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Floating' Koxtail. ^H...TI. 



Floret. Kacli tlower *A a spikrlot, i 

 t«)jj:t'tl»er witli its subteiuliiijf i 

 <rlMinr and palra, in called a i 

 tlorrt. I 



Fliiitans. Floatin}^:. 



Kly-away-;4^rass. »»...7T. 



FoliatToiis. Lraf-lik«'. 



F<»ur-rc)Nved Harlrv, 12'>. 



Fowl McadoNV-^-rass. I.'5:i...ll2. 



Foxtail, FloatiM^^ MI...7I. 



(tIMM'll. «SI. ...")«». 



Marsh. »»...71. 



Meadow. w^.Tt). 



Yrllow. ««....-><;. 

 Fresh-watrr Cord-^rass. IKI...ST. 

 Frinj,^ed Broine-«>:rass. ■«?, I«n... 

 IIH. m ^'tiMH 



Fusiform. Spindle-sluqx'd. 



l^ent like a bent knee. 

 Kneed, bent at the 



or enlarged on 



.89. 



..')«. 



(4 a ma. 16. 



Geniculate. 



Geniculatus. 

 nodes. 



German Millet. 56. 



Gibbous. Swollen 

 one side. 



Gibbum. See ppibbous. 



(4ijrantea. Gij^antic. 



Glabrum. Glabrous, a surface des- 

 titute of pubescence. Smooth. 



Glandular. (41and-bearing:; also 

 gland-like. 



Glauca. See glaucous. 



Glaucescens. Somewhat glaucous. 



Glaucifolius. Glaucous-leaved. 



Glaucous. Covered or whitened 

 with a bloom. Pale-bluish or 

 greenish-white. 



Globose. Spherical. Round like a 

 ball. 



Glomerata. Glomerate. 



Glomerate. Heaped up. Densely 

 clustered in small heaps, or in 

 irregular heads. 



Glume. The usually chaff-like 

 bracts of a spikelet which sim- 

 ply subtend one another— emp- 

 ty glumes; or bearing flowers 

 in their axils — flowering 

 glumes. 



Glyceria. Greel; Sweet. 111. 

 acutiflora T»n'., 1.'»7...118. 

 aquatica Sm., I.%t8...ll2. 

 elongata Tri».. 151... 11 2. 

 fluitans R. />'/., I5«...11H. 

 nervata Trin.. I.'5»...112. 

 pallida Trin., 1.15... 113. 



Golden Millet. 6J...56. 



Gracilis. Graceful. Slender. 



Grama. Blue. 118. 

 Tall. 11»...89. 



Green Foxtail. «».. 



Guatemala-grass. 13. 



Gymnopogon. Gretk, Xaked Beard. 88. 

 brevifolius Tri)!. 89. 



(tymnopogon racemosus Jimuv., 117 



...KK. 

 Gynerium. (iraek, from gyne, female, 

 and erinn, wool — the female flo- 

 rets are woolly. 92. 

 argenteum yees. 92. 



Hair-grass. lor...Hl. 

 Hairy-flowered Taspalum. 1»...32. 

 Halepense. From Aleppo, a city of 



Syria. 

 Hedgehog-grass «5...57. 

 Herbaceous. Used in contra-distinc- 



tion to woody. Having the 



color and texture of a leaf — 



green and somewhat succulent. 

 Herd's-grass. 10*.«...TH. 

 Herd's-grass, New Kngland. >*7...70. 

 Hermaphrodite. Said of flowers 



which contain both stamens 



and pistils. 

 Heterogamous. Flowers of more 



than one kind, differing in sex. 

 Heterophyllre. Dissimilar leaves. 



Bearing leaves of more than 



one kind or shape. 

 Hians. Gaping. 

 Holcus. Greef>\ To extract. 



lanatus Linn., 100...81. 

 Homophylla?. Leaves of one kind. 



Bearing leaves all of one kind 



or shape. 



HORDE.F.. 121. 



Hordeum. The ancient Latin name 

 for Barley. 124. 



distiehum. 125. 



pratense IIwJs. Iw0...125. 



pusillum Xutt. 1W1...125. 



vulgare Linn., 125. 

 Hungarian Brome-grass. 1«9...118. 



Millet. 56. 

 Hyaline. Transparent. 



Imbricate. Overlapping, like the 

 shingles on a roof or the scales 

 on a fish. 



Indian Corn. 15. 



Indian-grass. 26. 



Reed-grass. 9 J... 73. 

 Rice. 58. 



Indicus. Indian. 



Indurated. Hardened. 



Inermis. Awnless. 



Inflorescence. The arrangement of 

 the flowers; or in grasses the 

 spikelets upon the stem. 



Intermedia. Intermediate, standing 

 between. 



Internode. The portion of the stem, 

 culm or axis between two 

 nodes. 



Involucre. Bracts or other protec- 

 tive organs surrounding a flow- 

 er, or group of flowers. 



Italian Millet. «1...5<>. 

 Rye-grass. 170...122. 



