A synopsis of the British flora; arranged according to the natural orders: [Vol.1] containing Vasculares, or flowering plants / [John Lindley].

  • John Lindley
Date:
1829
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Credit: A synopsis of the British flora; arranged according to the natural orders: [Vol.1] containing Vasculares, or flowering plants / [John Lindley]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    base, of the hermaphrodite floret with a straight bristle under the apex. 1. A. avenaceum Beauv. E. B. 12. 813. Root knotty. Knots of the stem smooth. Lower palea villous. Dumortier. Holcus avenaceus Scop. Avena elatior Linn. pastures, and by road-sides. — Perennial. June, July. 2. A bulbosum Dumortier. Root bulbous. Knots of the stem villous. Lower palea smooth. Dumortier. Avena nodosa Cullum. In waste places. — Perennial. June, July. 29. ECHINOCHLOA Beauv. Spike compound. Glumes 2 ; the lower smaller, mucronate, the upper as long as the fertile palea, mucronate or awned. Palea of the fertile floret 2, equal; one convex, the other plane. Palea: of the neuter or male floret 1- or 2-valved ; the lower mucronate or with a long awn, the upper smaller, membranous, and often wanting. 1. E. Crus-galli Beauv.. E. B. 13. 876. Panicle erect, branched, bristly. Flowers awned, unilateral. Leaves lanceolate, harsh, naked, without ligulae. Panicum Crus-galli Linn. Oplismenus Crus-galli Dumort. In moist arable land. — Annual. July. 30. HOLCUS Linn. Soft-grass. Panicle loose. Spikelets 2-flowered; lower floret awnless and herma- phrodite ; upper awned, and male. Glumes 2, nearly equal, rather longer than the florets. Pales 2; the lower awnless, or awned under the apex. H. lanatus Linn. E. B. 17. 1169. Glumes woolly. Lower floret perfect, awnless; upper with an arched awn. Leaves downy on both sides. Root fibrous. Smith. Abundant in meadows and pastures. — Perennial. June, July. 2. H. mollis Linn. E. B. 17. 1170. Glumes partly naked. Lower floret perfect, awnless ; upper with a sharply bent prominent awn. Leaves slightly downy. Root creeping. Smith. In pastures and hedges. — Perennial. July. 31. ANTHOXANTHUM Linn. Glumes 2 ; the lower smaller, the upper enfolding the paleae, and longer than them. Florets 3; the two lateral neuter, the middle herma- phrodite. Palea of the neuter florets single; one with a dorsal awn, the other with an awn from the base. Palea of the hermaphrodite floret 2, nearly equal, awnless. Stamens 2.
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