INDEX AND GLOSSARY OF TEEMS. 



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Psilurus nardoides Trin., 175. 



Pterium Desv., 163. 



Pt^rygostachyum Nees, 47. 



PUU igr ostis Griseb., 102. 



Ptiloneilema Steud., 132. 



Puccinellla Pari., 165. 



Pueiia Franchet, 201, 208. 

 ciliata Franeh., 209. 



Punctiform. Like an indented 

 point or dot. 



Pungent. Terminating in a sharp 

 and rigid point. 



Pyramidal. Tapering upwards 

 from a broad base. Pyramid- 

 shaped. 



Quaking-grass, 160. 



Rabdochloa Beauv., 134. 

 Raceme, 10. 



Rachilla (or rhachilla). The axis 

 of a spikelet to which the 

 glumes are attached. 



Rachis (or rhachis). The axis of 

 a panicle, raceme, or spike. 



Raddia Bertol, 84. 



Radicle. Belonging to, or grow- 

 ing immediately from, the root. 



Radix Anatheri, 61. 

 Vetveriae, 61. 



Randall grass, 123. 



Raphis Lour., 61. 



Raspalia Presl, 109. 



Ratzeburgia Kunth, 45, 52. 

 pulcherrima Kunth, 52. 



Reana Brign., 37. 



Reboulea Kunth, 155. 



Redfieldia Vasey, 138, 153. 

 flexuosa Vasey, 153. 



Red-top, 111. 



Reimaria Fliigge, 70, 72. 

 oligostachya Munro, 72. 



Relchela Steud., 112. 



Reticulate. Netted, or marked 

 with lines resembling net-work. 



Rettbergia Raddi, 204. 



Reynaudia Kunth, 86, 90. 

 tiliformis Kunth, 90. 



Rhinachne Hochst., 55. 



Rhizocephalus Boiss., 105. 



Rhizome. A prostrate or under- 

 ground root-like stem. 



Rhombolytrum Link, 152. 



Rhynchelytrum Nees, 77. 



Rhytachne Desv., 46, 54. 



Rice, 89. 



Ripidium Trin., 51. 



Roegneria C. Koch, 177. 



Ranneria Zea, 157. 



Root-stalk. Same as rhizome. 



Rottbcellia L., 45, 52. 



ciliata Nutt., 56. 

 Rottboellieoe (sub-tribe), 52. 

 Rugose. Wrinkled. 

 Rye, 177. 



Giant, 186. 



Sacchareoe, (sub- tribe), 49. 

 Saccharurn L., 45, 49. 



officiuarum L., 48, 50. 

 spon taneum L., 50, 55. 

 Sand-reed, 113. 

 Santia Savi, 109. 

 Savastana Schrad., 94. 

 Schaffnera Benth., 65, 67. 

 Mexicana Benth., 67. 

 Schedonnardus Steud., 125, 131. 



Texanus Steud., 131. 

 Schedonorus elatior P. B. , 166. 

 Schellingia Steud., 66. 

 Schismus Beauv., 163. 

 Schistaehne Fig. et De Not., 101, 

 Schizachyrium Nees, 57. 

 Schizostachyum Nees, 202, 210. 

 Schmidtia Steud., 135, 145. 

 Schmidtia Trattin., 107. 

 Schoenefeldia Kunth, 126, 129. 

 Schultesia Spreng. , 130. 

 Sclerachne Torr., 110. 

 Sclerachne R Br., 37, 43. 



punctata R. Br. , 43. 

 Schlerenchyma. Fibrous tissue 

 composed of hard, thick-walled 

 cells. 

 Sclerochloa Beauv., 144, 163. 



dura Beauv., 163. 

 Scleropoa Griseb., 144, 167. 



rigida Griseb., 167. 

 Scleropogon Philippi, 136, 146. 

 Scolochloa Mert. & Koch, 150. 

 Scolochloa Link. 143, 164. 

 festucacea Link, 165. 

 spiculosa Schm. , 165. 

 Scribueria Hack. , 171, 175. 

 Bolanderi Hack., 175. 

 Scutellum. The usually shield- 

 shaped portion of the embryo 

 regarded as the cotyledon ; its 

 inner face lies against the albu- 

 men, while in its somewhat con- 

 cave outer side rest the plumule 

 and the radicle (hypocotyl) to 

 which it is attached'. 21. 

 Secale L., 171, 177. 

 cereale L., 177. 

 fragile Bieb., 177. 

 montanum Guss., 177. 

 Secund. Turned to one side, one- 

 sided. 

 Sehirna Forsk., 55. 



