Winton, Andrew Lincoln, 1864-1946, Moeller, Josef, 1848-1924 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 82
The beardof the spikelets consists of coarse bristles, often barbed, which may beborne on the glumes or palets, in which case they are known as awns(e.g., wheat), or may spring from the base of the spikelet (e.g., Setaria).Commonly there are three stamens (rarely one, two, four, or six) withslender… … Fig. 32. Wheat (Triticum sativum). A spikelet with four flowers; B single flower; Cwhole fruit or caryoj)sis; I) fruit in longitudinal section, i and 2 empty glumes; bflowering glumes; v palets; e embryo. (Schumann.) of flowering, sometimes become closely adherent to the fruit duringripening (e.g.,…
Food adulteration and inspection · Plant anatomy · Microscopy
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