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Pistil, the central organ of a flower, 

 the ovary or base of which becomes 

 the fruit. 



Eacemose, a form of inflorescence 

 resembling a bunch of currants or 

 hare-bells. 



Rachis, the part of a peduncle on 

 which the flowers are borne. 



Scarious, membranaceous, shrivelled, 



dry. 

 Scion, a young shoot, sometimes 



creeping, or spreading along the 



ground. 

 Serrated, having teeth like a saw. 

 Sessile, being without a stalk, literally 



sitting. 

 Seta, a bristle, or stiff hair. 

 Setaceous, bristle-like. 

 Spicate, having a compact form of 



flowering like an ear of com. 

 Spike, an elongated inflorescence with 



sessile flowers. 

 Spikelet, one of the small clusters 



composing the inflorescence of a 



grass, usually included by the 



glumes ; it may be one-, two-, or 



more-flowered. 

 Stamen, the male organ of a flower, 



consisting of filament and anther. 



Stigma, the apex of a style, or when 

 the latter is absent of the ovary ; 

 in the grasses the stigma is usually 

 plumose or feather-like. 



Stoloniferous, having stolones, or 

 creeping shoots. 



Style, a thread, or wire-like termina- 

 tion of the ovary, bearing the 

 stigma. 



Triandrous, three stamens in a flower, 



as in most of the grasses. 

 Truncate, terminating abruptly. 



Umbel, an inflorescence in which 

 several main flower-stalks spring 

 from the same point. 



Umbellate, arranged in an umbel. 



Unisexual, flowers are so when bear- 

 ing stamens only, or pistils only. 



Verticillate, arranged in a circle, or 

 radiating in all directions. 



Viviparous, producing leaf buds that 

 drop off and vegetate. 



Whorl, where stalks, or other organs, 

 are arranged like the spokes of a 

 wheel. 



Whorled, the same as verticillate. 



