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INDEX AND GLOSSARY OF TEEMS 



Smites Adans., 158. 



Sericura Hassk., 82. 



Serrafalcus Pari., 168. 



Sesleria Scop., 137, 148. 

 cserulea Ard., 148. 



Seslerieai (sub-tribe), 146. 



Sessile. Devoid of a pedicel or 

 stalk. 



Setaria Beauv., 71, 78. 

 glauca Beauv., 78. 

 Italica Beauv., 78. 

 viridis Beauv., 78. 



Setiform. Bristle-like. 



Sheatb. Applied to the tubular 

 or convolute portion of the leaf, 

 between the leaf-blade and its 

 point of insertion, which in- 

 closes or embraces the culm. 6. 



Sheath, function of, 3, 6. 



Sheath-nodes, 2. 



Sheep's Fescue, 166. 



Skglingia Bernh. . 152. 



Sitanion Rafin., 192 



Solenachne Steud , 129. 



Solitary. Standing alone. 



Sorghum Pers , 58 



cernuum Host , 59. 

 pauciflorum, 61. 

 saccltaratum Pers., 59. 



Sphenopus Trin., 140, 156. 

 Gouani Trin., 156. 



SpinifexL., 72, 83. 



Spartiua Schreb., 125, 129. 

 stricta Roth, 129. 



Spelt, 182. 



Spike. An inflorescence in which 

 the spikelets are sessile on the 

 main axis. 10. 



Spikelet. A secondary spike, or 

 in grasses a special inflorescence 

 consisting of a more or less 

 elongated axis (the rachilla) and 

 two-ranked imbricated glumes 

 in the axils of some of which 

 the flowers are borne. 11. 



Spikelet, diagrams of. 12. 



Spikelets, succession of flowering 

 of in a given inflorescence. 15. 



Spinescent. Furnished with spines. 



Spodiopogon Trin., 45, 52 



Sporobolus Broicn, 97, 109. 

 cryptandrus Gray, 109. 

 puugens Kunth, 109. 



Stamens, 15. • 



Staminodia. Rudimentary or im- 

 \ perfectly developed stamens. 



Starch-grains, 26. 



Stegosia Lour., 5$. 



Stemmatospermum Beauv. , 204. 



Steuobromus (sub-gen.), 168. 



Stenochloa Nutt., 153. 

 Stenotaphrum Trin., 72, 82. 



Americanum Schrank, 82, 83. 

 Sterile bracts. Same as sterile 



glumes. 

 StipaZ., 95, 101. 



capillata L., 101. 



inebrians Hance, 102. 



pennata L., 101. 



Sibirica Lam., 102. 



spartea Trin., 101. 



teuacissima L., 91, 101. 



tirsa Stev., 101. 



viridula Trin., 102. 

 Stipagrostis Nees, 101. 

 Streblocluete Hochst., 125. 

 Strephium Schrad., 84. 

 Streptachne Brown, 102. 

 Slrcptachnc Kunth, 100. 

 Streptochaeta Schrad., 86, 91. 

 Streptogyne Beauv., 141, 158. 



crinita Link, 158. 

 Streptostachys Desv., 76. 

 Sturmia Hoppe, 107. 

 Siiardia Schkr., 68. 

 Subulate. Awl-shaped. 

 Sugar Cane, 50. 

 Sugar Maize, 40. 

 Sulcate. Grooved or furrowed. 

 Sweet vernal-grass, 94. 

 Syntherisma Walt., 74. 



Tabasheer, 199. 



Teiuostachyum Munro, 201, 210. 

 Teosinte, 38. 

 Terete. Cylindrical. 

 Tetrachne Nees, 127, 133. 



Dregei Nees, 133. 

 Tetrapogon Desf.. 127, 132. 

 Tetrarrhena Brown, 92. 

 TJtamnocalamus Munro, 202. 

 Thelepogon Roth, 46, 55. 



elegaus Roth, 55. 

 Themeda Forsk., 47, 63. 



Forskalii-ffiwA;., 63. 

 Thuarea Pers., 72, 83. 



sarmentosa Pers., 83. 

 Thurberia Benth., 98, 110. 



Arkansana, 110. 



pilosa, 110. 

 Thrasj/a Kunth, 75. 

 T/iyridostacliyiim Nees, 53. 

 Tliyrsostachys Hack. , 53. 

 Tliysanachne Presl, 68. 

 Thysanoloena Nees, 68, 69. 



acarifera Nees, 69. 

 Tialva, 59. 

 Timothy, 106. 

 Tinaea Garzia, 163. 

 Torresia Ruiz & Pav., 94. 



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