these bracts remain upon the cob? It would in-terest the pupil if he were to grow a few hills of the husk corn(seed of which is often sold by seedsmen),in which each kernel is still enclosed inthe glumes at maturity. 263. If, now, we return tothe spike of rye (Fig. 217), andexamine the lowest spikelet onthe front, we observe that thelowest glumes are not so long-awned as the flowering-glume isin the single fl
RMPG43AB–. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. 21. Fig. 18. — Spikelet of the Oat head, with the bracts spread apart to show the flowers. There are three flowers, only (1) and (S) of which develop and produce kernels, e, glumes or empty glumes; /, lemma or flowering glume; pa, palea; s, stamens; p, pistil; r, rachilla. The parts of flowers (S) and (S) are not indicated. Many times enlarged.. 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 or
RMRDTJ73–. Handbook of grasses, treating of their structure, classification, geographical distribution and uses, also describing the British species and their habitats. Grasses. 52 CLASSIFICATION. carrying with it a fruiting glume (fig. 34). The pair of empty- glumes at the base of the spikelet remain attached to the pedicel; this is shown in fig. 35, which compare with fig. 14, showing the spil'celets of the same plant when in flower. The articulation is not always evident at time of flowering, but in the fruiting season it can be detected by the facility with which the fruiting glume can be broken of
RMPFYKDJ–. 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. 185. A. Smithii. Spikelet x 8.. 186, A. repens. Spikelets x %. Floret X 1%.. 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.. Gray, Asa, 1810-1888; Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln, 1864-1935; Fernald, Merritt Lyndon, 1873-1950. New York, American Book Co
RMRDTJAH–. Handbook of grasses, treating of their structure, classification, geographical distribution and uses, also describing the British species and their habitats. Grasses. SPIKELETS AND GLUMES II of the upper and lower ; similarly the palea is not exactly on the same plane as the following glume. And here we must explain an unfortunate variance in terminology; some botanists call the flowering glume a palea, and then speak of the upper and lower paleae, which the student will bear in mind when consulting the descriptive works of different authors. A spikelet may contain one or any number of flowe
RMPFYKDX–. 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. 166 GRAMTNEAE (GRASS FAMILY) of the spikelet, usually subcoriaceous and rigid, several-nerved, Usually shortei tiianthe florets, acute or awned ; lemmas convex or slightly keeled above, 6-7- nerved, acute or awned from the apex; palea shorter than its lemma, bristly- ciliate on the keels ; grain pubescent at the summit, usually adherent to the palett, —Perennials with simple culms and terminal spikes. (Name from iyp6s afield, and irup6s, wheat.)
RMRE3D2B–. The book of grasses; an illustrated guide to the common grasses, and the most common of the rushes and sedges. Grasses; Juncaceae; Cyperaceae. Illustrated Descriptions of the Grasses most attractive colour- ing, and even before flowering the dense growth of blue-green leaves is noticed in marked contrast to the lighter colour of the marsh. A stout perennial with creeping rootstocks, this grass grows most luxuriantly in wet mead- ows and in shallow water, where the profusion of. Enlarged spikelet of Phalaris arutidinacea leaves, which are always darker in colour than the smooth and shining st
RMPG0GMN–. The botany of crop plants : a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. 8o BOTANY OF CROP PLANTS spikelet with its parts removed in order. Each spikelet is subtended by these two empty bracts. Following the sug- gestion of Piper, we shall designate these two basal, empty bracts as "glumes." The lower of these is the "first glume," the upper the "second glume." Above the two glumes, on the rachilla, are one or more bracts; each one of these is known as a lemma (flowering glume and inferior palea of some authors). Normally, there is a flower in the axil of each l
RMRE0PED–. Agricultural botany, theoretical and practical. Botany, Economic; Botany. 668 FARM ' SEEDS ' : SPECIAL flowering glume more transparent and three nerved, occasionally with a slender bent arrn. The larger of the empty glumes of the spikelet is toothed only at its upper part. In damp situations Fiorin is said to be of use, but it is very doubtful if it possesses any agricultural value at all,'and is best avoided. The Germination Capacity should not be less than 55 to 60 per cent. Yellow or Golden Oat-Grass (Trisetuni flavescens Beauv. = Avena flaijescens L. Form, .Size, and Colour.âThe floweri
RMPFYKH8–. 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. 46. T. dactylolfles. Part of spike xl^^. ? Spikelet embedded x 1. ? Spikelet freed X 1. (f Spikelet X 1. ixillary spikes solitary, i.ug. Fig. 46. the staminate spikelets in pairs at the joints of the con. the pistillate spikelets solitary, embedded in each oblong joint of the cartilaginous thickened articulate rhachis below in the same inflorescence, which terminates the culm or its branches ; glumes of the staminate spikelet subcoriaoeous, the
RMRD8APT–. 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. 247. E. obtnsa. Spikelet x 2%. Achene x 10.. 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.. Gray, Asa, 1810-1888; Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln, 1864-1935; Fernald, Merritt Lyndon, 1873-1950. New York, American Book Co
RMPFYKCK–. 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. 194. E. canadensis x %. Two spikelets.. 195. E. striatus x %. Two spikelets. Spikelet with glumes detached. , and southw.. 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.. Gray, Asa, 1810-1888; Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln, 1864-1935; Fernald, Merritt Lyndon, 1873-1950. New York
RMRE1PGB–. Agricultural botany, theoretical and practical. Botany, Economic; Botany. CHAPTER XXXVI. CULTIVATED AND WILD OATS (Genus Avena). I. Characters of the Genus.—The inflorescences or ' ears' of oats are panicles, the branches of which in some races spread out widely, while in others the branches are more or less closely pressed to one side of the main axis. The spikelets contain from two to six flowers; the empty glumes are membranous, unequal, many-nerved, and generally longer than the spikelet (Fig. 156). The flowering glume terminates in two more or less distinct projecting points, and is thi
RMPG3TT4–. Foundations of botany. Botany; Botany. Fia. 2. —Diagram of Inflorescence of a Grass. g, sterile glumes ; P^, a flowering glume; Pj, a scaly bract (palea); e, transparent scales (lodicules) at the base of tbe flower; S, the flower. Fig. 3.—]rescae.grass (Festuea pratenaia). A, spikelet (compare Fig. 2); B, a flower, the lodicules in front and the palea behind; C, a lodicule; D, ovary.. 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 origi
RMRDTJ6P–. Handbook of grasses, treating of their structure, classification, geographical distribution and uses, also describing the British species and their habitats. Grasses. 56 CLASSIFICATION 31. Cynosurus. Fertile spikelets accompanied each by a spikelet of empty glumes (fig. 16). Sub-tribe Eragroste^E. Spikelets 2- or more-flowered ; flower- ing glumes 3-nerved. 32. Koeleria. Panicle spikelike ; spikelets compressed ; flowering glumes keeled, translucent. 33. Molinia. Panicle contracted ; spikelets oblong ; flowering glumes rounded on the back, firm and coloured. 34. Catabrosa. Panicle spreading
RMPG03C0–. Field crops for the cotton-belt. Agriculture. e— Fig. 52. — The reproductive organs of wheat: (1) Spikelet, natural size, with a few joints of the rachis; / and g are flowerless glumes; k, florets bearing seeds; r, rudimentary florets. (2) Longitudinal diagram of flower just before flowering; anthers marked o; ovary, o; stigma, s; filament, /. (3) Diagram of flower just after flowering, showing how . anthers are held within the envelope. (4) Ovary and stigma just prior to flowering. (5) Ovary and stigma at the time of flowering. (6) Ovary and stigma shortly after flowering. (7), (8), and (9)
RMRE4M31–. Maize; its history, cultivation, handling, and uses, with special reference to South Africa; a text-book for farmers, students of agriculture, and teachers of nature study. Corn; Corn. BOTANICAL CHARACTERS 95 The only exceptions are the two earliest flint breeds, and CHAP. here the figures would seem to indicate that earliness is pro- duced by the hastening of the period between flowering and ripening. 73. The Spikelet. — The tassel consists of numerous branches (Fig. 40) bearing more or less distichous rows of staminate spikelets (Fig. 40A) which are arranged in pairs, one pedicellate (stal
RMPG2537–. Field crop production; a text-book for elementary courses in schools and brief courses in colleges. Agriculture. 104 FIELD CROP PRODUCTION wheat and rye are hairy, while in barley and oats they are smooth. The lower leaves wither and die as the plant approaches maturity, and at the beginning of ripening only the upper leaf and the topmost internode are green. 87. The spikelets. â A spikelet is composed of two outer glumes, inclosing from two to five flowers, each with a flowering glume and palea. In the wheat plant only one spikelet grows from each joint of the rachis. The rachis may be de-
RMRDA6J1–. 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. 46. T. dactylolfles. Part of spike xl^^. ? Spikelet embedded x 1. ? Spikelet freed X 1. (f Spikelet X 1. ixillary spikes solitary, i.ug. Fig. 46. the staminate spikelets in pairs at the joints of the con. the pistillate spikelets solitary, embedded in each oblong joint of the cartilaginous thickened articulate rhachis below in the same inflorescence, which terminates the culm or its branches ; glumes of the staminate spikelet subcoriaoeous, the
RMPG43AC–. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. Fig. 18. — Spikelet of the Oat head, with the bracts spread apart to show the flowers. There are three flowers, only (1) and (S) of which develop and produce kernels, e, glumes or empty glumes; /, lemma or flowering glume; pa, palea; s, stamens; p, pistil; r, rachilla. The parts of flowers (S) and (S) are not indicated. Many times enlarged.. Fig. 19. — Two views of a head of Wheat with some spikelets removed to show the zig-zag rachis. An edge view of the spikelets is shown at the left and a side view at the right, r, ra,chis; s, spikelets.. Please
RMRDA6AB–. 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. 166 GRAMTNEAE (GRASS FAMILY) of the spikelet, usually subcoriaceous and rigid, several-nerved, Usually shortei tiianthe florets, acute or awned ; lemmas convex or slightly keeled above, 6-7- nerved, acute or awned from the apex; palea shorter than its lemma, bristly- ciliate on the keels ; grain pubescent at the summit, usually adherent to the palett, —Perennials with simple culms and terminal spikes. (Name from iyp6s afield, and irup6s, wheat.)
RMPG43B1–. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. 18 FLOWERS Other names are often applied to the glume and lemma. In courses in Agriculture, the glume is often called outer or empty glume and the lemma, the flowering glume. The pistillate flowers are arranged on a cob and enclosed by husks, so that only the outer ends or silks of the pistils are. Fig. 14. — A spikelet from the Corn tassel two staminate flowers The flowers are numbered (1) and (S), No. 1 being more mature /, lemma; p, palea; s, stamens; I, lodicules. Much enlarged to show the e, glumes; exposed. When the husks are removed, the flow
RMRDA6A7–. 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. 185. A. Smithii. Spikelet x 8.. 186, A. repens. Spikelets x %. Floret X 1%.. 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.. Gray, Asa, 1810-1888; Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln, 1864-1935; Fernald, Merritt Lyndon, 1873-1950. New York, American Book Co
RMPFYKH1–. 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. GRAMINBAE (GRASS FAMILY) 93. w E, saccharoides x II4. 'ong ; palea minute, nerveless. â Tall and stout reed-like perennials, with elon- gated flat leaves, racemes crowded in a panicle and clothed with long silky hairs, especially in a tuft arouud the base of each spikelet (whence the name, from ipiov, wool, and &veos, flower). * Awn terete, straiyht. 1- Hairs at base ofspikelets copious, as long as the glumes or longer; panicle-axis and uppe
RMRDY5KB–. Botany of the living plant. Botany. S02 BOTANY OF THE LIVING PLANT The chief genus is Juncus, to wliich the Ruslies belong. They are mostly plants of moist habit, and of httle feeding value for stock. Their presence in grass-land is an indication of the need for draining. Family : Cyperaceae. Examples : Cotton-Grass, Sedge. (9) The Cotton-Crrass (Eriophonim vaginatuiii, L.) is a tufted perennial herb of swampy moorlands, marked by its single cottony heads when in fruit. The flowering head rises about a foot from the root-stock, and is composed of a single spikelet of flowers in the axils of
RMPFYK52–. 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. CYPERACEAE (SEDGE FAMILY) 185 long); sheaths with oblique tips; spikelet cylindric-ovoid, acu- tish, loosely 6-20-flowered (2-7 mm. long); scales oblong, obtuse, green-keeled, the sides purplish-brown ; aohene obovoid with a narrowed base, beaked with a slender conical-awl-shaped tubercle, which nearly equals the 6 bristles. â Wet places, GaspiS Co., Que., to w. Ont., s. to n. Me., w. Ct., N. J., Pa., 0., and la. Fig. 261. Var. HABEEiiKi Fernald
RMRDBFYP–. The botany of crop plants : a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. 8o BOTANY OF CROP PLANTS spikelet with its parts removed in order. Each spikelet is subtended by these two empty bracts. Following the sug- gestion of Piper, we shall designate these two basal, empty bracts as "glumes." The lower of these is the "first glume," the upper the "second glume." Above the two glumes, on the rachilla, are one or more bracts; each one of these is known as a lemma (flowering glume and inferior palea of some authors). Normally, there is a flower in the axil of each l
RMPFYKEJ–. 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. 141. D. aegyptium. Inflorescence x y^- Splkelet X 2. Fruit X 8. Seed x 4.. 142. E. indica. Part of inflorescence x I^, Spikelet and floret X 2. Fruit and seed x 4. 67. ELEUSINE Gaertn. Goose Grass. Yard Grass Spikelets several-flowered, awnless, florets perfect or uppermost staminate, sessile and closely imbricated in 2 rows along one side of a continuous rhachis, which does not extend beyond the terminal spikelet; glumes unequal, shorter than t
RMRDTJ70–. Handbook of grasses, treating of their structure, classification, geographical distribution and uses, also describing the British species and their habitats. Grasses. 54 CLASSIFICATION 10. Phleum. Panicle cylindric, dense ; flowering glume rarely awned ; when present, the awn is terminal. In some species the spikelet has a rudiment (fig. i8). 11. Mibora. Spikelets terete, minute, few in a simple spike (fig. 28). 12. Agrostis. Panicle usually spreading; flowering glume thin and colourless; palea absent in some species (fig. 23). 13. Polypogon. Panicle dense ; empty glumes with long awns. The
RMPFYT70–. 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. 309. H. micrantha. Plant X %. Spikelet x 2%. Acliene x 10. 12. HEMICARPHA Nees & Am. Spikelet, flowers, etc., as in Scirpus, except that there is a minute translucent scale (readily overlooked) between the flower and the axis of the spikelet. Sta- men only 1. Style 2-cleft. Bristles or other perianth none. (Name from i]fu-, half, and Kdp(fios, straw or chaff, in allusion to the single inner soalelet.) 1. H. micrintha (Vahl) Britton. Dwarf or
RMRDDXRG–. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. 18 FLOWERS Other names are often applied to the glume and lemma. In courses in Agriculture, the glume is often called outer or empty glume and the lemma, the flowering glume. The pistillate flowers are arranged on a cob and enclosed by husks, so that only the outer ends or silks of the pistils are. Fig. 14. — A spikelet from the Corn tassel two staminate flowers The flowers are numbered (1) and (S), No. 1 being more mature /, lemma; p, palea; s, stamens; I, lodicules. Much enlarged to show the e, glumes; exposed. When the husks are removed, the flow
RMPFYKGX–. 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
RMRDDXPJ–. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. Fig. 18. — Spikelet of the Oat head, with the bracts spread apart to show the flowers. There are three flowers, only (1) and (S) of which develop and produce kernels, e, glumes or empty glumes; /, lemma or flowering glume; pa, palea; s, stamens; p, pistil; r, rachilla. The parts of flowers (S) and (S) are not indicated. Many times enlarged.. Fig. 19. — Two views of a head of Wheat with some spikelets removed to show the zig-zag rachis. An edge view of the spikelets is shown at the left and a side view at the right, r, ra,chis; s, spikelets.. Please
RMPFYKE1–. 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
RMRE1ERX–. Principles of plant culture; an elementary treatise designed as a text-book for beginners in agriculture and horticulture. Horticulture; Botany. 100 Principles of Plant Culture. scale-like parts at the base, g. g., are called glumes. The similar pair above, tipped with a bristle (the awn or beard) are called the lower or outer pales or palets (pa'-lets) or flowering glumes—to distinguish them from the smaller and more delicate upper or inner palets which are just above and inclosed within the outer ^<'. Fig. 53. Fig. 54. Fig. 55. (After LaMaout and Fig. 53. Spikelet of wheat; st, stamens.
RMPFYK5E–. 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. 248. E. Engelmannl Spikelet x 2%. Achene x 10. 249. E. palustris. Spikelet X 3. Achene x 10. nigh I spikelet cylindrtc, 5-20 mm. long, 2-4 mm. tliick, acutish ; scales close- appressed, brown; achenes with broad much flattened tubercle; bristles about equaling the achene.âLocal, Mass. to Mo. Fig, 248. Var. iiKTbwsA Gray. Bristles wanting or rudimentary.âMore frequent, Mass. to Neb., s. to Pa., Ind., and Ariz. 12. E. palustris (L.) R. & S. Cu
RMRE0PEH–. Agricultural botany, theoretical and practical. Botany, Economic; Botany. MEADOW FOXTAIL 665 point a little below the middle of the spikelet to its base. The flowering glume possesses a long bent dorsal awn, and surrounds the yellow flattened caryopsis, which nearly always has upon it the remains of a conspicuous stigma. The length of spikelet is about 6 or 7 mm., and 2'5 to 3 mm. broad. The colour of seeds in good samples is greyish-brown on one side, lighter on the other ; the very pale silvery specimens, which look so well, are usually unripe and poor in quality. Purity.—Few grasses are s
RMPFYK5A–. 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. 248. E. Engelmannl Spikelet x 2%. Achene x 10. 249. E. palustris. Spikelet X 3. Achene x 10. nigh I spikelet cylindrtc, 5-20 mm. long, 2-4 mm. tliick, acutish ; scales close- appressed, brown; achenes with broad much flattened tubercle; bristles about equaling the achene.âLocal, Mass. to Mo. Fig, 248. Var. iiKTbwsA Gray. Bristles wanting or rudimentary.âMore frequent, Mass. to Neb., s. to Pa., Ind., and Ariz. 12. E. palustris (L.) R. & S. Cu
RMRD9NY8–. Field crop production; a text-book for elementary courses in schools and brief courses in colleges. Agriculture. 104 FIELD CROP PRODUCTION wheat and rye are hairy, while in barley and oats they are smooth. The lower leaves wither and die as the plant approaches maturity, and at the beginning of ripening only the upper leaf and the topmost internode are green. 87. The spikelets. â A spikelet is composed of two outer glumes, inclosing from two to five flowers, each with a flowering glume and palea. In the wheat plant only one spikelet grows from each joint of the rachis. The rachis may be de-
RMPG1XRM–. 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
RMRDWFNM–. Botany, with agricultural applications. Botany. 18 FLOWERS Other names are often applied to the glume and lemma. In courses in Agriculture, the glume is often called outer or empty glume and the lemma, the flowering glume. The pistillate flowers are arranged on a cob and enclosed by husks, so that only the outer ends or silks of the pistils are. Fig. 14. — A spikelet from the Com tassel. Much enlarged to show the two staroinate flowers The flowers are numbered {1) and {2), No. 1 being more mature, e, glumes; /, lemma; p, palea; s, stamens; I, lodieules. exposed. When the husks are removed, t
RMPFYKCY–. 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. 198. E. virgrinicus. Two spikelets X 1, Spikelet with glumes detached x 2. Floret X 2. * Glumes as long as the lemmas or nearly so. *- Glumes and le.mmas rigid, all or only the latter awned. ++ Glumes bowed out, the base yellow and indurated for 1-2 mm, 1. E. virginicus L, Green or glaucous ; culms stout, 6-10 dm. high; sheaths smooth or hairy; blades 1.5-3 dm. long, 4-8 mm. wide, scabrous ; spike 4-14 cm. long, 12 mm. thick, rigidly upright, of
RMRDRD1K–. Notes on the life history of British flowering plants. Botany; Plant ecology. 432 BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS. and Fig. 345 of useful in these ways, but is not an even more important service that they tend to pre- vent the seeds being eaten ? Fig. 346 gives a diagram of a spikelet of Antho- xanthum Wheat. The flowers open only once, generally in the morn- ing, through the swelling of the lodicules. As usual in wind flowers the fila- ments are very thin, so that the anthers are easily shaken by the wind. Some species have cleistogamous flowers. FiQ. 346. — Diagram of a spikelet of rni n 11 Antho
RMPFYKD4–. 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. GRAMINEAB (GEASS FAMILY) 169. 198. E. virgrinicus. Two spikelets X 1, Spikelet with glumes detached x 2. Floret X 2. * Glumes as long as the lemmas or nearly so. *- Glumes and le.mmas rigid, all or only the latter awned. ++ Glumes bowed out, the base yellow and indurated for 1-2 mm, 1. E. virginicus L, Green or glaucous ; culms stout, 6-10 dm. high; sheaths smooth or hairy; blades 1.5-3 dm. long, 4-8 mm. wide, scabrous ; spike 4-14 cm. long, 12
RMRDF93P–. Field crops for the cotton-belt. Agriculture. e— Fig. 52. — The reproductive organs of wheat: (1) Spikelet, natural size, with a few joints of the rachis; / and g are flowerless glumes; k, florets bearing seeds; r, rudimentary florets. (2) Longitudinal diagram of flower just before flowering; anthers marked o; ovary, o; stigma, s; filament, /. (3) Diagram of flower just after flowering, showing how . anthers are held within the envelope. (4) Ovary and stigma just prior to flowering. (5) Ovary and stigma at the time of flowering. (6) Ovary and stigma shortly after flowering. (7), (8), and (9)
RMPFYT76–. 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. 198 CYPBKACEAE (SEDGE FAMILY) 01% F. simplex. Fruit X 2%. 3. F. simplex Vahl. Perennial, 1-8 dm. high ; leaf-sheatha hairy; perianth-scales ovate-oblong, the relrorsely barbed awns arising from below the tip, bristles equaling or exceeding the white achene. â â Sandy or saline soil, Mo. and Kan. to Mex. Aug.-Oct. Fig. 808.. 309. H. micrantha. Plant X %. Spikelet x 2%. Acliene x 10. 12. HEMICARPHA Nees & Am. Spikelet, flowers, etc., as in Sci
RMRDHMC5–. Elementary botany . Botany. Fig. 235.—Diagram of flower of Wheat. no flowers in their axils j they constitute, in fact, a small involucre. Above them, on the spikelet axis, are bracts which form two rows, have single flowers in their axils, and are termed flowerifig glumes or lower pales or palea {P-^, P„, Ps,-Pi, P,). These latter alternate as A do the glumes, so that the first or lowest of them (P^) stands above the lower glume (G) : the second {P2) is inserted on the op- posite side of the axis and is above the upper glume (g). The flowering glumes, and ' less frequently the barren glumes
RMRDJJ0E–. Foundations of botany. Botany; Botany. Fia. 2. —Diagram of Inflorescence of a Grass. g, sterile glumes ; P^, a flowering glume; Pj, a scaly bract (palea); e, transparent scales (lodicules) at the base of tbe flower; S, the flower. Fig. 3.—]rescae.grass (Festuea pratenaia). A, spikelet (compare Fig. 2); B, a flower, the lodicules in front and the palea behind; C, a lodicule; D, ovary.. 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 origi
RMRDYDC7–. 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 353. Fig. 144a. Long-awned Poverty Grass (.Artsttda tuberculosa). a, Spikelet with lower glmne; b, flowering glume with divergent long awns. (U. S. Dept. Agrl.). Fig. 144b. Short-awned Poverty Grass. (A, basircmiea). Occurs in sandy and gravelly soils. (U. S. Dept. Agrl.). nearly equal, 12 lines long, awn-pointed; flowering glume about 10 lines long, twisted above to the division of the awns, and with
RMRE0PFF–. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. 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 and facing each flo
RMRDA6HR–. 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. GRAMINBAE (GRASS FAMILY) 93. w E, saccharoides x II4. 'ong ; palea minute, nerveless. â Tall and stout reed-like perennials, with elon- gated flat leaves, racemes crowded in a panicle and clothed with long silky hairs, especially in a tuft arouud the base of each spikelet (whence the name, from ipiov, wool, and &veos, flower). * Awn terete, straiyht. 1- Hairs at base ofspikelets copious, as long as the glumes or longer; panicle-axis and uppe
RMRDRD1B–. Notes on the life history of British flowering plants. Botany; Plant ecology. 440 BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS here it rests; but when there is any wind it is thrown out, and a fresh supply drops down, to be scattered in its turn. The plant is protected against browsing quad-. FiB. 352.—Airhenatherum avenaceum. 1, 2 xl2. 3, 4x5. 1, A closed anther; 2, an open anther ; 3, spikelets on a calm day with glumes distended, and anthers pendulous ; 4, spikelets in a wind. The pollen escaping from the pendulous anthers in the spikelet to the right; in that to the left {and below) the anthers (two only re
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
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
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
RMRD8AMA–. 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. CYPERACEAE (SEDGE FAMILY) 185 long); sheaths with oblique tips; spikelet cylindric-ovoid, acu- tish, loosely 6-20-flowered (2-7 mm. long); scales oblong, obtuse, green-keeled, the sides purplish-brown ; aohene obovoid with a narrowed base, beaked with a slender conical-awl-shaped tubercle, which nearly equals the 6 bristles. â Wet places, GaspiS Co., Que., to w. Ont., s. to n. Me., w. Ct., N. J., Pa., 0., and la. Fig. 261. Var. HABEEiiKi Fernald
RMRDA6AX–. 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. 141. D. aegyptium. Inflorescence x y^- Splkelet X 2. Fruit X 8. Seed x 4.. 142. E. indica. Part of inflorescence x I^, Spikelet and floret X 2. Fruit and seed x 4. 67. ELEUSINE Gaertn. Goose Grass. Yard Grass Spikelets several-flowered, awnless, florets perfect or uppermost staminate, sessile and closely imbricated in 2 rows along one side of a continuous rhachis, which does not extend beyond the terminal spikelet; glumes unequal, shorter than t
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
RMRDYW48–. Genetics in relation to agriculture. Livestock; Heredity; Variation (Biology); Plant breeding. 346 GENETICS IN RELATION TO AGRICULTURE ^Kt^ >-JH Hr^'fll BtT* 'SH ll. Fig. 143.—Details of wheat inflorescence. The smaller spike is Fife and at its left is shown a Blue Stem spike. In the lower right- hand corner is a spike from which small late flowers have been removed preparatory to crossing. At 2, spikelet, natural size, with a few joints of the rachis;/and i; are flowerless glumes; k, florets bearing seeds; r, rudimentary florets. 'S, a single flower closed just after flowering, X3. 4A, l
RMRD8A20–. 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. 309. H. micrantha. Plant X %. Spikelet x 2%. Acliene x 10. 12. HEMICARPHA Nees & Am. Spikelet, flowers, etc., as in Scirpus, except that there is a minute translucent scale (readily overlooked) between the flower and the axis of the spikelet. Sta- men only 1. Style 2-cleft. Bristles or other perianth none. (Name from i]fu-, half, and Kdp(fios, straw or chaff, in allusion to the single inner soalelet.) 1. H. micrintha (Vahl) Britton. Dwarf or
RMRDA69E–. 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. GRAMINEAB (GEASS FAMILY) 169. 198. E. virgrinicus. Two spikelets X 1, Spikelet with glumes detached x 2. Floret X 2. * Glumes as long as the lemmas or nearly so. *- Glumes and le.mmas rigid, all or only the latter awned. ++ Glumes bowed out, the base yellow and indurated for 1-2 mm, 1. E. virginicus L, Green or glaucous ; culms stout, 6-10 dm. high; sheaths smooth or hairy; blades 1.5-3 dm. long, 4-8 mm. wide, scabrous ; spike 4-14 cm. long, 12
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
RMRD8ANN–. 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. 248. E. Engelmannl Spikelet x 2%. Achene x 10. 249. E. palustris. Spikelet X 3. Achene x 10. nigh I spikelet cylindrtc, 5-20 mm. long, 2-4 mm. tliick, acutish ; scales close- appressed, brown; achenes with broad much flattened tubercle; bristles about equaling the achene.âLocal, Mass. to Mo. Fig, 248. Var. iiKTbwsA Gray. Bristles wanting or rudimentary.âMore frequent, Mass. to Neb., s. to Pa., Ind., and Ariz. 12. E. palustris (L.) R. & S. Cu
RMRD8AN5–. 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. 248. E. Engelmannl Spikelet x 2%. Achene x 10. 249. E. palustris. Spikelet X 3. Achene x 10. nigh I spikelet cylindrtc, 5-20 mm. long, 2-4 mm. tliick, acutish ; scales close- appressed, brown; achenes with broad much flattened tubercle; bristles about equaling the achene.âLocal, Mass. to Mo. Fig, 248. Var. iiKTbwsA Gray. Bristles wanting or rudimentary.âMore frequent, Mass. to Neb., s. to Pa., Ind., and Ariz. 12. E. palustris (L.) R. & S. Cu
RMRDA69A–. 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. 198. E. virgrinicus. Two spikelets X 1, Spikelet with glumes detached x 2. Floret X 2. * Glumes as long as the lemmas or nearly so. *- Glumes and le.mmas rigid, all or only the latter awned. ++ Glumes bowed out, the base yellow and indurated for 1-2 mm, 1. E. virginicus L, Green or glaucous ; culms stout, 6-10 dm. high; sheaths smooth or hairy; blades 1.5-3 dm. long, 4-8 mm. wide, scabrous ; spike 4-14 cm. long, 12 mm. thick, rigidly upright, of
RMRE1KM4–. The flora of the Northern Territory. Botany. Plate III.âSetosa erecta.âFig. l,?Smgle spikelet (x3)â(o) awn ; (6) pedicel- (c) smaU outer glume ; (d) flowering glume of male flower. 2, Spikelet attached to axis and (o) shewing position from which awn (6) arises. 3, Large outer glume dorsal view shewmgawn arisinglaterallyfrompedieelof spikelet(x3). 4, Large outer glume ventral view (x 3). 5, Flowering glume of male flower (x 3). 6, Pale of male flower through which stamens are seen (x 3). 7, Stamens of male flower more highly magnified 1= lodicules. 8, Flowering glume and pale of hermaphrodite
RMRE1G2R–. The phanerogams of the Juan Fernandez Islands. Botany. THE PHANEROGAMS OF THE JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLANDS 103. Fig. 2. a Danthonia collina, flowering glume with palea and caryopsis, X 5. b—h Koeleria micrathera:' b spikelet, c rhachis with rudimentary flower, d tips of two flowering glumes, e palea, f anthers, g pistil, all X 10, h ligule, X nf i Bromus fernandezianus, pistil and lodicules, X 10. k—r B. masafueranus: k spikelet, X j{,1 palea, m pollination, n anther,.all X 5; o lodicules, p flower, r pistil-from the side, all X 10. Barril, 985 m; lower slopes of Los Inocentes, open space in fern
RMRD8A2Y–. 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. 198 CYPBKACEAE (SEDGE FAMILY) 01% F. simplex. Fruit X 2%. 3. F. simplex Vahl. Perennial, 1-8 dm. high ; leaf-sheatha hairy; perianth-scales ovate-oblong, the relrorsely barbed awns arising from below the tip, bristles equaling or exceeding the white achene. â â Sandy or saline soil, Mo. and Kan. to Mex. Aug.-Oct. Fig. 808.. 309. H. micrantha. Plant X %. Spikelet x 2%. Acliene x 10. 12. HEMICARPHA Nees & Am. Spikelet, flowers, etc., as in Sci
RMRDWFMP–. Botany, with agricultural applications. Botany. 21 Fig. 18. — Spikelet of the Oat head, with the bracts spread apart to show the flowers. There are three flowers, only {1) and (;g) of which develop and produce kernels, e, glumes or empty glumes;. /, lemma or flowering glume; pa, palea; s, stamens; p, pistil; r, rachilla. The parts of flowers (f) and (S) are not indicated. Many times enlarged.. 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
RMRDDXPR–. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. 21. Fig. 18. — Spikelet of the Oat head, with the bracts spread apart to show the flowers. There are three flowers, only (1) and (S) of which develop and produce kernels, e, glumes or empty glumes; /, lemma or flowering glume; pa, palea; s, stamens; p, pistil; r, rachilla. The parts of flowers (S) and (S) are not indicated. Many times enlarged.. 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 or
RMRDWFMH–. Botany, with agricultural applications. Botany. 21 Fig. 18. — Spikelet of the Oat head, with the bracts spread apart to show the flowers. There are three flowers, only {1) and (;g) of which develop and produce kernels, e, glumes or empty glumes;. /, lemma or flowering glume; pa, palea; s, stamens; p, pistil; r, rachilla. The parts of flowers (f) and (S) are not indicated. Many times enlarged.. 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
RMRDA693–. 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. 194. E. canadensis x %. Two spikelets.. 195. E. striatus x %. Two spikelets. Spikelet with glumes detached. , and southw.. 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.. Gray, Asa, 1810-1888; Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln, 1864-1935; Fernald, Merritt Lyndon, 1873-1950. New York
RMRE1KKK–. The flora of the Northern Territory. Botany. 364 THE FLORA Or THE NOBTHEKN TERRITORY. Plate I"'.—Ekiachne nervosa. Fig. 1, Habit. 2, Inflorescence. 3, A single spikelet (x 3). 4, Outer glume shewing numerous nerves (x 7). 5, Flowering glume (x 7). 6, Pale, showing rachis of spikelet hairy round the pale, one of the stamens, ovary and lodicules (x 7).. 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.. Ewart, Alfred J.
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
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