Index 



197 



Linear-acuminate — linear, but tapering 



to a long point at the apex 

 Linear-acute — linear, but pointed at 



the apex 

 Linear-lanceolate — linear, but tapering 



at both ends 

 Lodicules, 13, 14, 22 (Fig. 16) 

 Lolium — Rye-grass 



italicum, 115, 155 (Figs. 121, 122, 124) 

 perenne, 113, 152 (Fig. 121-123) 

 temulentum, 116 (Figs. 121, 125) 

 woldicum, 115, 156 

 Luzula campestris (Fig. 175) 

 Lyme-grass — Elymus, 97 



Maize (Figs. 22 and 23) 

 Manuring of grass, 184-187 

 Maritime grasses, 24 (Figs. 91, 146) 

 Marram-grass — Psamma, 129 

 Marsh-Bent — Agrostis palustris, 55 

 Marsh-grasses, 25 

 Mat-grass — Psamma arenaria, 129 

 Meadow Barley — Hordeum pratense, 111 

 Meadow Fescue— Festuca pratensis, 148 

 Meadow Foxtail — Alopecurus pratensis 

 Meadows, 27, 182 



Mechanical tissues — tissues composed of 

 thick- walled cells and supporting 

 weaker tissues 

 Melica — Melick 



nutans, 116 (Figs. 126, 127) 



unifiora, 118 (Fig. 127) 

 Mesophytes — plants adapted to ordinary 



conditions as regards moisture 

 Mibora verna, 189 

 Midge-Fly, 137 

 Milium effusum — Millet-grass, 118 (Fig. 



129) 

 Mixtures of seeds, 168-179 

 Moist soils, 24, 25, 172, 177 

 Molinia coerulea, 118 (Figs. 128, 130) 

 Moor-grasses, 25 



Moor Mat-grass — Nardus striata, 119 

 Morphology of flower, 12—14 

 Morphology of spikelet, 14 

 Motor-cells, 8, 9, 21 (Figs. 8-10) 

 Mountain Melick — Melica nutans, 116 

 Myosotis arvensis (Fig. 171) 



Naked fruits, 17, 18 



Nardus striata, 119 (Figs. 131, 132) 



Nerves — minute veins on the glumes 



and palese 

 New Zealand Reed Fescue, 148 

 Nipplewort (Fig. 163) 

 Nitrogenous manures, 185 

 Nodes, 2 (Fig. 2) 

 Northern Holy-grass — Hierochloe borea- 



lis, 189 

 Number of seeds per gramme, 174 



Number of seeds per pound, 174 

 Nutritive value, 133, 134, 182 



Oat-grasses — Avena, 68 



Obsolete — so much reduced as to be 



practically absent 

 Obtuse — blunt at the apex 

 Open panicle — one in which the groups 



of spikelets are widely separated 



by the spreading arrangement 



of the branches 

 Orchard-grass, 145 

 Ovary, 13 (Fig. 16) 

 Ox-eye Daisy (Fig. 158) 



Palea— (plu. Paleae), 14 (Figs. 17-19) 

 Panicle, 15 (Figs. 14, 46, 77, 87) 

 Panicum (see Setaria). 189 



Crus-galli = Echinochloa Grus-galli 



glabrum, 189 



sanguinale, 189 

 Parenchyma — the soft cellular tissue 



of herbaceous parts 

 Pastures, 27, 177, 183 

 Pedigree of seeds, 168 

 Perennial Oat — Avena pratensis, 70 

 Pericarp, 18 (Fig. 21) 

 Phalaris — Canary grass 



arundinacea, 120 



canariensis, 120 

 Phleum 



alpinum, 121 



arenarium, 122 



asperum, 190 



Baehmeri, 190 



pratense, 121, 157 (Figs. 133, 134) 

 Phosphatic manuring, 186 

 Photo-synthesis, 21 

 Phragmites communis = Arundo Plirag- 



Plantago 



aristata (Fig. 167) 



lanceolata (Fig. 166) 



Rugelii (Fig. 168^ 

 Playing grounds, 178 

 Plumule, 18 (Fig. 20) 

 Poa, 122-129 



alpina, 122 (Fig. 135) 



annua, 122, 158 (Figs. 136, 144) 



aquatica = Glyceria aquatica, 104 



bulbosa, 123 



compressa, 123, 160 (Figs. 137, 138) 



distans, 124 



fluitans = Glyceria fluitans, 105 



loliacea, 190 



maritima, 125 



nemoralis, 125, 159 (Figs. 139, 140) 



pratensis, 127, 159 (Figs. 5, 8, 141, 

 142) 



procumbens, 190 



