GLOSSARY 



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Panicle 



Perennial 

 Petal 

 Pistil 

 Pollen 

 Raceme 



Radicle 

 Rootstock 



Runner 



Self-fertili- 

 zation 



Self-sterile- 



Sheath 



Species 



Spikelet 

 Stamen 

 Standard 

 Sterile 

 Stipule 

 Taproot 



Trifoliate- 

 Tubercle 



Whorl 



A loose, irregularly-compound inflorescence with 

 flowers or groups of flowers on distinct stalks. 



Lasting more than two years. 



See page 16. 



See page 16. 



The fecundating powder produced in the stamens. 



An inflorescence bearing stalked flowers along a 

 common, more or less elongated, main stalk. 



Rootlet; see page 13. 



Underground stem, rooting at the nodes and gener- 

 ally creeping near the surface. 



A slender creeping branch, from the base of the stem 

 or from a rootstock, which is capable of forming 

 independent plants. 



The fertilization of a plant by its own pollen. 



Unable to produce seed unless fertilized by another 

 individual. 



A tubular envelope, as the lower part of the leaf in 

 grasses. 



A class of individuals possessing the same forms and 

 properties which they transmit to their offspring. 



See page 10. 



The male organ of a flower; see page 10. 



See page 16. 



Barren; unable to produce seed. 



See page 15. 



A root which is the prolongation downwards of the 

 stem. 



Having three leaflets. 



A nodule. 



An arrangement of leaves, etc., in a circle around 

 the stem. 



