INDEX 
Saccharee, 166. 
Saccharum, 165, 166. 
officinarum, 166-167. 
Sacciolepis, 178. 
St. Augustine grass, 32, 35, 187-188. 
for lawns, 63. 
St. Lucie grass for lawns, 63. 
Salt bush, 21. 
grass, 225. 
marshes, grasses of, 146. 
Sand-binders, 71, 144. 
bur, 76, 187. 
dunes, 69-72, 143-144. 
fixing, 69-71. 
Savastana, 192. 
odorata, 193. 
Scales, 109. 
Schedonnardus, 214. 
Schizachyrium, 169. 
Schmidtia, 197. 
Scleropogon, 219, 220. 
Scolochloa, 222. 
Scribneria, 235, 236. 
Scrub, 144. 
Secale, 236, 244. 
cereale, 244, 
montanum, 244, 
Seed, 130-131. 
dispersal of, 133-135. 
self-burial of, 137. 
Series, the 2, of grasses, characterized, 
154-155. 
Setaria, 185. 
italica, 185. 
Shallu, 172. 
Sheath, 104-105. 
node, 105. 
Sheaths as floats, 146. 
“Short grass,’’ 27. 
country, 143. 
Silage, 57-59. 
Silos, 58-60. 
Sitanion, 235, 236, 246. 
species, weeds, 78. 
Sleepy-grass, 200. 
Slough-grass, 39. 
Snake-grass, 225. 
Soiling, 57-58. 
Sorghastrum, 165, 173. 
nutans, 39. 
Sorgho, 73, 172. 
Sorghum, 36, 48, 73, 170. 
halepense, 170. 
vulgare, 171. 
Sorghums, classification of, 172. 
Soya soya, 53. 
Soybean, 53, 
275 
Spartina, 214. 
glabra, 40, 148. 
juncea, 40. 
Michauxiana, 39. 
patens, 144. 
Spear-grass, 199. 
Species, the unit of classification, 151- 
152. 
Spelt, 239, 242. 
Sphenopholis, 208. 
Spike, 113. 
Spikelet, 117-119. 
relation of parts of, 122. 
sterile, 120. 
terminology of parts of, 118-119. 
unisexual, 114, 120. ; 
Spinifex, 176. 
Spodiopogon sagittifolius, 108. 
Sporobolus, 198. 
airoides, 28. 
cryptandrus, 105. 
Squirrel-tail-grass, 77, 245. 
Stamens, 128. 
Starch, 11-12. 
Stem, 98-100. 
modified, 100. 
propagation by, 102. 
Stenotaphrum, 177, 187. 
secundatum, 188. 
Stink-grass, 225. 
Stipa, 135, 196, 197, 199. 
elegantissima, 134. 
inebrians, 200. 
pennata, 134, 200. 
sibirica, 200. 
spartea, 200. 
speciosa, 200. 
tenacissima, 74. 
vaseyi, 200. 
Stizolobium Deeringianum, 52. 
Stolons, 101. 
Streptocheta, 124, 189. 
Sudan-grass, 172. 
Sugar-cane, 72-73, 166. 
Swamp, grasses of, 147. 
Sweet vernal-grass, 45, 193. 
Switch-grass, 39, 40. 
Synonyms, 257. 
Syntherisma, 178, 180. 
glabrum, 181. 
ischemum, 181. 
linearis, 181. 
sanguinalis, 148, 181. 
Tares, 237. 
Taxonomy, 151-158. 
Teff, 225, 
