The grasses of Britain / by Richard Parnell ; illustrated by figures drawn and engraved by the author.

Date:
1845
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Credit: The grasses of Britain / by Richard Parnell ; illustrated by figures drawn and engraved by the author. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    occasionally in England, but in no fixed station. It formerly grew in Battcrsea fields near London, and according to Mr Borrer's opinion, the other habitats, given in the British Floras for this plant, belong to the next species. It is a native of France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, North Africa, America, and the West Indies. Flowers in August, and ripens its seed in about the end of Sep- tember. The accompanying figure was taken from a specimen gathered in Yorkshire. Explanation of Plate LXX. Digitaria sanguinalis^ natural size. Fig. 1. Spikelets and rachis. 2. Spikelet showing the upper glume. 3. Two glumes very unequal. 4. Two glumes and two florets, 6. Uppermost floret showing the outer and inner paleae. 6. Ligule of upper sheath showing the hairs at the base. 7. Ovarium, pistils, and stamens. 13 vt CS