The castor oil plant (Ricinus communis) or castor bean is a highly poisonous variable herb, shrub or tree (depending upon climate) of the family Euphorbiaceae, native to India and tropical Africa. It has large, reddish coloured leaves which are long-stalked, alternate and palmate with coarsely toothed segments. Terminating the stems are panicle-like inflorescences of green monoecious flowers, the stalked female flowers above the male flowers below, both without petals. The fruit is a spiny, greenish capsule with large, oval, shiny, bean-like, highly poisonous seeds with variable brownish mottling on a whitish background. Research Castor Oil Plant
Cock's-foot is a perennial pasture-grass (Dactylis glomerata) of a coarse, harsh, wiry texture, but capable of growing on barren, sandy places, and yielding a valuable food for sheep very early in the spring. It is a native of Britain and Europe generally, also of Asia and America. The name has been given to it because of the resemblance of its three-branched panicle to the foot of a fowl. Research Cock's-Foot
Flowering-fern is the popular name of Osmunda regalis, a plant of the natural order Osmundaceae. It is the noblest and most striking of the British ferns, and grows in boggy places and wet margins of woods. It derives its name from the upper pinnae of the fronds being transformed into a handsome panicle covered with sporangia. Research Flowering-Fern
The Foxhound is a breed of dog bred for chasing foxes. The foxhound is smaller than the staghound, its average height being about 53 cm. Foxhounds were bred by crossing the old English bloodhound with the greyhound to blend speed with stamina and scent, strength and spirit. *Foxtail-grass
Foxtail-grass is a grass of the genusAlopecurus so called because of the close cylindrical panicle in which the spikelets of flowers are arranged which look rather like a fox's tail. Foxtail-grass is similar in appearance to Timothy grass, but has a more tapered base and tip. Research Foxhound
Foxtail-grass is a grass of the genusAlopecurus so called because of the close cylindrical panicle in which the spikelets of flowers are arranged which look rather like a fox's tail. Research Foxtail-grass
Hair-grass (Aira) is a genus of grasses belonging to that division of the order in which the spikelets have two or more florets, and the inflorescence is a loose panicle. It is of little use for cattle, which dislike it, but may serve where covert is wanted for game. Aira coespitosa, or tufted hair-grass, the windiestrae of the Scotch, was formerly used as thatch for ricks, and in some places for making mats. Research Hair-Grass
Rice (Oryza sativa) is a cereal plant of the family Graminaceae or Grasses. It is an important food plant. The culm of the rice is from 30 centimetres to two metres high, annual, erect, simple, round and jointed; the leaves are large, firm and pointed, arising from very long, cylindrical, and finely striated sheaths; the flowers are disposed in a panicle somewhat resembling that of the oat; the seeds are white and rectangular, but vary in size and form in the numerous varieties. Cultivation requires a hot summer with plenty of water.
Sheep's fescue is an abundant tufted grass on dry open spaces growing from 15 centimetres to 60 centimetres tall. The leaves are almost cylindrical and chiefly basal. The panicle is compact and slightly one-sided. Research Sheep's Fescue
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