A natural history of British grasses (1858) (14780712845)

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Title: A natural history of British grasses

Year: 1858 (1850s)

Authors: Lowe, E. J. (Edward Joseph), 1825-1900

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Publisher: London, Groombridge

Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

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mostsessile, having at the base long, rough, involucral bristles; dentate,teeth pointing upwards, and bristles above twice the length of 102 SETARTA VIRIDIS. the spikelet. Each spikelet of two glumes and two florets.Glumes very unequal. Styles two, long and smooth. Stigmasshort and plumose. Stamens three. Anthers deep purple.Seeds smooth and hard. The involucral bristles in Setariaverticillata have the teeth pointing downwards. Length fromthree to eighteen inches. Root fibrous, annual. Flowers in July, and seeds ripen at the end of September. The specimen for illustration was gathered in Battersea fields,by Mr. Joseph Sidebotham, of Manchester. SETARIA GLAUCA. Beauvois. A THIRD species, Setaria glauca, has been discovered by Mr.Borrer, at Weybriclge, in Surrey, and also at Hoddesdon, Hert-fordshire, vet it has been considered a spurious British Grass,it has the dentations of the involucre erect, as in S. viridis,but differs from that species in having two glum.ellas, and inbeing wavy.

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103 POA AQUATICA. LiNN^ETTS. J. E. Smith. Hooker and Arnott. Parnell. Abbot. Geeville. Willdenow. Curtis. Knapp. Oeder. Leers. ScHHADER. Host. Sibtitorp. Hudson. Withering. Hull. Eelhan. PLATE XXXII. Glyceria aquatica, Smith. E. Brown. Babington. Hydrodiloa aquatica, Lindlet. Gramen aquaticmn majtis, Eay. Gerarde. Lobel. The Reed Meadow Grass. Poa—Grass. Aquatica—Aquatic. PoA, LinncEus.—The Meadow Grass takes its name from the Greek, sig-nifyiBg grass, or to feed, oii account of the whole genus being valuable forpasturage. There are fifteen British species. A VERY common^ handsome Grass, growing in wet situations,such as undrainecl meadows, and along the edges of water. Itis a valuable agricultural Grass for damp situations, as it canbe mown twice a year, yields a heavy crop, and cattle are fondof its sugary flavour. In Scotland it is found near Edinburgh, Forfar, Perth, andDumbarton. In England, in the counties of Devon, Somerset,Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffol

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1858

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