The Student's Flora of the British IslandsMacmillan and Company, 1870 - 504 pages |
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1-celled 2-sexual 3-gonous achenes acuminate acute Africa America anthers ascending Asia axillary base beak bracteate bracteoles bracts branches broad Calyx Calyx-teeth calyx-tube Capsule carpels cauline cells ciliate compressed connate coriaceous Corolla corolla-tube creeping cymes diam Disk DISTRIB drupe embryo empty glumes erect Europe Arctic filaments filiform flat fleshy Flowers Fruit glabrous glandular glaucous globose green hairs hairy herbs Highlands Himalaya imbricate introd involucre Ireland keeled lanceolate leaflets leafy Leaves alternate ligule linear lobes margins membranous narrow oblong obovate obtuse Ovary ovate ovoid ovules pale panicle pedicels peduncles perennial Perianth perigynia Petals petioled pinnate pinnatifid pubescent racemes Radical leaves rarely recurved Rootstock scabrid Scape Scotland Seeds sepals serrate sessile sheaths short shorter Siberia slender smooth solitary southwards species Spikelets spikes spreading Stamens Stem 1-2 ft stigma stipules stout style Sub-sp subulate temp terete terminal testa toothed Umbels upper usually waste places whorled yellow
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