lodicules

The = lodicules = are small organs and they are the vestiges of the perianth.

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_Anthers_ are orange yellow, and _lodicules_ are very small.

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The function of the lodicules seems to be to separate the glume and its palea so as to enable the stamens to come out and hang freely at the time of anthesis.

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_Ovary_ with purple stigmas and two small _lodicules_.

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The _fourth glume_ is shorter than the third, hyaline, narrow lanceolate, not awned, ciliate or not at the margin, paleate and with three stamens and two _lodicules_.

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The _third glume_ is lanceolate, acuminate, hyaline, nerveless, ciliate, with a linear obtuse _palea_ enclosing three stamens and two _lodicules_.

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The _fourth_ _glume_ is similar to the third glume but smaller, paleate with rudimentary anthers and two fleshy lodicules.

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The flower differs from that of the majority of grasses in having usually three lodicules and six stamens.

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So it is only at the time of the opening of the flowers that the lodicules are at their best.

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In most grasses there are only two, but in Ochlandra and other bamboos we meet with three lodicules.

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