* C l a f s k i r Ordo It
D i A u d h i a D i & y n i a
A n t h o x a n t h u m .
Ity .z .
Claffis H Ordó II.
m - 1 A ';- k ; D R I. A ,
D I G Y N I A.
H O X A N T H U M.
K . C A L Y X
Fig. 4 - 5- 6- l \ 8l
* Lente auctus.
GLUM A unifiora,
bivalvis,
ValvuliswuiK,-
acuminatis,
rconcavis, ' ■
'interiore majqr.ei
’ j ‘ ^G luma «
altera geniculata.
■ f tiphyllum,
N MS N E c T A R I u M teB,,.
\ tenuijfmum; ■ w ; F ilàm e n ta duo,
■S?T AMIN A V - •:
P i ' S T
M U Germkn oblqngum,
I L L U KI V, s t y l i duo,
» *——- ~' i r . S t .
F i g ^ Jv . : | filiformes.
■ r1g.-6.7 - S fiUfi,
! Lente auaum. s'Si#
" S t igm a ta JmpJtcia.
P E R 'IC A R P IU M
* Lente auftum.
-• S. S E M E N C unicum,
T . T R U .N Q U S .
3* ' '
iutrinque acuminatumj
Ltcrctiufculum. ■
TCtTLMUS,
Jfimpliciffiinus» . .
siayisj.-.
'nitidus,- ,
fiftulofiis,; ■
'articulatus, f ,
¡intefnodiis iBferné vagmatis, (V.J
•fpica ovato-oblonga terminatus : p ig .
flofculis fubpedunculatis, (p. rig- 4- 5'
■ X . Figi 2r Spica poft florefcentiam.
'Enfifonnia,
linearia,
margine afpera, digitis rctrorfum duals,
I gl ab r a*
I alterna,
l^vaginantia.
F . F O L I A
Fig. I . 2. 3« •
r A GLUME {hujbor chaff) uniflorous,
I bivalvular, (having two Valves)
Ithe Valves ovate,'
K . The/C A L Y X
Fig. 4,. i acun
* magnified. I conc
I the:i
s, {with oneflower)
acuminate,
concave, *
. the interior larger.
_.A- G lume uniflorous,^
Ol tne i^aiyx.
G. T-he .G O R.© L L A \ ^/¿^fongth of the larger Valve of the Galyx:
Fig.' i- 4- 5- 7- 8> S each Vaivehavinga'doffal arifta: (A) (a beard firn
' ''' * Magnified; ■ -
1Ch vaivenaving^ouo. . . . . . . . (A) (a beardfpringmg from
;one bf wbich-M geniculate, {bending, like a knee or joint) ,
rdiphyllousj.
■Ni.The NECTARIUM \ very thin;
Fig: & > , 8. ' ¡ | j | § g | l
* Magnified.
. . STAMENS
: F i^M # ;
* Magnified.;
■r/.gig T The l
F ilaments two,
\1 capillary, ca (like a hair)
very long.. > - ' • •
The Antheras oblong, -
each end bifurca'te.:(doubly forked)
I , M M M Lh e G ermen oblong.
T h e P I S T I L L -U M * Th-e.'S4.y l.BS two,
, " Fig. 6 .7 . • fili form. {ibread-Jhaped)
• Magnified.- { ^he Stigmas fimple.
The FEBICAltPIIlM ¿T h e GMiMf. of tlie Cjirolla grow t e . t n d '^ U e ihe
•* Magnified. J Seed. .C. F ig; :4V
The S E E D
i$IÉig£9..,
• * Magnified.
[ narrow at both ends, ‘
. roundiih.
'Ai©ÙXM, ! , , very fimple, {without Branches)
fmooth
T . The T R L T N K ^ 1^ '
arifta longiori-
F . The L E A V 'E S
fiftulous, {hollow)
the^nteniodes {the /pace betwixt two joints) vaginate, (V .) t'
(fheathed at their lower end.)^ .
endihg in anoblong ovate fpike: (Fig. i . x .J
the'florets .o f which are longer•'.than the arifta, and have a
L very fmall peduncle (p. Fig. 4; 5 . 6.'8v)
Fig. 2. Xr a fpike afterit.has beCnùn. floweri
■Enfiform,
■fcfeling very rough at the edge?, when the fingers are drawn
backwards from the point;
^ftriated;' M- •.A ® -0
fmooth,
alternate,
-vaginant.
R . The R O O T | confiftso f a few Bender whitifli fibres,
■Fig. 1 . ' ■
Uomen triviale, A ntHoxantHUM OboraTum.
Habitat in Europw praus. op- P1*
The common Name, V ernal G rass.'
A Native of the Meadows in Europe,
" S p .p l .