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INDEX AND GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



Senites Adans., 158. 



Sericura Hassk., 82. 



SerrafalcusP&rl., 168. 



Sesleria Scop., 137, 148. 

 cserulea Ard., 148. 



Seslerieae (sub-tribe), 146. 



Sessile. Devoid of a pedicel or 

 stalk. 



Setaria Beauv., 71, 78. 

 glauca Beauv., 78. 

 Italica Beauv., 78. 

 viridis#em>., 78. 



Setiforui. Bristle-like. 



Sheath. Applied to the tubular 

 or convolute portion of the leaf, 

 between the leaf-blade and its 

 point of insertion, which in- 

 closes or embraces the culin. 6. 



Sheath, function of, 3, 6. 



Sheath-nodes, 2. 



Sheep's Fescue, 166. 



Sieglingia Bernh. . 152. 



Sitanion Rafin., 192 



Solenachne Steud ,129. 



Solitary. Standing alone. 



Sorghum Pers. , 58 



cernmim Host , 59. 

 pauciflorum, 61. 

 saccharatum Pers., 59. 



Sphenopus Trin., 140, 156. 

 Gouani Trin., 156. 



SpinifexZ., 72, 83. 



Sp:irtiua Schreb., 125, 129. 

 stricta Both, 129. 



Spelt, 182. 



Spike. An inflorescence in which 

 the spikelets are sessile on the 

 main axis. 10. 



Spikelet. A secondary spike, or 

 in grasses a special inflorescence 

 consisting of a more or less 

 elongated axis (the rachilla) and 

 two-ranked imbricated glumes 

 in the axils of some of which 

 the flowers are borne. 11. 



Spikelet, diagrams of. 12. 



Spikelets, succession of flowering 

 of in a given inflorescence. 15. 



Spinescent. Furnished with spines. 



Spodiopogon Trin., 45, 52. 



Sporobolus Brown, 97, 109. 

 cryptaudrus Gray, 109. 

 pungeiis Kunih, 109. 



Stamens, 15. 



Staminodia. Rudimentary or im- 

 perfectly developed stamens. 



Starch-grains, 26. 



Stegosia Lour., 52. 



Stemmatospermum Beauv. , 204. 



Stenobromus (sub-gen.), 168. 



Stenochloa Nutt., 153. 

 Stenotaphrum Trin., 72, 82. 



Americauum Schrauk, 82, 83. 

 Sterile bracts. Same as sterile 



glumes. 

 Stipa L., 95, 101. 



capillata L., 101. 



inebrians Hance, 102. 



peunata L., 101. 



Sibirica Lam., 102. 



spartea Trin., 101. 



tenacissima L., 91, 101. 



tirsa Stev., 101. 



viridula Trin., 102. 

 Stipagrostis Nees, 101. 

 Strebloclutte Hochst., 125. 

 Strephium Schrad., 84. 

 Streptachne Brown, 102. 

 Streptachne Kunth, 100. 

 Streptochseta Schrad., 86, 91. 

 Streptogyue Beauv., 141, 158. 



criuita Link, 158. 

 Streptostachys Desv., 76. 

 Slurmia Hoppe, 107. 

 Suardia Schkr., 68. 

 Subulate. Awl-shaped. 

 Sugar Cane, 50. 

 Sugar Maize, 40. 

 Sulcate. Grooved or furrowed. 

 Sweet vernal-grass, 94. 

 Syntherisma Walt., 74. 



Tabasheer, 199. 



Teiuostachyum Munro, 201, 210. 

 Teosinte, 38. 

 Terete. Cylindrical. 

 Tetrachne Nees, 127, 133. 



Dregei Nees, 133. 

 Tetrapogon-Des/., 127, 132. 

 Tetrarrhena Brown, 92. 

 Thamnocalnmus Munro, 202. 

 Thelepogon Roth, 46, 55. 



elegaus Roth, 55. 

 Themeda .For**., 47, 63. 



Forekalii fioci., a 

 Thuarea Pers., 72, 83. 



sarmentosa Pers., 83. 

 Thurberia Benlh., 98, 110. 



Arkansana, 110. 



pilosa, 110. 

 Thrasya Kuutli, 75. 

 Thyridostachyum Nees, 53. 

 Tl<yrsotachys \\i\c\i., 53. 

 Thysanachne Presl, 68. 

 Thysauolseua Nees, 68, 69. 



acarifera Nees, 69. 

 Tialva, 59. 

 Timothy, 106. 

 Tinaa Garxia, 163. 

 Torresia Ruiz & Pav., 94. 



