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DECUMBENT— 
EMBRYO— 
ENDOSPERM— 
ERECT— 
FERTILIZE— 
FODDER AND PASTURE PLANTS. 
Bending or lying down, but with the summit ascend- 
ing. 
The part of the seed which develops into a plant. 
See page 8. 
Straight; upright. 
To make fruitful. 
FERTILIZATION—The process by which the pollen renders the ovule 
GENUS— 
GLABROUS— 
GLaucous— 
GLUME— 
HyBrip— 
INDIGENOUS— 
INFLORESCENCE 
INOCULATE— 
INTERNODE— 
KEEL— 
KNEE-BENT— 
LATERAL— 
LEAFLET— 
LEGUME— 
LEGUMINOUS— 
LEMMA— 
LIGULE— 
MiIprin— 
NopE— 
NopULE— 
Ovary— 
PALEA— 
fertile; fruit-making. 
An assemblage of species possessing certain charac- 
teristics in common. 
Smooth; destitute of hairs. 
With a bluish or whitish waxy coating. 
See page 10. ; 
An animal or plant produced from the mixture of 
two species. 
Native to a certain country or district. 
The flowering part of a plant, and especially the 
mode of its arrangement. 
To furnish the soil with certain kinds of bacteria. 
The portion of a stem between two adjacent nodes. 
A central ridge, like the keel of a boat; see also page 16. 
Bent so as to form an angle. 
Proceeding from the side. 
A single division of a compound leaf. 
A single seed vessel, having the seeds attached along 
one side only. 
Pertaining to a legume or to the Leguminose. 
See page 10. 
See page 9. 
The central or main rib of a leaf. 
The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several 
leaves are attached. 
A little knot or lump. . 
The part of the pistil in which the seeds are formed. 
See page 10. 
