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Identifier: britishgrassesse00prat (find matches)
Title: The British grasses and sedges
Year: 1858 (1850s)
Authors: Pratt, Anne, 1806-1893
Subjects: Botany Grasses
Publisher: London, Society for promoting Christian knowledge
Contributing Library: University of British Columbia Library
Digitizing Sponsor: University of British Columbia Library

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, andthis feature distinguishes the plant from B. racemdsus,in which these parts, instead of being soft to the touch,are rather rough. The panicle is two or three incheslong. The very downy variety is found on sandy groundin Cornwall; it is of a less bright green colom* than theordinary form. The farmer includes the soft Brome-grasswith the Barren species among his worthless grasses.(PI. 265, fig. 5.) 9. B. racemdsus (Smooth Brome-grass).—Panicleclose, long, and upright, usually with each spikelet on ashort stalk, but sometimes with slightly divided branches;spikelets egg-shaped, slightly flattened, overlapping eachother; awn straight, about as long as the glume. Thisappears to diflTer from the last species chiefly in beingsmooth instead of downy. It grows commonly inmeadows and pasture lands; flowering in June and July,and its shining spikelets are usually of a lighter greenthan those of the last species. Its erect round stem isa foot and a half or two feet high. Its herbage shoots
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-MAiii i.i;iMi MIL ) 11:1 BRITISH GRASSES AND SEDGES. Ill early in the spring; but it is not a valuable grass, andgrows chiefly on poor soils. (PI. 206, fig. 1.) 10. B. arvensis (Taper Field Brome-grass).—Faniclcupright, spreading, branched ; the partial fioioer stalkslonger than the narrow flattened spikelets; c/Iumellasshorter than the straight awn; anthers remarkably longand narrow. In this plant the glumellas usually acquirea purple tinge, and the flower-stalks are longer than inthe preceding species. It is a naturalized grass, foundat Southampton, and a few other places; flowering inJuly and August, and is a lighter, prettier, and moregraceful species than the last, with spikelets much smallerthan those of most Brome-grasses. (PI. 266, fig. 2.) 11. B. pdtulus (Spreading Brome-grass.)—Panicleerect, spreading loose, drooping in fruit, the lower stalksmuch lengthened, and either simple or branched; sjnke-lets lance-shaped, flattened ; glumellas rather shorter thanthe nearly stra

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