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Avena fatua L., 122. 

 flavescens L., 121. 

 Hookeri Scribii., 123. 

 nuda L., 122. 

 orien talis Schreb., 122. 

 pratensis L., 123. 

 pubescens L., 123. 

 sativa L., 121. 

 strigosa Schreb., 122, 123. 

 versicola Hook lion Vill., 123. 

 Avene.e, 35. 114. 

 Avenella Pari., 120. 

 Awn. A bristle-like appendage 

 or extension of the glumes ; in 

 wheat, rye, etc., called the 

 "beard." 

 Axil. The upper angle formed at 

 the insertion of a leaf, branch, 

 glume, etc. 

 Axis. The ceutral line of any- 

 body ; the main or central part 

 supporting a series of branches 

 or other organs. 



Baldingera Mey. & Schreb., 93. 

 Bamboos, characters of, 193. 



geographical distribution, 196. 



uses of, 197. 

 Bambos Retz. 205. 

 Bambusa Schreb., 201, 205. 



armidimiceai&te,195, 199, 207. 



Balcooa Ro.rb. , 206. 



Fortunei Van Houtte, 207. 



glaucescens Sieb., 207. 



Metake, 202 



mitis 202. 



nana Roxb., 207. 



nigra Lodd., 203. 



picta Sieb., 207. 



spinosa Roxb., 207. 



Thouarm Kunth, 207. 



Tuldaifo^., 206. 



variegata Sieb., 207. 



villosula Kurz. 193. 



vulgaris Wendl., 207. 

 Bambuse^e, 36, 193. 

 Barbellate With hairs projecting 



from all sides. 

 Barley, 188. 

 Bathratherum Nees, 57. 

 Bauchea Fourn., 109. 

 Bealia Scrib., 103. 104. 



Mexicana Scribn., 104 

 Bearded. Clothed with hairs or a 



beard Awned. 

 Beckera Fresen., 68. 69. 

 Beckeropsis Fig & De Not., 82. 

 Beckmanuia Host., 127, 133. 



erucieformis Host., 133. 

 Berchtoldia Presl, 78. 



Beua, 61. 



Berghausia Endl., 110. 

 Bermuda-grass, 128. 

 Bifid. Two-cleft ; said of an or- 

 gan divided into two parts nearly 

 to the middle. 

 Black Millet, 59. 

 Blepharidachne Hack., 138, 151. 

 Blepharochloa Endl., 90 

 Bluffla Nees, 75. 

 Blumenbachia Kol., 58. 

 Blyttia Fries., 110. 

 Boissiera Hochsl., 135, 169. 



bromoides Hochst., 169. 

 Bouteloua Lag. , 126, 131. 



aristidoides Griseb., 132. 



hirsuta Lag., 132. 



multiseta Benth., 132. 



racemosa Lag., 132. 



Texana S. Wats., 132. 

 Brachyelytrum Beauv., 96, 104. 



aristatum Beauv., 104. 

 Brachypodiea? (sub-tribe), 167. 

 Brachypodium Beauv., 144, 169. 



pinnatum Beauv., 169. 



sylvaticum Beauv., 169. 

 Brandtia Kunth, 68. 

 Briza L., 142. 159. 



elegansZWW., 160. 



erecta Lam., 160. 



maxima L., 160 



media L., 160. 



minor L., 160. 

 Brizopyrum Link, 160. 



siculum Link, 161. 

 Bromidium ,111. 

 Bromus L., 144, 167. 



Ardueunensis Kunth, 169. 



arvensis L., 168. 



catharticTis Vahl.. 168. 



erectus Huds., 167. 



iuermis Leyss., 168. 



Mango Desv., 169. 



mollis L., 168. 



Schraderi Kunth, 169. 



secalinus L. , 168. 



sterilis L , 168. 



Tectorum L , 168. 



unioloides Ktinih, 169. 

 Broom Sedge, 58. 

 Brylkinia F. Schmidt, 159. 



caudata F. Schmidt, 159. 

 Buchloe Engelm., 128, 134. 



Dactyloides Engelm., 135. 

 Buffalo- grass, 135. 

 Bulbilis Rafinesq., 134. 

 Bulliform. Blister-like; applied to 

 the peculiar enlarged epidermal 

 cells found in the leaves of 

 grasses. 9. 



