INDEX AND GLOSSARY OF TERMS. 



217 



Coleanthus&»&, 97, 107. 

 subtilis Seid., 108. 



Coleaticnia Griseb., 76. 



Coleorkiza. Sheath investing the. 

 radicle of the embryo through 

 which the roots burst in ger- 

 mination. 19, 25. 



Colladoa Cav., 55. 



Collina/ria Ehrh., 155. 



Colobachae Beauv., 107. 



Colobanthus Trim, 155. 



Colpodium Trim., 143, 164. 

 fulvum Griseb., 164. 

 pendulinum Griseb., 164. 



Complauate. Flattened. 



Compressed. Flattened from op- 

 posing sides or from one side 

 only, as when speaking of 

 spikelets being flattened from 

 the back (dorsally compressed). 



Connate. Said of parts united or 

 grown together fiom their 

 origin. 



Connective. The part of a stamen 

 connecting the cells of an 

 anther. 



Continuous. Without separable 

 joints ; opposed to articulated 

 and to interrupted. 



Contracted. A panicle is con- 

 tracted when narrowed by hav- 

 ing its branches erect or ap- 

 pressed. 



Convulute. Rolled up. 



Cordate. Heart-shaped. 



Coriaceous. Leathery in texture. 



Coridochloa Nees, 75. 



Corneous. Like horn in texture. 



Cornucopia? L., 96, 105. 

 cucullatuin L., 105. 



Corynephorus Beauv., 116, 119. 

 canescens Beauv., 119. 



Cottea Kunth, 135, 145. 



pappophoroides Kunth, 145. 



Couch-grass, 176. 



Crab-grass, 75. 



Orcepalia Schrank.. 173. 



Craspedorhachis Benth., 126, 131. 

 Africana Benth., 131. 



Crinipes Hochst., 125. 



Critesion Raflu., 188. 



Critltodium ngilopoides Link, 180. 



Crithopsis Jaub., 191. 



Crypsinna Fourn., 109. 



Crypsis^., 96, 105. 

 aculeata Ait., 105. 

 schcenoides Lam., 106. 

 Cryptochloris Benth , 132. 

 Cryptostachys Steud., 109. 



Cteuium Panz., 126, 129. 



Gtenopsis De Not. , 166. 



Culm. The stalk or stem of 



grasses. 2. 

 Culm, minute structure of, 4. 

 Culm-nodes, 2. 3. 

 Cuspidate. Gradually tapering 



into a sharp stiff point. 

 Cutandia Willk., 140. 1S6. 



niaritnna.Be/iM., 156. 

 Cuzco Maize, 40. 

 Gyathorachis Nees 42. 

 Cymbopogon Spreng., 61. 

 Cynodon Pers., 125, 128. 



Dactylon Pers., 128. 

 Cyuosurus L., 138, 161. 



cristatus L.. 162. 



echinatus L., 162. 

 Czernya Presl , 151. 



DactylisL., 143, 161. 



caspitosa Forst. , 1 64. 



glomerata L., 161. 

 Dactylocteuium Willd., 127, 134. 



^Egyptiacum Willd.. 134. 

 Dactylon Vill. (in part), 128. 

 DanthoniaZ>C, 117, 124. 



compressa Aust., 125. 



provincialis DC, 125. 

 Decussate. In pairs alternately 



crossing. 

 Deciduous. Falling off, not per- 

 sistent. 

 Dendragrostis Nees, 204. 

 Dendrocalamus Nees, 201, 209. 



Hamiltonii Nees et Am.. 209. 



strictus Nees, 194, 195. 209. 

 Deschamp.sia Beauv., 116, 119. 



caespitosa Beauv.. 120. 



flexuosa Trim.., 120. 

 Desmazeria Dumort., 142, 160. 



sicula Dum., 161. 

 Despretzia Kunth. 158. 

 Deyeuxia Beauv., 112. 

 Diachyrium Griseb.. 109. 

 Diaphragm. Transverse septum 

 or cross-wall at the nodes of the 

 culm. 

 Diarrhena Rafin.. 141. 157. 



Americana P.B., 157. 



Japonica Franch. & Sav., 157. 

 Diastemanthe Steud , 82. 

 Dic7aetaria Nees, 131. 

 Dichanthium Willemet, 61. 

 Dichelachne Endl, 99, 113. 



crinita Hook., 113. 



sciurea Hook. , 113. 

 Dichogamous. Flowers in which 

 the stamens and pistils mature 

 at different periods. 

 Didaclylon Zoll , 47. 



