"Beach grass (Ammophila arenaria): a, empty glumes; b, floret; c, palea." -Department of Agriculture, 1899

Beach Grass

"Beach grass (Ammophila arenaria): a, empty glumes; b, floret; c, palea." -Department of Agriculture,…

"Piptatherum, with the palea." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Grass Flowers

"Piptatherum, with the palea." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

"Diagram of inflorescence of a grass. g, sterile glumes; P1, a flowering glume; P2, a scaly bract (palea); e, transparent scales (lodicules) at the base of the flower; B, the flower." -Bergen, 1896

Grass Inflorescence

"Diagram of inflorescence of a grass. g, sterile glumes; P1, a flowering glume; P2, a scaly bract (palea);…