RMRJ303E–. The commonly occurring wild plants of Canada and more especially of the province of Ontario [microform] : a flora for the use of beginners. Botany; Wild flowers; Plants; Botanique; Fleurs sauvages; Plantes. COMMON CANADIAN WILn PLANTS. 14?) tig from 8 ikelet one ;her. The r h tipped t at ten'jfh ffie r^^,y.i,J not awned. GUASH.) cultivated Grass the an opposite •eduncle, so ns a spike. 8-flowered, me at each , the side of against the are nearly the lower closely re- lit is sharp- The Grass nning root- Iblesome to the one manifestly perfect flower there ia an extra pafct helow. This palet (wh
RMRFXBKK–. Canadian journal of agricultural science. Agricultural Institute of Canada; Agriculture. 114 SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE. December, 1921. The Fj generation, in all cases, bore hoods, the supernumerary florets being almost sessile. In the F. generation tri- fureated and awned forms were produced in approximately the ratio of 3 to 1. In the F, generation, 45 awned types were tried and found to breed true; whilst the same number of hooded types were tested in which 16 bred true and 29 were found to produce a mixture. Purple palea dominant over white palea. It is to be noticed that in several varieti
RMRG0D0J–. The Canadian field-naturalist. 356 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 93. Figure 1. The Sutton Ridges, a series of Precambrian outcrops penetrating the Paleozoic wetlands characteristic of the Hudson Bay Lowland. This Aquatuk Lake 'cuesta' has an elevation ca. 275 m asl. (CAN, DAO, TRT) nor with any mention made of it in liis northern Ontario fieldnotes (CAN). It is not included by Scoggan (1978) in the flora of Ontario. The specimens collected (CAN, TRT) are typically awned, with the narrow leaves of var. borealis. It is also known from a third Ontario location (55°N, 84°43'W: abandoned Mid
RMRDK08D–. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 22. HEATH FAMILY. 693 the base; anther-sacs opening by a terminal pore, commonly awned. Stigma obtuse, entire. Disk lo-toothed. Ovary 5-celled, 5-lobed. Calyx becoming fleshy and at length surrounding the capsule, forming a berry-like fruit. [Named after Dr. Gaultier, of Quebec] About 100 species, mostly of the Andes of South America, a few North American
RMRDJT62–. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. LABIATAE. Vol. III. 7. Koellia aristata (Michx.) Kuntze. Awned Mountain-Mint. Fig. 3666. Pyc. aristatum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 8. pi. 33. 1803. Koellia aristata Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 520. 1891. Similar to the preceding species; stem slender, stiff, minutely canescent, it°-2i° high. Leaves ovate, or some of them ovate-lanceolate, short-petioled, sharply serrate,
RMRGB6JT–. Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 146 BULLETIN 112, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Chaboissaea Fourn., Mex. PI. 2: 112. 1886. A single species, C. ligulata, is included. TMs is MuhlenTyergia ligulata (Fourn.) Scribn. and Merr. Muhlenbergia is a somewhat artificial genus, including species of very diverse habit. It differs from Sporobolus in the 3-nerved awned or mucronate lemma, and from Agrostis in the firmer lemma, usually longer than the glumes. One group, including M. squarrosa (Trin.) Eydb. (fig. 81), M. repens (Presl) Hitchc, and their allies,
RMRDA6G1–. 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 (GRASS i<"AMILY) 145 52. GYMNOPdGON Beauv Spikelets with 1 perfect flower, sometimes 1 or 2 neuter or staminate subses- sile florets above the perfect one, remote along one side of a flliform continuous rliaoliis, forming slender unilateral spikes; rhachilla prolonged beyond the floret as a slender often awned rudiment; glumes narrow, subequal, rigid, scabrous on tlie strong keel, equaling or exceeding the florets ; lemma thin,
RMRJ2H0B–. Manual of the mosses of North America [microform]. Mosses; Mousses. Barbula.] BRYACE^. 115 12. D. obliquus, Bruch & Schimp. Stems short: leaves ovate-obloiig or ovate-lanceolate, awned or cuspidate by the ex- current costa, revoluble on the borders, closely papillose and chlorophyllose in the upper part, the double papilla} distinctly prominent on the borders: capsule cylindrical, obli(jue : teeth reddish and bifid to near the base, twisting to the left; annulus siiiii)le. — 13ryol. Eur. t. 130. Tortida suberecta, Ilook. & Wils. in Drumm. Muse. Anier. n. 145. Trichostomum ohli- quitm
RMRDK0BA–. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 13, HEATH FAMILY. 687. the teeth recurved. Stamens 10, included; filaments subulate, glabrous; anther-sacs tapering upward into tubular beaks, not awned, opening by terminal pores. Disk lo-toothed. Ovary S-celled, S-grooved; stigma simple. Capsule depressed-globose, the epicarp 5-valved, sepa- rating at length from the lo-valved endocarp. Seeds not winged
RMREK8AE–. Classification of American wheat varieties. Wheat; Wheat. Fig. 7.—Beak widths: a, Narrow ; 6, midwide; o, wide. (Natural size and enlarged 3 diameters.). Fig. 8.—Beak shapes: a, Obtuse; t, acute; cv, acuminate. (Natural size and enlarged 3 diameters.) Acute beaks come to a point at the apex. Acuminate beaks are nar- rowly and very sharply pointed. All awned spikes have acuminate beaks. These shapes are shown in Figure 8. LENGTH OF THE BEAK. Beak lengths are quite variable, especially in the awned varieties, and are considerably influenced by environment. In general, condi- tions which increa
RMRGAH16–. Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GEISTEEA OF GEASSE3 OF THE TJlSnTED STATES. 213 the Tropics for forage. It has been tried in the warmer parts of the South. Molasses grass is a rather stout perennial, with viscid-pubes- cent foliage, and narrow many-flowered panicles of very small awned spikelets.. Fig. 127.—Hydrochloa caroUnensifs. Plant, X J ; two views of pistillate apikelet, X 5 ; stamina te spikelet, X 5. 12. PANICEAE. THE MIIXET TBIBE. 108. Ajtthaexantia Beauv.* Spikelets obovoid; first glume wanting; second glume and sterile lemma about equal i
RMREKNWX–. A class-book of botany, designed for colleges, academies, and other seminaries ... Illustrated by a flora of the northern, middle, and western states; particularly of the United States north of the Capitol, lat. 38 3/4. Botany; Plants -- United States; Plants -- Canada. Aristida. CLXI. GRAMINE^. 8 9 595. Tribe 1. STIPACE^.—Infloresence panicled, Spikelets solitary, l-flover- ed. Glumes membranaceous. Paleae mostly two, lower one coriaceous, involute, awned. 1. ARISTlDA. Lat. arista, an awn; characteristic of the genus. Panicle contracted or racemose; glumes 2, unequal; paleae pedi- cellate,
RMRG0D09–. The Canadian field-naturalist. Figure 1. The Sutton Ridges, a series of Precambrian outcrops penetrating the Paleozoic wetlands characteristic of the Hudson Bay Lowland. This Aquatuk Lake 'cuesta' has an elevation ca. 275 m asl. (CAN, DAO, TRT) nor with any mention made of it in liis northern Ontario fieldnotes (CAN). It is not included by Scoggan (1978) in the flora of Ontario. The specimens collected (CAN, TRT) are typically awned, with the narrow leaves of var. borealis. It is also known from a third Ontario location (55°N, 84°43'W: abandoned Mid-Canada Line radar station 510, occupying a
RMRDJCP2–. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 2. Hemicarpha aristulata (Coville) Smyth. Awned Hemicarpha. Fig. 837. H. micrantha aristulata Coville, Bull. Torr. Club 21: 36. 1894. H. aristulata Smyth, Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci. 16: 163. 1899. H. intermedia Piper; Piper & Beattie, Fl. Pal. Reg. 36: 1901. Similar to the preceding species; culms 8' high or less, longer than the setaceous leaves; involucral l
RMRDK3WG–. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 214 GRAMINEAE. Vol. I. 49. NOTHOHOLCUS Nash. [Holcus L. Sp. PL 1047, in part. 1753.] Annual or perennial grasses with flat leaf-blades and spike-like or open panicles. Spike- lets deciduous, 2-flowered; lower flower perfect, upper staminate. Scales 4; the 2 lower empty, membranous, keeled, the first i-nerved, the second 3-nerved and often short-awned; flowering
RMRGB74H–. Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 130 BULLETIN 772, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. This is an important range grass. Common on the Pacific slope is A. diegoensis Vasey, with creeping rhizomes, spreading panicles, and often awned spikelets. 'â 'iw-^. Two native species belonging to the group in which the palea is lacking are common in the eastern United States. Agrostis perennans (Walt.) Tuckerm. is a woodland species with open panicle. Agrostis hiemalis (Walt.) B. S. P. (fig. 68) is a delicate open-ground species with very diffuse capillary pani- cle
RMRH32CW–. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. 210 BRITISH GRASSES. drooping when ripe ; spikelets oval, sessile, in two rows, each containing four or five florets ; rachis zigzag; outer glumes roughish, nearly equal, thin, somewhat hairy, awned ; flowering glumes roughish, rather hairy, larger than the outer ones, furnished with a long slender rough awn on its summit; palese the same length, with two green marginal ribs. The Fibrous Wheat-grass is a denizen of bushy places and damp shady situations; it will live in open ground, but it
RMRDJCPA–. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 34° CYPERACEAE. Vol. I.. 2. Hemicarpha aristulata (Coville) Smyth. Awned Hemicarpha. Fig. 837. H. micrantha aristulata Coville, Bull. Torr. Club 21: 36. 1894. H. aristulata Smyth, Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci. 16: 163. 1899. H. intermedia Piper; Piper & Beattie, Fl. Pal. Reg. 36: 1901. Similar to the preceding species; culms 8' high or less, longer than the setac
RMRDX09H–. A spring flora for high schools. Botany. COMPOSITAE (COMPOSITE FAMILY) single large heads; leaves nearly entire, the upper ob- long or lanceolate, sessile; the lower spatulate; disk dark purple or brown. Dry soil. June to September. COREOPSIS Herbs, generally with opposite leaves, and many- flowered heads with yel- low or parti-colored rays. Involucre double, each series of about 8 bracts, the outer leaf-like and spreading, the inner broader and appressed. Receptacle flat. Achenes flat, often winged, 2- toothed or 2-awned. C. lanceolata, Tickseed. Smooth or hairy, tufted, branched only at ba
RMRGBCTR–. Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 171 Synonym,—Wisconsin Wonder. Prelude wheat has been distributed as Wisconsin Wonder by H. E. Krueger, of Beaver Dam, Wis. In advertising the variety Mr. Krueger claims to have originated it from the selection of a plant grown in a held of Marquis about 1910. The distribution of Wisconsiu Wonder wheat dates from 1916. It was reported in 1919 from seven counties in Wis- consin. HUMPBACK. Description.—Plant spring habit, late, tall; stem white, midstrong; spike awned, fusiform
RMRGB6W1–. Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GENERA OF GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES. 139 stock, and P. monspeliensis is sometimes sufficiently abundant on low meadows to be of importance. %L 63. Lycurus H. B. K. Spikelets 1-flowered, the rachilla articulate above the glumes; glumes awned, the first usually 2-awned; lemma narrow, firm, longer than the glumes, terminating in a slender awn. Low perennial grasses, with dense spikelike panicles, the spikelets borne in pairs, the lower of the pair sterile, the short branchlets deciduous. Spe- cies two, in arid regions
RMRE0F39–. A manual of structural botany; an introductory textbook for students of science and pharmacy. Plant morphology. r/ r£ 7S. Fig. 71. Concave petal of Theobroma. 72. Flower of Silene, the petals toothed at apex and bearing a crown at junction of limb with claw; also a conspicuous anthophore in base of calyx. 73. Pinna- tifid sepal of Rosa.. T.TS. 77. Figures illustrating forms of the pappus; Fig. 74 Pappus little changed from ordinary superior calyx-limb. 75. That of Tanacctum, reduced to a short cup. 76. That of Absinthium, practically obsolete. 77. That of Wyethia, 2 of the calyx-teeth awned.
RMRG425J–. California grasslands and range forage grasses. Grasses; Forage plants. 3. OAT TRIBE (AVENEAE) Spikelets 2-several-flowered in open or contracted panicles; glumes usually as long or longer than the first lemma, commonly longer than all the florets; lemmas usually awned from the back, the awn mostly bent and twisted. Some genera in this tribe, e.g. Koeleria, approach Festuceae. A small tribe, but containing the cultivated oat and several important forage grasses, of which wild oats are especially valuable. 17. Avena (p. 74) 18. Danthonia (p. 75) KEY TO GENERA Spikelets awnless or lemmas rarel
RMRJ56NG–. Grasses and forage plants [microform] : a practical treatise comprising their natural history, comparative nutritive value, methods of cultivating, cutting and curing, and the management of grass lands in the United States and British provinces. Grasses; Forage plants; Hay; Graminées; Plantes fourragères; Foin. 30 MEADOW FOXTAIL. Annual; flowers in August. Grows from six to ten feet high in shallow water. Ohio, Wisconsin, and the South. 3. Alopecurus. Foxtail Grasses. Spikelets one-flowered; glumes boa^ shaped, compressed and keeled, nearly equal, united at the base; lower palea awned on the
RMREMGC8–. Circular. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. Sect. II. Privglcochloa Scribn.* (as a genns). First empty glnnie of the pis- tillate spikelet linear, little shorter than the second; flowering glume of the fertile flower shortly 3-cleft; the 2-3 sterile ones many awned above. O. Pringlei (Scribn.) Hack. (Fig. 5.) Mexico. The characters of OrcuttiaY-Asey, should be modified as follows: Cfpspitose, spreading annuals with large, many-flowered spikelets in terminal spikes; flow- ering glumes broad, many-nerved, and toothed or lobed at the broad apex. Species two, in Souther
RMRH13AB–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 161. Fig. 143. Calamagrostis breviseta(A. Gray) Scribn.; Brittou and Brown 111. Fl., 1: 164 {C. inekeringn A. Gray). Siiokt- AWNED Reed-grass.—A sleuder perennial 3 to .5 dm. high, with ilat leaves and narrow or subpyraiuidal, rather densely flowered purplish panicles 8 to 12 cm. long.—Moist ground, Newfoundland, Cape Breton Island, and Labrador to New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts. .Tuly, August. 18337—No. 7 11'. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enha
RMRGC7DW–. Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. CEREAL EXPERIMENTS IX MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA. 19 The wheals of this group are not adapted to ihe more humid areas of the United States. SOFT BED WINTER. Awned, glumes glabrous, white. -In order of yield, the leading varieties of this group that have been tested are the Lancaster, C. I. No. 1945; Mammoth Red, C. I. No. 2008; Dietz (Dietz Longberry), C. I. No. 1981; Bearded Purple Straw, C. I. No. 1911; and Stoner or "Miracle," C. I. No. 2980 and Maryland No. 358. These varieties are all quite similar (fig. 2).
RMREK7GD–. Classification of American wheat varieties. Wheat; Wheat. CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 155 SILVERSHEAF (JONES SILVER SHEAF LONGBERRY RED). Description.—Plant winter habit, midseason, tall; stem usually white, mid- strong, coarse; spike awned, fusiform, lax, inclined; glumes glabrous, white, long, midwide, easily deciduous; shoulders midwide, usually elevated; beaks 2 to 30 mm. long; awns 3 to 10 cm. long; kernels pale red, long, soft, ellip- tical; germ small; crease midwide, shallow to middeep; cheeks rounded; brush midsized, midlong. The variety as grown contains mixtures of
RMRH2808–. The Bryologist. Mosses; Liverworts; Lichens; Botany; Bryology. — 52 — lb. Leaves slightly rough at apex; capsule inclined, ovoid, about 2-2.5 times as long as wide. Swartzia inclinata"^ Hedw.—Calif.; Mont, to Utah and Colo.; north- eastern N. Amer.. Plate VII.—Swartzia inclinata (i) Plant, XI. (2) Capsule, X22. 3. Trichodon Stem slender, 3-angled. Leaves not crowded, not 2-ranked, sheathing, reflexed, awned, serrulate. Calyptra cucullate. Seta slender. Capsule nar- rowly ovoid or cylindric, straight or slightly curved; lid conic-rostrate; peristome single; teeth 16, slender, papillose,
RMRG423B–. California grasslands and range forage grasses. Grasses; Forage plants. Fig. 67. California oatgrass (Danthonia californica). 2. CALIFORNIA OATGRASS (Danthonia californica) is mostly 2-3 ft (60-90 cm) tall, sometimes shorter or taller, in dense leafy tufts, foliage glabrous; spikelets usually 3 or 4, the glumes 15-20 mm long; teeth of the lemma awned, the flat middle awn 8-12 mm long. (Fig. 67.) Distribution and habitat: California oatgrass, a fairly large, leafy perennial, occurs throughout the coast ranges and mountains of northern California. It thrives in both open and partly shaded gras
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
RMRH15RF–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 34. Fig. 16. Aiidropogon unilateralis Hack.; Beal, Grasses N. Am., 2:60. {Andropoijon accumhia Ell. uot Willd.) Banner Sorghum.—A rather stout perennial, 6 to 12 dm. high, with narrow, oiie-sidfd, iiiany-ll()were<l panicles 18 to 25 cm. long, and long- awned spikelets.—Low pine lauds, South Caioliuu, Florida. June- October.. 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 resemb
RMREKNB5–. A class-book of botany, designed for colleges, academies, and other seminaries. Illustrated by a flora of northern, middle, and western states; particularly of the United States north of the Capitol, lat. 38 3/4. Botany; Plants; Plants. Aristida. CLXI. GRAMINEjE. s a 595. Tribe 1. STIPACEiE.—Infloresence panicled. Spikelets solitary, 1-flower- ed. Glumes membranaceous. Paleae mostly two, lower one coriaceous, involute, awned. 1. ARISTIDA. Lat. arista, an awn; characteristic of the genus. Panicle contracted or racemose; glumes 2, unequal; paleae pedi- cellate, lower one with 3 long awns at th
RMRDGNRP–. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. 106 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS KEY TO THE SPECIES OF STAPHYLEA * Leaves with 3 blades. (A.) A. All the blades short-stalked with serrate awned edges lj-2^ inches long; fruit 2-lobed and flattened, about an inch long; small shrub to 6 feet, from Japan. Japan Bladder Nut—. Staphylea Bumalda. A. End blade long-stalked, all finely serrated; upright shrub with stout branches 6-15 feet high ; pod 1^2 inches long. American Bladder Nut (111) — Staphylea trifblia. A. Similar to the last but the blades smoother and nearly orbicular; f
RMRDJPNJ–. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. GRAMINEAE. Vol. I. 2. Lolium multifldrum Lam. Awned or Italian Rye-grass. Fig. 683. Lolium multiflorum Lam. Fl. Franc. 3: 621. 1778. Lolium itaticum A. Br. Flora 17: 259. 1834. Culms tufted, 2°-3° tall. Sheaths usually shorter than the internodes, smooth and glabrous; blades 4'-8' long, ii"-4" wide, smooth and glabrous; spikes 8'-i2' long; spikelets 2
RMRD2DX7–. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. GRASSES GRASSES 375 Europe, but recently introduced into this country and proving a valuable forage grass in the North- west, from Kansas to North Dakota and Washing- ton. Called also smooth, Hungarian, Austrian and awnless brome grass. seealinus, Linn. Chess. Cheat. (Fig. 558.) An annual, one to three feet high, with open panicle, smooth sheaths and short-awned spikelets. A com-. Fig. 558. Chess or cheat {hromus seealinus). Common in wheiit fields. It was once sup- posed that wheat turned to chess. mon weed introduced from Europe but cu
RMRGB6R8–. Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 142 BULLETIN 7*72, U. S. DEPAKTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Gastridium ventricosmn (Gouan) Schinz and Thell.^ {G. lendi- gerum (L.) Gaud.) (fig. 78), with an awned lemma, a common weed on the Pacific coast, appears to have no economic value. 66. Lagurus L. Spikelets 1-flowered, the rachilla disarticulating above the glumes, pilose under the floret, produced beyond the palea as a bristle; glumes equal, thin, l-nervecl, villous, gradually tapering into a plumose aristif orm point; lemma shorter than the glumes, thin, glabrous, b
RMRDC89F–. The grasses of Tennessee; including cereals and forage plants. Grasses; Forage plants; Grain. IN TENNESSEE. 233. Boutelona. BOUTELOUA, Lagasca.--(-MusM Grass.) Spikelets crowded and closely sessile in two rows on one side of a flattened rhaehis, comprising one perfect flower below and one or more sterile or rudi- mentary flowers. Glumes convex keel- ed, the lower one shorter. Perfect flow- . er with the 3-nerved lower palet 8- 1 toothed, or cleft at the apex,- the 2-nerv- ed upper palet 2-toothed; the teeth, at least of the former, pointed or subulate-, awned. Stamens 3, anthers orange col-
RMRH18JY–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 157. Fig. 139. Agrostis diegoensis Vasey (A. foliosa Yasey); Beal, Grasses N. Am., 2 : 328.—A strong-growing, leafy perennial tl to 10 dm. liigb, from creeping rootstoeks, with pale-green, narrow, and many-riowered panicles 15 to 20 cm. long. Spikelets 2 to 3 mm. long; flowering glume short-awned or awnless; palea wanting.— Mountains of southern California to Washington. May- August.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and
RMREM2A4–. Circular. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. V. Fig. 4.—Splkelets of quack-grass, showing different forms. Note the forms of the ghimes in o, 6, c, d, and the awned fonn of glumes and seeds shown in d; e, edge view of spikelet. (Enlarged.) along with the comparatively few individual seeds in samples of brome-grass seed containing seeds of quack-grass. SLENDER WHEAT-GRASS (aGROPYRON TENERUM, VASEY). The spikclets of slender wheat-grass (fig. 6) vary from one-half to three-fourths of an inch in length and contain four to seven seeds. Both glumes and seeds may be slenderly acute or sho
RMRPG8KC–. The American botanist and florist: including lessons in the structure, life, and growth of plants; together with a simple analytical flora, descriptive of the native and cultivated plants growing in the Atlantic division of the American union. Botany; Botany. Order 155.—GRAMINE^. 389 a Awns about equal, spreading,—Lower gl. longer than the upper Nos. 5—r —Glumes equal, or the lower shorter. ...Nos. 8, 9 1 A. tuberculosa N. Culm rigid, 8—20', with tubercles in the axils of the numerous branches; pan. large and loose; glume linear, awned, V; triple awn {d) 2', united half-way up, thence iavolv
RMREMJJM–. Illustrated key to the wild and commonly cultivated trees of the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada [microform] : based primarily upon leaf characters. Trees; Trees; Arbres; Arbres. Fir. 177. American Kim. covering more than half of the nut. Xova Scotia to Manitoba and southward to Penn. and Tenn. Rather local in Xew England. (Tigs. 17^, 174.) Bur Oak, Mossy-cup Oak, Overcup Oak, {)n('i'cus macrocarpa Mich.x. 143. Scales of the cup not awned. Cup usuall}- ccA'ering less than half of the nut. Mass. southward and westward. (Fig. 175.) Post Oak, Box White Oak, Qiiercus slcUdla Van&
RMRDJRNX–. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 7. Aristida Wrightii Nash. Wright's Triple- awned Grass. Fig. 429. A. Wrightii Nash, in Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 116. 1903. Culms tufted, i°-2° tall, simple, leafy; blades in- volute, those on the culm usually 3 or 4, i'-8' long, often curved, as are the commonly longer basal ones; panicle 4'-8' long, its branches more or less spreading, the longer usually bearing
RMRDR43P–. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. GRASSES GRASSES 375 Europe, but recently introduced into this country and proving a valuable forage grass in the North- west, from Kansas to North Dakota and "Washing- ton. Called also smooth, Hungarian, Austrian and awnless brome grass. secalinus, Linn. Chess. Cheat. (Pig. 558.) An annual, one to three feet high, with open panicle, smooth sheaths and short-awned spikelets. A corn-. Fig. 558. Chess or cheat (Sromus aecalinua). Common in wheat fields. I
RMRE1H2J–. Flowers of the field. Botany. 574 GRAMINKjE awned just btlow the tip.—Meadows ; abundant. A valuable agricultural grass. (Name from the Gr^ek ddhtiilos, a finger, from the hnger-likc clusters of spikelets.)—Fl. June—August. Perennial. 36. Bri'za ((Quaking- or 'I'otter-grass).—Puinde loo.se, with slender branches ; spikdcts pendulous, short, flat, broad, 3- or more - flowered, unawned ; glumes membranous: boat-shaped, blunt, densely and distichously imbricate. (Name from the Greek briilid, I balance, from the delicately sus- pended spikelets.) I.* B, uuixima (Greatest Quaking- giass), with ,l
RMRD37CW–. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 542 ERICA n. Cavendishiina, Hort. {E. Cdvendishii, Hort.)⢠Hybrid of E. depressa x E. Patersonii. Lvs. in 4's, margins revolute : fls. in 2âi's ; corolla tubular ; sta- mens included; anthers awned. P.M. 13:3. G.C. 1845, p.435. P.S. 2:142. A.P. 12:1143. Gng. 5:331. G.
RMRDJRNM–. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 33. GRASS FAMILY. 181 8. Aristida longiseta Steud. Long-awned Aristida. Fig. 430. A. longiseta Steud. Syn. Gram. 420. 1855. Culms tufted, 8'-i6' tall, simple; blades 1-4' long, involute; panicle 4-8' long, its branches usually ascending, bearing generally 1 spikelet, or in the longer branches sometimes 2 spikelets; spikelets io"-i2l" long, the 2
RMRH13BN–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 157. Fig. 139. Agrostis diegoensis Vasey (A. foliom Yasey); Bea], Grasses N. Am., 2 : 328.—A stroug-growing, leafy perennial 6 to 10 dm. Ligh, from creeping rootstocks, with pale-green, narrow, and inauy-flowered panicles 1.5 to 20 cm. long. Spikelets 2 to 3 mm. long; flowering glume short-awned or awnless; palea wanting.— Mountains of southern California to Washington. May-August,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and ap
RMREN30B–. Common weeds of Canada [microform] : a pocket guide. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes, Lutte contre les; Weeds; Mauvaises herbes. Kudbcckia hirtu. ( L) COMMON BEGGAR-TICKS. Bidcns frondflsa, (L). Root. Filmnis. Stem.—Krect branched, l-.i feet high. Leaves. ' Pinnate; .{-.j broad, lanceolate, coarsely-toothed leaflets. Flowers. -Yellow; 'i inch heads; flowers rayless and insignificant; outer in- volucre longer than the head. Fruit. -Head of flat, wedge-shaped, ciliate achenes with upturned liristles- two- awned. Seeds.—Broad, flat, with two barlied awns which cling to the dress or to the fleece of ani
RMRH0WJ5–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 331. Fig. 627. Arundinaria macrosperma Michx. Flor. Kor. Am. 1: 74. 1803. Cane.—A stout, woody, almost arborescent grass 45 to 90 dm. high, with lanceolate leaves and lateral panicles com- posed of a few simple racemes. Spikelets 25 to 45 cm. long, 5- to 9-tlowered,witli short empty glumes and lanceolate, short-awned, flowering glumes about 16 mm. long.—North Carolina to Florida and westward to Texas.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability
RMRDJPGF–. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 6. Elymus curvatus Piper. Short-awned Wild Rye. Fig. 705. E. virginicus submuticus Hook, Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 255. 1840. Elymus curvatus Piper, Bull. Torr. Club 30: 233. 1903. Culms 2°-3° tall, smooth and glabrous; leaves gla- brous ; blades up to 10' long and 4" wide, flat and lax or sometimes stiff and involute; spike 2'-$' long, 3"-5" in diameter,
RMRGBD2K–. Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT VARIETIES. 155 SILVEKSHEAF (JONES SILVEB SHEAF LONGBEKKY BED). Description.—Plant winter habit, midseason, tall; stem usually white, mid- strong, coarse; spike awned, fusiform, lax, inclined; glumes glabrous, white, long, midwide, easily deciduous; shoulders midwide, usually elevated; beaks 2 to 30 mm. long; awns 3 to 10 cm. long; kernels pale red, long, soft, ellip- tical; germ small; crease midwide,- shallow to middeep; cheeks rounded; brush midsized, midlong. The variety as grown con
RMRDJPNY–. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. GRAMINEAE. Vol. I. 2. Lolium multifldrum Lam. Awned or Italian Rye-grass. Fig. 683. Lolium multiflorum Lam. Fl. Franc. 3: 621. 1778. Lolium itaticum A. Br. Flora 17: 259. 1834. Culms tufted, 2°-3° tall. Sheaths usually shorter than the internodes, smooth and glabrous; blades 4'-8' long, ii"-4" wide, smooth and glabrous; spikes 8'-i2' long; spikelets 2
RMRD37CM–. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 542 ERICA n. Cavendishiina, Hort. {E. Cdvendishii, Hort.)⢠Hybrid of E. depressa x E. Patersonii. Lvs. in 4's, margins revolute : fls. in 2âi's ; corolla tubular ; sta- mens included; anthers awned. P.M. 13:3. G.C. 1845, p.435. P.S. 2:142. A.P. 12:1143. Gng. 5:331. G.
RMRGBD3R–. Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 154 BULLETIN 1074, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. GLUTEN (GLUTEN B 86). Description.—Plant winter habit, midseason, midtall to tall; stem white, mid- strong; spike awned, fusiform, lax, nodding; glumes glabrous, white, midlong to long, midwide; shoulders midwide, oblique to square; beaks 2 to 15 mm. long; awns 3 to 7 cm. long; kernels red, long, soft, usually elliptical; germ small to midsized; crease midwide, middeep; cheeks usually angular; brush midsized, midlong to long. This variety has a more nodding spike tha
RMREM2A7–. Circular. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. SEEDS OF QUACK-GKASS AND OF CEETAIN WHEAT-GRASSES.. V. Fig. 4.—Splkelets of quack-grass, showing different forms. Note the forms of the ghimes in o, 6, c, d, and the awned fonn of glumes and seeds shown in d; e, edge view of spikelet. (Enlarged.) along with the comparatively few individual seeds in samples of brome-grass seed containing seeds of quack-grass. SLENDER WHEAT-GRASS (aGROPYRON TENERUM, VASEY). The spikclets of slender wheat-grass (fig. 6) vary from one-half to three-fourths of an inch in length and contain four to seven seeds.
RMRJ9FED–. The chemical composition of native forage plants of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan in relation to grazing practices. Forage plants; Forage plants; Forage plants; Plantes fourragères; Plantes fourragères; Plantes fourragères. 30 TABLE 17.—CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SEDGES AND RUSHES IN SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN AND ALBERTA Species Growth Stage Av. Date Collected No. of Samples Chemical Composition in Per Cent Crude Protein Crude Fibre Total Ash Cal- cium Phos- phorus Water sedge (Carex aquatalis) << « tt '< Awned sedge (Carex atherodes) U it a it Spike rush (Eleocharis palustris ). a it
RMRDYDAP–. 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 361. Fig. 150. Awned Bromegrass (.Bromus tect- orum). a. Sterile or outer glumes, b. Spike- let. U. S. Dept. Agr. 10. Lolium, L. Darnel and Rye Grasses Annual or perennial grasses with flat leaves and terminal spike; spikelets many-flowered, solitary on each joint of the continuous rachis placed edge- wise; empty glumes except in the terminal spikelets; only one flowering glume, rounded on the back, 5-
RMRDKBRC–. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. GRAMINEAE. Vol. I. 43. CINNA L. Sp. PL 5. 1753. Tall grasses with flat leaf-blades and panicled spikelets. Spikelets i-flowered. Scales 3; the 2 outer empty, keeled, acute; the third scale similar, but usually short-awned on the back, subtending a palet and a stalked perfect flower; palet a little shorter, 1- or 2-nerved. Stamen I. Styles short, distinct. Stigm
RMRH10GN–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 34 Triple-awned Beard-grass {Aristida faseicidata Torrey) grows in dry places between Oma"ba and Lincoln, Xebr., bnt west of Lin- coln it becomes very common. This grass is of valne only when young, as the stems and leaves soon become wiry and harsh. Though not considered of much value on the plains, it is not with- out merit in the foothills. It grows in small bunches, having num- erous fine leaves. Turkey-foot-grass [Andropoijon haUii Hack.) (fig. 12) was observed only in the sandhill region of western Nebraska. Her
RMRD4PN0–. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 202 BARLEY BARLEY BARLEY. Hordeum sativum, Jessen. Graminem. Figs. 287-94. By R. A. Moore. An annual cereal grain, supposed to be native of western Asia, and cultivated from the earliest times. It is grown for the grain and herbage, the grain being used as food for live-stock, but chiefly in the making of malt for beer. Flowers perfect, the stamens 3, styles 2, arranged in spikelets that are borne 2 to 6 on notches or nodes of the rachis and form- ing a long head or spike; flowering glumes 5-nerved, one of them usually long-awned, usually
RMRH17HB–. Bulletin. Agriculture. when resting on a level surface and thus appear lance-shaped or broadly awl-shaped, tapering uniformly to a sharp, short-awned point. In contrast, the chess seeds are from little more than one- fourth to one-half as long, more robust, not evidently flattened, nearly cylindrical, grooved along one side, abruptly pointed, the apex with a very short or somewhat longer awn, orawnless. When resting on a level sur- face they may lie slight- ly at one side of the midvein of the back, ex- posing to view the grooved face and a part of one side, or they may lie on the grooved fa
RMRH10YE–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 149. Fig. 445. Muhlenbergia dumosa Sciibn. in N'asey, Contrih. Nat. Herb. 3:71. 1892. (Sjyorobolns depauperatiis (?) Scribii. iu Bull. Torr. Bot. Club. 9: 103. 1882.) Shrubby Droi'-skkd.—A stout, woody, much-branched and leafy perennial, with erer-t or ascending culms 6 to i) or 12 dm. long, and slender, simple panicles 1 to .3 cm. long. Spikelets about 3 mm. long with short awned dowering glumes.—Rocky canyons and along streams iu the mountains of Arizona. [Mexico]. May, Juue.. Please note that these images are extracted
RMRMB6D6–. Annual report. New York State Museum; Science -- New York (State); Plants -- New York (State); Animals -- New York (State). 24 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Aristida (triple-awned grass) Fasciated, reduced leaves, fruit aborted (Bethel in litt.) Banks, '05, p. 140. Fig. 19. Acarid. Siteroptes carnea Bks. Muhlenbergia Fusiform stem enlargement. Fig. 20. Marten '93, p. 155 Itonid. Asteromyia agrostis O. S. Fusiform stem enlargement, apparently an aborted Asteromyia agros- tis gall. Dipt. Chlorops ingrata Will. Orange-colored larvae at the base of the leaf sheath and associated with localized, dead are
RMRD50DJ–. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 542 ERICA ERIGERON. 773. A form of Erica persoluta. 11. Cavendislii^iia, Hort. (E. Cdvendishii, Hort.). Hybrid of JS. depressa x U. Patersonii. Lvs. in 4's, margins reTOlute : fls. in 2-4's ; corolla tubular ; .sta- mens included; anthers awned. P.M. 13:3. G.C. 184:5, p.435. F.S.2:142. A.F. 12:1143. Gng. 5:331.
RMRDTPHX–. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. 106 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS KEY TO THE SPECIES OE STAPHYLEA * Leaves with 3 blades. (A.) A. All the blades short-stalked with serrate awned edges 1^2J inches long; fruit 2-lobed and flattened, about an inch long; small shrub to 6 feet, from Japan. Japan Bladder Nut—, Staphylea Bumdlda. A. End blade long-stalked, all finely serrated; upright shrub with stout branches 6-15 feet high ; pod 1^2 inches long. American Bladder Nut (111) — Staphylea trifblia. A. Similar to the last but the blades smoother and nearly orbicular; fr
RMRG34EG–. California grasslands and range forage grasses. Grasses; Forage plants. 5. CURLY MESQUITE TRIBE (ZOYSIEAE) Spikeiets in groups (short spikes) of 3, sessile along a main axis, falling entire; central spikelet fertile, 1-flowered; lateral spikeiets staminate, 2-flowered; glumes somewhat asymmetric, lobed and awned at the summit. 34. BIG GALLETAGRASS (HILARIA RIGIDA) Big galletagrass is a robust peren- nial, forming tough clumps; culms solid, stiff, branching, l%-3% ft (45-100 cm) tall. The culms and foliage are densely felty-pubescent: spikeiets sessile, in groups of 3, the groups falling from
RMRDJRPM–. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 33. GRASS FAMILY. 179 2. Aristida Curtissii (A. Gray) Nash. Cur- tiss's Triple-awned Grass. Fig. 424. A. dichotoma var. Curtissii A. Gray, Man. Ed. 6, 640. 1890. Aristida Curtissii Nash, in Britt. Man. 94. 1901. Culms tufted, 8-20' tall, branched; blades i¥-& long, l"-i" wide, sometimes sparsely pilose above near the base; panicle 2'-4' long
RMRE7T21–. Corn plants; their uses and ways of life. Fig. 18. A spikelet of cultivated oat in fruit. F, the awned inner bract swollen with the ripe grain within; A, awn ; F', another ripe " oat " sep- arated from the little rachis (R) and turned to show its inner face where the edges of the bract inclosing the grain are seen not quite meeting at the centre. About natural size. (Original.). Fig. 19. A spikelet of wild oat in fruit. F, F', two fruits separated from the other (F"); B, B', B", bristles; A, A', A", awns. About natural size. (Original.) chewing, and why the sweetness
RMREN2NM–. Common weeds of Canada [microform] : a pocket guide. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes, Lutte contre les; Weeds; Mauvaises herbes. Noxious Weeds of Western Canada SKUNK-TAIL GRASS. Hordeum juhatum, (L). Root.—Fibrous. Stem.—Tufts, s to 12 inches higli. Le«vei. —Grayish-green. Flowers.—Flowers in l)eautiful silky, bristly heads, '. to 4 inches long, pale yellowish-green and often tinged with red. Fruit.— When ripe, spike breaks up into 7-awned clusters of three flowers, the central one of which is iong-awned and fertile. Seeds.—Slender and sharp-pointed. Duration.—A (jerennial, flower- ing the second
RMRH92AP–. Botany for high schools and colleges. Botany. 4r>4- BOTANY. some of tliese are liardy (winter wheats), others are tender (spring wheats); some are awned, others awnless; in some the grains are Figs. 334-9.—Inplouescknce of tue Oat.. Fig. 337. Fig. 338. Fig. 339. Fig. 334.—Spikelet. Fig. 335.—Spikelet opened. G, glumes ; P, palets ; A, awn ; F^ abortive flower. Pig, 336. —Flower with upper palet. Fig. 337.—Embryo. Fig. 338.—Section of grain. Fig. 339.—Diagram of spikelet. Gl, glumes ; 5, palets ; J., abortive flower. dark in color (red wheats), in others they are light colored (white 'Whea
RMRDC899–. The grasses of Tennessee; including cereals and forage plants. Grasses; Forage plants; Grain. Boutelona. BOUTELOUA, Lagasca.--(-MusM Grass.) Spikelets crowded and closely sessile in two rows on one side of a flattened rhaehis, comprising one perfect flower below and one or more sterile or rudi- mentary flowers. Glumes convex keel- ed, the lower one shorter. Perfect flow- . er with the 3-nerved lower palet 8- 1 toothed, or cleft at the apex,- the 2-nerv- ed upper palet 2-toothed; the teeth, at least of the former, pointed or subulate-, awned. Stamens 3, anthers orange col- ored or red. A port
RMRDB0DC–. 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. C. scabrata. short^awned, exceeded by the plump subglobose or obovoid strongly ribbed abruptly beaked perigynia. ( C. Joorii Bailey.) — Swamps and wet shores, Mo. to Fla. and Tex. Aug. Fig. 517. 150. C. scabrSta Schwein. Rather stout, very leafy, 2-8 dm. high ; culm sharply and very roughly angled; leaves 6-18 mm. broad, flat, vei'y rough; spikes 3-6, scat^ tered, the upper 1 or 2 sessile, the remainder often long-peduncled and sometimes nod- di
RMRDA6GH–. 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. GEA.MISEAE QGRASS FAMILY) lay '^ 4. S. paliistris (Michx.) Scribn. Gulma 6-10 dm. high; sheaths and leaves glabrous, or lower sheaths sometimes pubescent; leaves 8-12 cm. long, 3-6 mm. wide, scabrous; panicles 10-20 cm. long, narrow ; spikelets 6-7 mm. long; glumes similar, lanceolate, acute, subequal; lemmas lanceolate, the first acute or acuminate-pointed, awn- less, rarely short-awned; the second bearing a slender divergent awn below the acut
RMRDJT19–. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 172 GRAMINEAE. Panicle 6' long or more, its branches 4'-8' long; blades long, narrow. Erose-truncate, culms 6' tall or less. Third and fourth scales awned. Vol. I. 2. 5. Nashii. 3. 5. pauciflora. 4. 51. alpina. i. Savastana odorata (L.) Scribn. Holy Grass. Seneca-grass. Fig. 408.. Holcus odoratus L. Sp. PI. 1048. 1753. Hierochloa borealis R. & S. Syst. 2: 5
RMRE7T22–. Corn plants; their uses and ways of life. PROVISION FOR OFFSPRING. 65 other substances without being themselves trans- formed, are called ferments. In the mouth is formed another ferment, called ptyalhi^ which has the power of changing starch into sugar. In the farmer boy's separation of wheat "gum," ptyalin plays a most important part. AVe may thus explain why the kernels become sweet with. Fig. 18. A spikelet of cultivated oat in fruit. F, the awned inner bract swollen with the ripe grain within; A, awn ; F', another ripe " oat " sep- arated from the little rachis (R) a
RMRD898H–. 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. 228 CYPEBACEAE (SEDGE FAMILY^. decomposita. 409. C. diandrs. maturity ; scales short-awned. — Vt. to Ont. and Ky.; June-Aug, Fjg. 406. Var. amblgua (Barratt) Fernald. J'erigynia broad-ovate to orbicular, abruptly short-beaked, often golden-brown. (C. vul- pinoidea, var. ambigua Barratt; C. xanthocarpa Bicknell.) — Dry soil, s. Me. to la., and southw. Fig. 407. 53. C. decomp6sita Muhl. Stout, exceed- ingly deep green, 0.5-1 m. high, in stools ; c
RMRH0XPH–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 280. Fig. 576. Pesluca dasyclada Hackl. in Beal, Grasses N. Am. 2 : 602. 1896. 11 ackel's FKStTE.—A slender iierennial 2 to 1 dm. high, the culms often geniculate below, with smooth eheaths, nar- row leaves, and ovoid-]iyraiui(laI i)anicles7 to T 'rm long. Spike- lets usually 2-ilowered, about 7 nun. long, with aiutoempty glumes (6) and scabrous, short-awned flowering glumes (a) about 6 mm. long.—Southern California and (?) Utah.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digit
RMRH106F–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 205. Fig. 501. Bouteloua piostrata Lag. Varied. Cienc. 2^ : 141. 1805. Tufted Gra^nia.—A 8len<ler, tufted annual, 1 to 2 dm. high, with short, narrow leaves and solitary, curved, terminal spikes 1.5 to 2 cm. long. Spikelets witli very unequal, glabrous empty glumes (a), the second about 4 mm. long, and broadly oblong, 3-lobed and 3-awned flowering glumes which are pubescent on the back below.—Common on bottom lauds, New Mexico, Colo- rado, and (?) Arizona. [Mexico.] June-October.. Please note that these images are extra
RMRH6TX0–. Breeding crop plants. Plant breeding. CLASSIFICATION AND INHERITANCE OF SMALL GRAINS 101 with very low fruitfulness in Fi and a ratio indicating one main factor difference in F2.. Fig. 24.—-Individual spikes of Ft generation of cross of Svanhals X Manchuria representing the phenotypic progeny classes in which lateral florets bear awns. From left to right: Low fertility awned plant which will give all classes of segregates in F3 as in F2; high fertility awned which will segregate into inter- jnedium, high fertility awned and six-rowed in F3; six-rowed which will breed true in F3. (After Harla
RMRDB0D2–. 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. C. scabrata. short^awned, exceeded by the plump subglobose or obovoid strongly ribbed abruptly beaked perigynia. ( C. Joorii Bailey.) — Swamps and wet shores, Mo. to Fla. and Tex. Aug. Fig. 517. 150. C. scabrSta Schwein. Rather stout, very leafy, 2-8 dm. high ; culm sharply and very roughly angled; leaves 6-18 mm. broad, flat, vei'y rough; spikes 3-6, scat^ tered, the upper 1 or 2 sessile, the remainder often long-peduncled and sometimes nod- di
RMRH10W8–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 154. Fig. 450. Lycurus phleoides HBK. Nov. Geu. 1: 142, t. 45. 1S15. Tkxax Timothy.—A slender and somewhat wiry perennial 2 to 4.5dMi. high, much brauchL'd and often geniculate at the base, with narrow, long-pointed leaves and cylindrical, spike-like panicles 3 to 6 cm. long. Spikelets 4 mm. long, with awned glumes, the iirst glume (C) often terminating in two unequal awiis, the flowering glume terminating in an awn as long as its(df.—Dry soil on the plains and mesas, Colorado to Texas and westward to New Mexico and Arizon
RMRE0XEY–. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 542 ERICA ERIGERON. 773. A form of Erica persoluta. 11. Cavendishi&na, Hort. {E. CdvendinJiii, Hort,). Hybrid of JE. depressa x ^. Patersonii. Lvs. in 4'9, margins revoluto : fls. in 2^'s ; corolla tubular ; sta- mens included; anthers awned. P.M. 13:3. G.C. 1845, p.4.35. F.S. 2:142. A.F. 12:1143. Gng. 5:33
RMRGB7A2–. Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GENERA OF GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES. 117 the two florets; first floret perfect, its lemma awnless; second floret staminate, its lemma awned on the back.. Fig. 01.—AKpriH cwryophyllea. I'lunt, X a ; spikelet ami two vicw.s of floret, X 5. Perennial fjras.ses, with flat blades and contracted panicles. Species about eiglit, Europe and Africa; two introduced into the United States. Typo spfrifs: TTohv.t Innafna Ty. flinariiiiii liiiharii. M. r.vrcii. 4: .321, 1001, not Sfop., 1777, nor Diotr., 1804. T.iiscrl oti "
RMREMJK2–. Illustrated key to the wild and commonly cultivated trees of the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada [microform] : based primarily upon leaf characters. Trees; Trees; Arbres; Arbres. â ^ I Fip. 176. Amoritan Kim. a. Truit. h. Lcat.. Fir. 177. American Kim. covering more than half of the nut. Xova Scotia to Manitoba and southward to Penn. and Tenn. Rather local in Xew England. (Tigs. 17^, 174.) Bur Oak, Mossy-cup Oak, Overcup Oak, {)n('i'cus macrocarpa Mich.x. 143. Scales of the cup not awned. Cup usuall}- ccA'ering less than half of the nut. Mass. southward and westward. (Fig. 175
RMRG42J2–. California grasslands and range forage grasses. Grasses; Forage plants. Culms bulblike or swollen at base Culms 8-16 in (20-40 cm) tall, rarely taller, in loose tufts with few to sev- eral bulblike bases attached; panicle branches spreading 6. M. fugax Culms taller, the "bulbs" less swollen, less prominent; panicle narrow, the branches oppressed 5. M. bulbosa Culms not bulblike at base, but slightly swollen 4. M. californica l.AWNED MELICGRASS (Melica aris- tata) is densely tufted, the slender culms 2-314 ft (60-100 cm) tall, leafy; panicles narrow; spikelets narrow; lemmas with a
RMRH106Y–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 204. Fig. 500. Bouteloua polystachya (]5entli.) Torr. in Pjicif. Rail. Rep. 5 : 3(16, t. 10. 1857. {Chvudrosimti itohji^taLhyum Benth. Bot. A^oy. Sulpli. 56. 1844.) Six-weeks Grama.—A Kleiidcr and diffusely fsprcading, miioh-brancbed animal, 1 to 4 dm. high, Avitii short, narroiv leaves and 3 to 6 linear spikes about 2 cm. Ion-;, approximate near the apex of the culm or its branches. Spikelets with glabrous, uueqnal empty glumes (a), the larger second one 1.5 mm. long, and 4-lobed ilowcring glumes (//), which are awned bet
RMRD54G0–. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 11. Cavendlshiana, Hort. {E. Cdv Hybrid of £. depressa x £. Palersonii. Lvs. in 4's, margins revolute : fls. in 2-4's ; corolla tubular ; sta- mens included; anthers awned. P.M. 13:3. G.C. 1845, p.435. F.S.2:142. A.F. 12:1143. Gng. 5:331. G.C. II. 18:213 and 20:597. 12. cylindrical And. and Hort. Important hybr
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
RMRH1117–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 145. Fig. 441. Oryzopsis webberi (Thuib.) Vasey, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 15 : 49. 1888. {Eriocoma wehheri Tliurb. in Brewer &. S. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2: 283. 1880).—A slender, wiry, and densely tufted perennial 1 to 2 dm. high, with rigid, pungent-pointed, convolute leaves, and narrow, few-llowered panicles. 2 to 5 cm. long. Spikelets about 8 mm. long with acuminate empty glumes, and awned flowering glumea which are densely clothed with white, silky hairs. Awn very slender, aboitt 4 mm. long.—California. 19819—No. 17 10.
RMREMPHX–. Elementary botany [microform]. Botany; Botanique. 128 ERICACBiE. Tribe L ANSROMEDEf. deciduous. Fruit a loculioidal capsule (berry-like in n. 6). Corolla. t â ? * Anther-cells opening through their whole length, not appendaged. 4. Epigsea. Corolla salver-shaped. Calyx of 5 separate dry and pointed sepals. * * Anther-cells opening only at the top. Corolla not salver-shaped. t Calyx becoming enlarged and berry-like in fruit. 6. Oaultheria. Calyx 5-oleft, in fruit enclosing the capsule. Anthers 4-awned at top. Tribe IIL RHODODENDREC. Fruit a septic.dal capsule. Corolla decidHous. * Anther-cells
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
RMRD54G3–. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 542 EKICA ndisliii, Hort.). Wendl. or Thunb.. 11. Cavendlshiana, Hort. {E. Cdv Hybrid of £. depressa x £. Palersonii. Lvs. in 4's, margins revolute : fls. in 2-4's ; corolla tubular ; sta- mens included; anthers awned. P.M. 13:3. G.C. 1845, p.435. F.S.2:142. A.F. 12:1143. Gng. 5:331. G.C. II. 18:213 and 20:597.
RMRE0XET–. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 773. A form of Erica persoluta. 11. Cavendishi&na, Hort. {E. CdvendinJiii, Hort,). Hybrid of JE. depressa x ^. Patersonii. Lvs. in 4'9, margins revoluto : fls. in 2^'s ; corolla tubular ; sta- mens included; anthers awned. P.M. 13:3. G.C. 1845, p.4.35. F.S. 2:142. A.F. 12:1143. Gng. 5:331. G.C. 11. 18:213 a
RMRD50DC–. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 773. A form of Erica persoluta. 11. Cavendislii^iia, Hort. (E. Cdvendishii, Hort.). Hybrid of JS. depressa x U. Patersonii. Lvs. in 4's, margins reTOlute : fls. in 2-4's ; corolla tubular ; .sta- mens included; anthers awned. P.M. 13:3. G.C. 184:5, p.435. F.S.2:142. A.F. 12:1143. Gng. 5:331. G.C. II. 18:213 and
RMRH0WYE–. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 312. a — -0 Fig. 608. Hordeum montanense Scribn. in Boal Grasses N. Am. 2 : 6t4. 18'.)6. Montana Uahley.—An ort'Ct, leafy biennial or perennial G to 9 dm. high, with Hiiiootli culms, scabrous leaves and bearded spikes 4 to 6 cm. long. Empty glumes linear- lanceolate. 12 to 20 mm. Ion*:;, inelmling the slender, scabrous awns. The central spikclet of each group usually 2-flovered. First flowering glume about 10 mm. long, awned. Awn 16 to 18 mm. long. Lateral spikelets 2-flowered, florets nearly sessile.— Moist thickets, Mon
RMRE1RTP–. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. f^"-'/!; :^ft.a5=-- fi '1'^, Sc.. Fig. 8.-Dhan or Paddy Seed pigr. g.-Longitudinal Section of Unhusked (Oiy^a sativa) rj^^ Qr^;â , Awned. ..Awnless. A ,.^., Empty gk,mes. â ^*--F'°"'"!"8f g'""-'!husk, palea; e.g., empty glumes; *' ^'^ ^ Palea / f.g., flowering glume. em, Embryo, end. Endosperm. Sc, Scutellum. t, Testa. embraced at one end by two minute white scales (e.^.), both of which are adherent to the husk. Then make a longitudinal section (fig. 9) of the grain. You will find inside the husk, and adjacent to the white sca
RMRDTTWK–. Botany for high schools and colleges. Botany. 454 BOTANY. Bome of these are liardy (winter wheats), others are tender (spring wheats); some are awned, others awnles-s; in some the grains are Figs. 334-9.—Inplobbsobnob op the Oat.. Pia. 337. Fis. 338. Fig. 339. Fig. a34.—Spikelet. Fig. 335.—Spikelet opened. G. glnmes; P, palets; -4, awn ; F, abortive flower. Fig, 336. —Flower wiili upper palet. Fig. 887.—Embryo. Fig. 338.—Section of grain. Fig. 339.—Diagram of spikelet. Gl, glumes; .B, palets ; A^ abortive flower. dark in color (red wheats), in otlie:s they are light col.>red (wliite wheat
RMRDW9FA–. Botany for high schools and colleges. Botany. 454 BOTANY. some of these are hardy (winter wheats), others are tender (spring Wneats); some are awned, others awnless; in some the grains are Fias. 334-9.â^Inflorescence op the Oat.. Fio. 837. Fig. 838. Tig. 334.âSpikelet. SS- ?36--Spikelet opened. G. glumes; P, palets; ^, awn ; F, abortive flower. Fig, 336. âFlower wiih upper palet. Tig. 337.âEmbryo. Fg. 338.âSection of grain. Fig. 339.âDiagram of spikelet. &l, glumes; B, palets; A, abortive flower. â dark in color (red wheats), in others they are light colored (white wheats). Fabre's exper
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