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Awned, aristate. Alopecurus, Apera effusa, Agraulus 
caninus, Holcus, Avena, Hordeum, Triticum, Secale, 
Bromus. Pl. 12, fig. 14 and 17. 
Awns. 
Aristee,— athera. 4 stiff hair, or threadlike point, in- 
serted on the spathelles and spathellules, and not appearing 
io be the continuation of a rib or nerve, but arising sud- 
denly from the back or end. 
Straight, Ariste rectilinee, recte. 
Kneed, geniculate. Bent in the middle, Avena. 
‘Twisted, torse. Avena, Agraulus caninus. Pl. 12, fig. 14 
and 17. 
Jointed, articulate. Stipa. 
Featherlike, plumose. Stipa pennata. 
q| From the tip, apiculares. From the tip of the glumes. 
Below the tip, subapiculares. Pl. 12, fig. 16. 
Dorsal, dorsales. From the back of the glumes. Avena, 
Agraulus caninus. Pl. 12, fig. 17. 
From the base, basilares. 
@ Persistent, persistentes. Avena. 
Falling off, caduce. Stipa. 
Bristles. 
Sete, —cheeta. A stiff hairlike point, inserted on the spa- 
thelles and spathellules, being a visible continuation and 
elongation of a rib or nerve. Pl. 12, fig. 12. 
The bristle admits the same distinction as the awn, and 
- has been generally confounded under the same name. 
LopicuLe. 
Nectary, Glumelle, Corolla, Lodicula, Glumellula, Glu- 
mella. An involucrum formed of very small petaloid scales 
attached to the receptacle of the graminee with the sexual 
organs, and surrounded by the glumelle. 
One-paleolated, Lodicula wnipaleolata. Composed of a 
single paleole. 
Two-paleolated, bipaleolata. Of two paleoles. Avena, 
Bromus, Triticum, Secale. Pl. 12, fig. 15. 
Three-paleolated, tripaleclata. Of three paleoles, Ram- 
-busia arundinacea. 
