Australian Grasses. 



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Interrupted ... Flowers in distinct clusters along a simple stem. 



Involucre ... Outer whorl. 



Keel ... ... A sharp projecting ridge. 



Keeled ... Having a sharp projecting ridge. 



Laciniate ... Having a deep, taper-pointed incision. 



Lamina ... The blade of a leaf. 



Lanate AYoolly. 



Lanceolate ... Compared to the head of a lance. 



Lateral ... Fixed near or upon the side. 



Ligula . ... Scale-like projection at the base of leaf -blade. 



Ligulate ... Strap-shaped. 



Line The twelfth part of an inch. 



Linear... ... Narrow, line-like. 



Lobe ... ... Division of a glume. 



Lodicule ... A scale at the base, of the ovary of grasses. 



Membranous ... Thin and semi-transparent. 



Mollis Soft. 



Monoecious ... Having the stamens and pistils in different flowers on the 



same plant. 



Mucronate ... Terminated abruptly by a hard, short point. 



Nerve ... ... The rib or principal vein of a leaf. 



Neuter... ... Having both stamens and pistil imperfect or wanting. 



Node ... ... That part of a stem from which the leaf arises. 



Nut A hard covering, usually containing only one seed. 



Obovate ... Opposite of ovate. 



Obtuse... ... Blunt ended. 



Orbicular ... Perfectly circular. 



Ovary That part of the pistil which contains the seed. 



Ovate ... ... Having the shape of the longitudinal section of an egg. 



Ovoid Egg-shaped, with the broad end downwards. 



Ovule ... ... The young seed. 



Palea ... ... Inner flower scale of grasses. 



Panicle ... Branched flower stalk. 



Paniculate ... Having a branched flower stalk. 



Pectinate ... Having the segments close and narrow, like the teeth of a 



comb. 



Pedicel ... A secondary flower stalk. 



Pedicellate ... On a pedicel. 



Peduncle ... The stalk of a flower. 



Pedunculate ... On a peduncle. 



Penicillate ... Consisting of, or covered with, hairs which are nearly 



parallel to each other. 



Perennial ... Lasting for several years, and yet flowering every year. 



Pericarp ... The rind of a fruit, or a thin skin covering a seed. 



Persistent ... Not falling off. 



Pilose ... ... Covered with hairs. 



Pistil ... ... The female organ of a fertile flower. 



Plumose ... Feathery. 



Procumbent ... Lying flat upon the ground. 



Pubescent ... Covered with soft hair or down. 



Eaceme ... The arrangement of flowers singly on a distinct stalk along 



a common stem. 



Reflexed ... Bent backwards. 



Eefractus ... Bent backwards suddenly. 



