INDEX AND GLOSSARY OF TERMS. 



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Psilurus nardoides Trin., 175. 

 Pterium Desv., 163. 

 Ptvrygostachyum Nees, 47. 

 Ptilagrostis Griseb., 102. 

 Ptiloneilema Steud., 132. 

 PuccinelliaPaTl, 165. 

 Puelia Franchet, 201, 208. 



ciliata Franch., 209. 

 Puuctiform. Like an indented 



point or dot. 

 Pungent. Terminating in a sharp 



and rigid point. 

 Pyramidal. Tapering upwards 



from a broad base. Pyramid- 



Quaking-grass, 160. 



Rabdochloa Beauv., 134. 

 Raceme, 10. 



Rachilla (or rhachilla). The axis 

 of a spikelet to which the 

 glumes are attached. 

 Rachis (or rhachis). The axis of 



a panicle, raceme, or spike. 

 Raddia Bertol, 84. 

 Radicle. Belonging to, or grow- 

 ing immediately from, the root. 

 Radix Anatheri, 61. 



Vetverise,61. 

 Randall grass, 123. 

 Raphis Lour., 61. 

 Rdspalui Presl, 109. 

 Ratzeburgia Kunth, 45, 52. 



pulcherrima Kunth, 52. 

 Reana Brign., 37. 

 RebouUa Kunth, 155. 

 Redtieldia Vasey, 138, 153. 



flexuosa Vasey, 153. 

 Red-top, 111. 

 Reimaria Fliigge, 70, 72. 



oligostachya Munro, 72. 

 RelcJiekt Steud., 112. 

 Reticulate. Netted, or marked 

 with lines resembling net-work. 

 Rettbergia Raddi. 204. 

 Reynaudia Kunth, 86, 90. 



filiformisTiLMtt.^, 90. 

 Rhinachne Hochst., 55. 

 Rhizocephalus Boiss., 105. 

 Rhizome. A prostrate or under- 

 ground root-like stem. 

 Rhombolytrum Link, 152. 

 Rhynchelytrum Nees, 77. 

 Rhytachne Desv., 46, 54. 

 Rice, 89. 



Ripidium Trin., 51. 

 Roegneria C. Koch, 177. 

 Rcemeria Zea, 157. 

 Root-stalk. Same as rhizome. 



Rottbffillia L., 45. 52. 



eiliata Nutt., 56. 

 Rottbcellieae (sub-tribe), 52. 

 Rugose. Wrinkled. 

 Rye, 177. 



Giant, 186. 



Saccharese, (sub- tribe), 49. 

 Saccharum L., 45, 49. 



officinarum L., 48, 50. 

 spontaneum L., 50, 55. 

 Sand-reed, 113. 

 Santia Savi, 109. 

 Savastana Schrad., 94. 

 Schaffnera Benth., 65, 67. 

 Mexicanatfentfi., 67. 

 Schedonnardus Steud., 125, 131. 



Texanus Steud., 131. 

 ScJiedonorus elatior P. B., 166. 

 Schellingia Steud., 66. 

 Schismus Beauv., 163. 

 8chista.chne Fig. et De Not., 101. 

 Scliizachyrium Nees, 57. 

 Schizostachyum Nees, 202, 210. 

 Schmidtia Steud., 135, 145. 

 SchmidtiaTmttm., 107. 

 Schoenefeldia Kunth, 126, 129. 

 SchultesiaSpm^., 130. 

 Sclerachne Torr., 110. 

 Sclerachne R Br., 37, 43. 



punctatatf. Br.,43. 

 Schlerenchyma. Fibrous tissue 

 composed of hard, thick-walled 

 cells. 

 Sclerochloa #<??>., 144, 163. 



dura Beauv., 163. 

 Scleropoa Griseb., 144, 167. 



rigida Griseb., 167. 

 Scleropogon PUlippi, 136, 146. 

 Scolochloa Mert. & Koch, 150. 

 Scolochloa Link. 143, 164. 

 festucacea Link, 165. 

 spiculosa Schm. , 165. 

 Scribneria Hack. , 171. 175. 

 Bolanderi Hack., 175. 

 Scutellum. The usually shield- 

 shaped portion of the embryo 

 regarded as the cotyledon ; its 

 inner face lies against the albu- 

 men, while in its somewhat con- 

 cave outer side rest the plumule 

 and the radicle (hypocotyl) to 

 which it is attached' 21. 

 Secale L., 171, 177. 

 cereale L., 177. 

 fragile Bub.. 177. 

 montanum Guss., 177. 

 Secund. Turned to one side, one- 

 sided. 

 Sehima Forsk., 55. 



