An essay on the indigenous grasses of Ireland / [John White].

  • White, John.
Date:
1808
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Credit: An essay on the indigenous grasses of Ireland / [John White]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    r / oa TRIAND ge MONOGYNIA. 5 fhaped, brown ; the lower ones barren. After impregnation and flowering, the upper glumes throw forth a very long white wool, which re- maine on until the middle of fummer or longer. It may be diftinguifhed from the two next fpecies by its finele head. | | E. Stems cylindrical: leaves flat: {pikes on fruit polystackion. ftalks, “Tt grows in bogs and marfhy places, particularly in holes or drains where water lodges. It is a grafs of no great confequence, agriculturally {peaking, as it does not thrive out of marfhy or watery fituations. | ~ P, May. June. tiie atlas lecanodullec, CCennabhan lethandbuillech. | Ceanabhan mona. Ceanach na mona. Keanuan ban. Sioda mona. Siodba mona. Sgathoga fiona. Scahog fona. ENGLIsH.—Broad-leaved Cotton-gra/s. Ob. Roots fibrous. Stems upright, cylindrical, ftriated, leafy, fmooth. Leaves broad, flat, linear- Jancefhaped, acutely. keeled towards the top, fheathing each other at the bafe. Spikes many, fupported by foot-ftalks, egg-fhaped. Glumes linear-