INDEX AND GLOSSARY OF TERMS. 



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Avena fatua L., 122. 

 flavescens L., 121. 

 Hookeri Xcribn., 123. 

 uuda L., 122. 

 orientals Schreb., 122. 

 pratensis L., 123. 

 pubescens L., 123. 

 sativaZ., 131. 

 strigosa Schreb., 122, 123. 

 versicola Hook uon Vill., 123. 

 AVENE^E, 35, 114. 

 Avenella Par!., 120. 

 Awn. A bristle-like appendage 

 or extension of the glumes ; in 

 wheat, rye, etc., called the 

 ' ' beard. " 



Axil. The upper angle formed at 

 the insertion of a leaf, branch, 

 glume, etc. 



Axis. The central line of any 

 body ; the main or central part 

 supporting a series of branches 

 or other organs. 



Baldingera Mey. & Schreb., 93. 

 Bamboos, characters of, 193. 



geographical distribution, 196. 



uses of, 197. 

 Bambos Retz. 205. 

 Bambusa Schreb., 201, 205. 



aruudiuacea Retz,195, 199, 207. 



Balcooa Roxb. , 206. 



Fortune! Van Houtie, 207. 



glauceswns Sieb., 207. 



Metake, 202 



mitis 202. 



naua Roxb., 207. 



nigru Lodd., 203. 



picta Sieb., 207. 



spinosa Roxb., 207. 



Tltouarsii Kunth, 207. 



TuldaJ&wd.. 206. 



mriegata Sieb., 207. 



villosula Kurz. 193. 



vulgaris Wendl., 207. 



;, 36, 193. 

 Barbellate With hairs projecting 



from all sides. 

 Barley, 188. 

 Batfiratfierum Nees, 57. 

 Bauchea Fourn., 109. 

 Bealia Fcrib., 103. 104. 



Mexicana Scribn., 104 

 Bearded. Clothed with hairs or a 



beard Awned. 

 Beckera Fresen., 68. 69. 

 Becker opm Fig & De Not.. 82. 

 Beckmannia Host., 127, 133. 



erucaeformis Host., 133. 

 Berchtoldia Presl, 78. 



Ben a, 61. 



Berghausia Endl., 110. 

 Bermuda-grass, 128. 

 Bifid. Two-cleft ; said of an or- 

 gan divided into two parts nearly 

 to the middle. 

 Black Millet, 59. 

 Blepharidachue Hack., 138, 151. 

 Blepharochloa Endl., 90 

 Bluffla Nees, 75. 

 Blumenbachia K5L, 58. 

 Blyttia Fries., 110. 

 Boissiera Hochst., 135, 169. 



bromoides Hochst. , 169. 

 Bouteloua Lag., 126, 131. 



aristidoides Griseb., 132. 



hirsuta Lag., 132. 



multiseta Benth., 132. 



racemosa Lag., 132. 



Texana .*'. Wats . 132. 

 Brachyely trum Beauv. , 96, 104. 



aristatum Beauv., 104. 

 Brachypodiese (sub-tribe), 167. 

 Brachy podium Beauv., 144, 169. 



pinnatum Beauv., 169. 



sylvaticum Beauv., 169. 

 Brandtia Kunth, 68. 

 BrizaZ., 142. 159. 



elegans Doll., 160. 



erecta Lam., 160. 



maxima L., 160 



media L., 160. 



minor L., 160. 

 Brizopyrum Link, 160. 



siculum Link, 161. 

 Bromtdium, 111. 

 Bromus L., 144, 167. 



Ardueuneusis Kunth, 169. 



arvensis L., 168. 



catharticus Vahl., 168. 



erectus Huds., 167. 



inermis Leyss.. 168. 



Mango Desv., 169. 



mollisZ., 168. 



tehraderi Kunth, 169. 



secalinus L. , 168. 



sterilis L , 168. 



Tectorum L , 168. 



unioloides Kunlh, 169. 

 Broom Sedge, 58. 

 Brylkinia F. Schmidt, 159. 



caudata F. Schmidt, 159. 

 Buchloe Engelm., 128, 134. 



Dactyloides.%eftw., 135. 

 Buffalo-grass, 135. 

 BuiWWsRaflneaq., 134. 

 Bulliform. Blister-like; applied to 



" irged epi den- 

 cells 

 grasses. 9. 



mal 



the peculiar enlarged 



s found in the leaves of 



