An essay on the indigenous grasses of Ireland / [John White].

  • White, John.
Date:
1808
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Credit: An essay on the indigenous grasses of Ireland / [John White]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cautioufly avoided’ in a farm for the reafons above-mentioned. Sheep and horfes eat it. — A. July. Aug. _ a balta. IRISH. . | : Forna balla. Cuifog fhinn. Enoxisi.—Wall Barley.. Way Bennet. Wild | Rye. . Rye-grafs. Moufe-ear Barley. Ob. Roots fibrous. Stems many, 1 foot,’ nearly upright, decumbent; knotted, and knee.’ bent at the bafe, fpreading, leafy. Leaves’ fpreading, linear-lanceolate, acute, {ftriated,- rough. “Sheath almoft the length of the leaves, fomewhat bellying out, ftriated, very fmooth, with a very fhort fheath-feale. Spike upright,. from 2 to 3 inches, many-flowered. Spikets 2-rowed, tiled. Calyx, outer valve briftle-like;. inner one three-nerved, ciliated comb-like and all awned. Azwns ftraight, very rough, and double the length of the glumes. Florets fo. litary, lance-fhaped, awned: Awzs longer than thofe of the calyx: inner valve blunt, ‘pointed. © u. Lateral