Grass Seed

“Fruit of upright chess (Bromus racemosus): a, a’, spikelet; b, b’, single fruit, inner face, showing pedicel, palet, and concave face of glume with awn; c, outer face of glume; d, d’, caryopsis or grain; e, pedicel.” -Department of Agriculture, 1899

Keywords

spikelet, upright chess fruit, bromus racemosus, pedicel, grass seed

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Grasses and Grains

Source

Geo. Wm. Hill, ed. Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1898)

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