GLOSSARY. 



Acuminate 



Acute 



Adventitious roots 



Aleurone layer 



Amplexicanl 



Apiculate 



Appressed 



Articulate ... 



Auricle 



Awned 



Bifarious ... 

 Binate 

 Blade 

 Bristles 

 Bulbous based 

 Bulliform cells 



Bundle sheath 



applied to the apex of a leaf having a gradually diminishing 



point, 49. 

 applied to the apex of a leaf distinctly and sharply pointed but 



not drawn out, 53 

 roots which do not arise from the radicle or its subdivisions, 



but from parts other than these, 7. 

 a special peripheral layer in the grain of grasses, consisting of 



cells filled with proteid granules, 18. 

 applied to the base of the leaf when it embraces the stem, 12. 

 said of the apex when it has a sharp, short point, 

 lying flat for the whole length of the part or organ, 59. 

 jointed, 45. 



outgrowth at the sides close to the ligular region, 11. 

 having an awn, that is, a bristle-like appendage, especially on 



the glumes of grasses. 



B 



disposed in two rows or ranks on the two sides, 49. 



in pairs, 53. 



the expanded portion of a leaf, 2, 10. 



stiff hairs, 45. 



having an inflated base, 66. 



thin walled cells occurring, at intervals, on the epidermis of 



some grasses, 35. 

 sclerenchymatous cells or fibres found round the vascular 



bundles of the monocotyledonous type, such as those of 



grasses, 20. 



Callus ... ... the projecting part or an extension of the flowering glume below 



its point of insertion, 168. 

 Caryopsis ... ... a one-celled, one-seeded, superior fruit in which the pericarp 



has fused with the seed-coat. 

 Chartaceous ... papery, i.e., thin and somewhat rough, 47. 



Ciliate ... ... fringed with hairs, 54. 



Ciliolate .. ... very sparsely fringed with hairs, 70. 



Clavate ... ... club-shaped, 104. 



Clavellate thickened towards the apex, 252. 



Coieorhiza ,.. ... the sheath of a monocolyledonous embryo which is pierced by 



the radicle during germination, iS. 

 Collar ... ... the white or colourless band at the base of the blade of a grass 



leaf just where it joins the sheath, 3. 

 Conduplicate ... folded together lengthwise, 12. 



Convolute ... ... rolled round from one margin to the other, so that one margin 



is inside and the other outside, 12. 



Coriaceous leathery, 49. 



Corymbosely ... arranged in corymbs, i.e., flat — topped flower clusters, 56. 



Crinite .. ... bearded with weak, long hairs, 137. 



Crisped curled, 59. 



Cuneate ... ... wedge-shaped or triangular, 49. 



Cuspidate ... ... tipped with a small triangular piece at the apex, 70. 



Decumbent 

 Digitate 

 Dioecious 

 Distichous 



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reclining but with the upper part ascending, 80. 

 fingered, arranged at the end of the stalk, 51. 

 having the sexes separated on two distinct individuals, 45. 

 two-ranked or two-rowed, 19, 



