. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. TRIODIA. 293 It is much more frequent than the last species, abound- ing in groves and bushy places, in hilly districts all over England and Ireland, and in parts of Scotland. It has no agricultural proper- ties, but cattle eat its herb- age readily. It flowers in June, and ripens its seed in July. Like the last species, its stem becomes much more rigid after the flowers have gone off, and though its bright-coloured glumes con- tinue to adorn its panicle, the added stiffness takes away its
. British grasses : an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. Grasses. TRIODIA. 293 It is much more frequent than the last species, abound- ing in groves and bushy places, in hilly districts all over England and Ireland, and in parts of Scotland. It has no agricultural proper- ties, but cattle eat its herb- age readily. It flowers in June, and ripens its seed in July. Like the last species, its stem becomes much more rigid after the flowers have gone off, and though its bright-coloured glumes con- tinue to adorn its panicle, the added stiffness takes away its beauty. Abroad it is found in Ger- many, France, and Italy. It is not known in Genus XXXIX. TRIODIA, Gen. Char. Spikelets several-flowered; outer glumes nearly equal; flowering glume with three nearly equal teeth at the top ; scales two. Triodia decumbens, Beauv. Decumbent Triodia, (Poa, Eng. Bot.) Root perennial, creeping, fibrous; stems smooth, round, striated, from six inches to a foot long; leaves narrow, linear, smooth, but rough towards the point; sheaths hairy, the upper one shorter than its leaf, no ligule but a tuft of hairs instead; panicle spike-like ; spikelets few, large, con- taining three or four florets on smooth branchlets; outer. 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 resemble the original Plues, Margaret. London : Reeve & co.
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