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Australian Grasses. 



Retuse ... Terminating in a round end, the centre of which is 



depressed. 



Revolute ... Rolled backwards. 



Ehachis ... The stem of an inflorescence. 



Rhizome ... A prostrate, rooting stem, progressively throwing up 



leaves. 



Rudimentary ... In an incomplete condition. 



Rugose ... Covered with wrinkled lines. 



Scabrous . . . Slightly rough to the touch. 



Scarious ... Having a thin, dry, shrivelled appearance. 



Scattered ... Dispersed. 



Secund . . . Having all the flowers turned to the same side. 



Sericeus ... Covered with soft, silky hairs. 



Sessile "Without any stalk. 



Setaceous ... Bristle like. 



Sheath ... That part which closes round a stem. 



Spike ... ... Mowers without any stalk, arranged along a simple stem. 



Spikelet ... The terminal collection of florets among grasses. 



Stamen ... That organ of a flower with which the anther is connected. 



Stigma... ... The surface to which the pollen adheres before it fertilises 



the ovules. 



Stipes Stalk. 



Style ... ... The part of the pistil which bears the stigma. 



Subulate ... Awl-shaped. 



Sulcate ... Furrowed. 



Terete ... .,, Free from angles. 



Tomentose ... Covered with dense, rather rigid short hairs. 



Transverse ... Crossing. 



Truncate ... Terminating very abruptly, as if a piece had been cut off. 



Verticil ... A ring of organs on the same plane. 



Verticillate ... Growing out from the same node at regular intervals 



along a stem. 



Villous... ... Covered with long weak hairs. 



Yirgate ... Twiggy. 



Viscid ... ... Glutinous, clammy. 



Whorl The same as verticil. 



Woolly ... Clothed with long and matted hairs. 



