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Index and Glossary. 



Arundinaria gigantea Chapm., 186... 



128. 



macrosperma Michx., 186... 128. 



tecta Jduhh, 187. ..129. 

 Ariindo. Latin, a reed. 92. 



Donax Linn. 93. 

 Asper. Rough. 



Asprella. Latin, Diminutive of as- 

 per. 127. 



Hystrix Tn7W., 185...127. 

 Auricle. An ear-shaped appendage. 

 Auricled or Auric ulate. Furnished 



with auricles. 

 Autumnale. Autumnal. 

 Avenacea. Oat-like. 



AVENE^. 80. 



Avena. Latin, Oats. 82. 

 fatua Linn. 83. 

 mollis Michx. 100. 

 sativa Linn., 110...83. 

 strigosa Schreb. 83. 

 Awn. A bristle-like appendage. 

 Bearded wheat is ajt'/iec/ wheat; 

 in beardless wheats the awns j 

 are absent. The awns may be | 

 straight, or variously bentand i 

 twisted ; they may be terminal, ; 

 produced from the apex of the 

 glumes, or they may spring ! 

 from the back of the gluine, i 

 when they are said to be dor- 

 sal. 

 Awned. Furnished with awns. 

 Awnless. Without awns. 



Bambuse^. 128. 



Barbata. Barbate, bearded. 



Barbate. Furnished with rigid, usu- 

 ally reflexed points or short 

 bristles. Bearded. 



Barbellate. Minutely bearded. 



Barbulatum. Latin, barbellate. 



Barley. 125. 



Four-rowed. 125. 

 Two-rowed. 125. 

 Wild. 180... 125. 



Barnyard-grass. 9»...39, 10. 



Bearded. Awned. Furnished with 

 long stiff hairs. 



Bearded Darnel. 177. ..122. 



Bearded Short-husk. 86... 69. 



Bearded Wheat-grass. 179. ..123. 



Beard-grass. 75, ..61. 

 Naked. 117. ..88. 

 Silver. 8... 23. 



Bent-grass, Reed. 1O5...80. 



Bermuda-grass. 115... 86. 



Bicarinate. Two-keeled. 



Bicuspidate. With two sharp and 

 rigid points. 



Bifid. Divided into two lobes. Two- 

 cleft. 



Bimucronate. Tipped with two short 

 and sharp teeth or points. 



Biseriate. Two-rowed, in two series. 



Black Oat-grass. 78. ..65. 



Blue Grama. 118... 89. 

 Blue-grass. 143... 107. 



English. 14»...107. 



Kentuckv. 144... 108. 



Texas. 151. ..110. 



Woodland. 147... 109. 

 Blue Joint. 104...79. 

 Blue-stem, Big. 22. 



Little. 21. 

 Bottle-brush. 185... 127. 

 Bouteloua. From C. Bouteloua, a 

 Spanish author. 89. 



curtipendula T"rr., 119... 89. 



oligostachya Ton:, 1 18. ..89. 

 Brachvelytrum. Greek, Short husk. 

 69. 



aristatum Beam-., 86... 69. 

 Bract. A more or less modified leaf 

 or leaf-sheath subtending the 

 panicle branches, the spikelets 

 or the flowers. The empty and 

 floral glumes are bracts. 

 Brevibarbis. Short-haired. 

 Brevifolius. Short-leaved. 

 Briza. Greek, To nod, 103. 



maxima Linn. 103. 



media Linn. 103. 



minor Linn. 103. 

 Broad-leaved Uniola. 139. ..102. 

 Brome-grass, Fringed. 167, 168. ..118. 



Hungarian. 169... 118. 

 Bromus. Greek, Food. 117. 



ciliatus Li7in., 167, 168. ..113. 



ciliatus Linn., var. purgans Gray. 

 118. 



erectus Huds., 119. 



inermis Leyss., 169... 118. 



mollis Linn., 171. ..119. 



racemosus Linn., 17 3... 120. 



secalinus Linn., 170...119. 



sterilis Linn., 173. ..120. 



unioloides H. B. K., 17 4... 120. 

 Brook-grass. 11. ..26. 

 Broom-sedge. i0...25. 

 Bur-grass. 65... 57. 



Cserulescens. Bluish. 



Calamagrostis. Greek, Reed-grass, 79 

 Canadensis Beam-., 104...79. 

 Xuttalliana ^^6^(7., 1O5...80. 



Callus. The projection or extension 

 of the rachilla or axis of the 

 spikelet below the point of at- 

 tachment of the glumes. 



Campestre. Growing in fields. 



Canada Lyme-grass. 183.. .126. 



Canarv-grass. 69. ..61. 

 Re'^ed. 70...62. 



Cane. 186... 128. 



Canina. Canine, from Canis, a dog. 



Capillare. Hair-like. 



Capillaris. Capillary. Hair-like. 

 Slender or fine as a hair. 



Capillary. Hair-like. Said of a pan- 

 icle when the branches are 

 hair-like in fineness. 



