INDEX AND GLOSSARY OF TEEMS. 



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Nephelocbloa orientalis Bom., 163. 



Nervation, 8. 



Nerves. Rib-like projections or 



bundles of fibrous tissue in the 



leaves, glumes, etc. 

 Neurachne Brown, 65, 67. 

 Node. The larger or smaller 



swellings at the limits of an in- 



ternode. 2. 

 Node, culm-, 2, 3. 

 function of, 3. 

 sheath-, 2, 3. 

 Noioodworskya Presl, 109. 



Oat, 121. 



Obsolete. An organ which is 



suppressed or not developed. 

 Ochlandra Thwaites, 202, 211. 

 QSdipachne Link, 74. 

 Olyra L., 72, 84. 

 Onasa Franch. & Sav., 157. 

 Ophiurus Gartu., 53. 



kiwis Bentb., 53. 

 Opizia Presl, 128. 135. 



stolonifera Presl, 135. 

 Oplismenus Beauv., 71, 78. 

 Orchard-grass, 161. 

 Orcuttia Vasey, 136, 147. 



Calif ornica Vasey, 147. 

 Oreochloa Link, 137, 148 



distioha Link, 148. [148. 



Pedemontana Bom. et Real., 

 Organs of reproduction, 15. 

 Orniothocephalochloa Kurz., 83. 

 Oropetium Trin., 170, 174. 



Thomseurn Trin., 174. 

 Ortachne Nees, 100. 

 Orthoclada Beauv., 141, 158. 



raritlora Beauv., 158. 

 Ortliopogon Brown, 78. 

 Orthoraphium Nees, 102. 

 OryzaZ,., 86, 88. 



sativa L., 89. 

 Oryze/E, 35, 85. 

 Oryzopsis Mx., 95, 102. 

 Osterdamia Neck., 67. 

 Otachyrium Nees, 76. 

 Ovary. That part of the pistil 



containing the ovules. 

 Ovule, Ovulum. Tbe immature 



seed. 18. 

 Oxyanthe Steud., 81. 

 Oxydenia Nutt., 134. 

 Oxytenautbera Munro, 201, 208. 



Abyssinica Munro, 208. 



Padia Zolliug. & Mor., 88. 



Palea or Palet. The usually two- 

 keeled bract standing opposite 

 the flowering glume, 1, 11. 



Pampas-grass, 149. 

 Panicastrella JVIoncb, 147. 

 Panice^e, 35, 70. 

 Panicle, 10. 

 Panicum L., 71, 74. 



altissimum Jacq., 76. 



Crus-galli L., 76. 



frumentaceum Roxb., 76. 



junceum Nees, 76. 



jumentorum Pers., 76. 



miliaceum L., 76. 



plicatum Lam., 76. 



sanguiuale L. , 74. 



spectabile Nees, 76. 

 Pantathera Pbilippi, 169. 

 Papillate. Covered with minute 



nipple-like projections. 

 Pappophoreae (sub-tribe), 145. 

 Pappopborum Schreb., 135, 145. 

 Paratheria Griseb. , 82. 

 Pariana^lwW., 172, 192. 

 Parianeae (sub-tribe), 192. 

 Parencbyma. The soft cellular 

 tissue wbich forms the pith of 

 stems, pulp of leaves, etc. 

 Paspalum L., 70, 72. 



dilatatum Poir., 72. 



disticbum L., 73, 129. 



exile Kipp., 73. 



notatum Flugge, 73. 



platycaule Poir., 73. 



scrobiculatum L., 73. 

 Pearl Maize, 40. 

 Pearl Millet, 81. 

 Pechea Pourret, 105. 

 Pectinate. Finely cleft so as to 



resemble the teeth of a comb. 

 Pedicel. The ultimate branch of 

 an inflorescence supporting a 

 spikelet. 

 Pedicellate. A spikelet supported 



on a distinct pedicel. 

 Peltophorus Desv., 53. 

 Pendent. Hanging down. 

 Penicillaria Willd., 81. 



spicata, Willd., 81. 

 Pennisetum Pers., 71, 80. 



Japonicum Trin., 82. 



latifolium Spr., 81. 



longistylum, 81. 



Prieurii Kunth, 80. 



typboideum Rich., 81. 



villosum Brown, 81. 

 Pentacraspedon Steud , 100. 

 Pen tameris Beauv. , 125. 

 Pentapogon Brown, 98, 114. 



Billardieri Brown, 114. 

 Pentarrbaphis Kunth, 211. 

 Perfect. Said of flowers which 

 contain both stamens and pistils. 



