PANICLE— 
PERENNIAL— 
PETAL— 
PisTIL— 
POLLEN.— 
RACEME— 
RADICLE— 
RootTstocK— 
RUNNER— 
SELF-FERTILI- 
ZATION— 
SELF-STERILE— 
SHEATH— 
SPECIES— 
SPIKELET— 
STAMEN— 
STANDARD— 
STERILE— 
STIPULE— 
TAPROOT— 
TRIFOLIATE— 
TUBERCLE— 
WHORL— 
GLOSSARY. 139 
A loose, irregularly-compound inflorescence with 
flowers or groups of flowers on distinct stalks. 
Lasting more than two years. 
See page 16. 
See page 16. 
The fecundating powder produced in the stamens. 
An inflorescence bearing stalked flowers along a 
common, more or less elongated, main stalk. 
Rootlet; see page. 13. 
Underground stem, rooting at the nodes and gener- 
ally creeping near the surface. 
A slender creeping branch, from the base of the stem 
or from a rootstock, which is capable of forming 
independent plants. 
The fertilization of a plant by its own pollen. 
Unable to produce seed unless fertilized by another 
individual. 
A tubular envelope, as the lower part of the leaf in 
grasses. 
A class of individuals possessing the same forms and 
properties which they transmit to their offspring. 
See page 10. 
The male organ of a flower; see page 10. 
See page 16. 
Barren; unable to produce seed. 
See page 15. 
A root which is the prolongation downwards of the 
stem. 
Having three leaflets. 
A nodule. 
An arrangement of leaves, etc., in a circle around 
the stem. 
