INDEX AND GLOSSARY OF TERMS. 



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Coleanthus Seid ., 97, 107. 

 subtilis Seid., 108. 



Coleabenia Griseb., 76. 



Coleorhiza. Sheath investing the 

 radicle of the embryo through 

 which the roots burst in ger- 

 mination. 19, 25. 



Colladoa Cav., 55. 



CollinariaEhrb., 155. 



Colobnchne Beauv., 107. 



ColobanthusTrin., 155. 



Colpodium Trin., 143, 164. 

 fulvum Grineb., 164. 

 penduliuum Griseb., 164. 



Complanate. Flattened. 



Compressed. Flattened from op- 

 posing sides or from one side 

 only, as when speaking of 

 spikelets being flattened from 

 the back (dorsally compressed). 



Connate. Said of parts united or 

 grown together from their 

 origin. 



Connective. The part of a stamen 

 connecting the cells of an 

 anther. 



Continuous. Without separable 

 joints ; opposed to articulated 

 and to interrupted. 



Contracted. A panicle is con- 

 tracted when narrowed by hav- 

 ing its branches erect or ap- 

 pressed. 



Convulute. Rolled up. 



Cordate. Heart-shaped. 



Coriaceous. Leathery in texture. 



Coridochloa Nees, 75. 



Corneous. Like horn in texture. 



Cornucopias L., 96, 105. 

 cucullatum L., 105. 



Corynephorus Beauv., 116, 119. 

 canescens Beauv., 119. 



Cottea Kunth, 1&5, 145. 



pappophoroides.fifw7i<7i, 145. 



Couch-grass, 176. 



Crab-grass, 75. 



Crcepalia Schrank.. 173. 



Craspedorhachis Benth., 126, 131. 

 Africana Benth. , 131. 



Crinipes Hochst., 125. 



Critesivn'Rsifin., 188. 



Crithodium <?gilopoides Link, 180. 



Crithopsis Jaub., 191. 



Crypsinna Fourn., 109. 



Crypsis Ait., 96, 105. 

 aculeata Ait., 105. 

 schosnoides Lam. , 106. 

 Cryptochloris Benth , 132. 

 Cryptostachys Steud., 109. 



Ctenium Panz., 126, '129. 



Otenopsis De Not., 166. 



Culm. The stalk or stem of 



grasses. 2. 



Culm, minute structure of, 4. 

 Culm-nodes, 2. 3. 

 Cuspidate. Gradually tapering 



into a sharp stiff point. 

 Cutandia Willk., 140, 156. 



maritirna Benth., 156. 

 Cuzco Maize, 40. 

 Cyathorachis Nees 42. 

 Cymbopogon Spreug., 61. 

 Cynodon Pers.. 125, 128. 



Dactylon Pers., 128. 

 Cynosurus L., 138, 161. 



cristatus L.. 162. 



echinatus L., 162. 

 CzernyaPres}, 151. 



Dactylis.. 143, 161. 



ccespitosa Forst., 164. 



glomerata L., 161. 

 Dactylocteuium Willd., 127, 134 



^Egyptiacum Willd., 134. 

 Dactylon Vill. (in part), 128. 

 Danthouia DC., 117, 124. 



compressa Aust. , 125. 



proviucialis DC., 125. 

 Decussate. In pairs alternately 



crossing. 



Deciduous. Falling off, not per- 

 sistent. 



Dendragro'stis Nees, 204. 

 Dendrocalamus Nees, 201, 209. 



Hamiltonii Nees et Am.. 209. 



strictus Nees, 194, 195. 209. 

 Deschampsia Beauv., 116, 119. 



caespitosa Beauv.. 120. 



flexuosa Trin., 120. 

 Desmazeria Dumort., 142, 160. 



sicula Dum., 161. 

 Despreteia Kunth. 158. 

 Deyeuxia Beauv., 112. 

 Diachyrium Griseb.. 109. 

 Diaphragm. Transverse septum 

 or cross- wall at the nodes of the 

 culm. 

 Diarrhena Rafin.. 141. 157. 



Americana P.B., 157. 



Japonica Franch. & Sav., 157. 

 Diastemanthe Steud , 82. 

 Dichcetaria Nees, 131. 

 Dichanthium Willemet, 61. 

 Dichelachne Endl., 99, 113. 



cnmtfLHook., 113. 



sciurea Hook., 113. 

 Dichogamous. Flowers in which 

 the stamens and pistils mature 

 at different periods. 

 Didactylon Zoll., 47. 



