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Italicum. Italian. 



Johnson-grass. 27, 28. 



Keeled. Having a keel or central 



ridge. 

 Kentucky Blue-grass. 144. ..108. 

 Knot-grass. 94... 31. 



Lseve. Smooth. 



Lanatus. Woolly. 



Lanceolate. Shaped like the head 

 . of a spear or lance. 



Lanuginosum. Woolly or downy. 

 Clothed with a fine, soft, mat- 

 ted pubescence. 



Large Cut-grass. 66... 60. 



Latifolia. Broad-leaved. 



Lax. Loose, not compact. 



Laxiflorum. Loosely-flowered. 



Leersia. After Leers, a German bot- 

 anist. 59. 

 lenticularis 3/ic/ix., 66...60. 

 oryzoides Sio., 67... 60. 

 Virginica Willd., 68... 59. 



Lenticular. Lenticularis. Having 

 the form of a double convex lens 



Leptochloa. Greeks Slender grass. 91. 

 mucronata Kunth, 191.. 91. 



Ligule. A prolongation from the in- 

 ner side of the leaf-sheath 

 where the latter joins the blade. 



Line. One-twelfth of an inch. 



Linear. Narrow, many times longer 

 than broad, with*^ nearly paral- 

 lel sides. 



Lodicules. Small and delicate scales 

 at the base of the flower, which 

 serve to separate the flowering 

 glume and palea during the pe- 

 riod of bloom. 



Lolium. Ancient Latin name. 121. 

 Italicum A. Br., 176... 122. 

 perenne Linn., 175. ..121. 

 temulentum Linn., 177... 122. 



Longifolia. Long-leaved. 



Longipedunculatum. Long pedun- 

 cled, or long stalked. 



Long-leaved Spike-grass.. 102. 



Louisiana-grass. 95. ..31. 



Low Spear-grass. 141... 106. 



Luxurians. Luxuriant. 



Lyme-grass, Canada. 1S3...126. 

 Slender. 184... 127. 

 Virginia. 189... 126. 



Macrospermum. Large-seeded. 



Macrourus. Large-tailed. 



Mais de Coyote. 14, 15. 



Maize. 15. 



Major. Larger. 



Manna-grass. 156.. .113. 



Marsh Foxtail. 89. ..71. 



Maxima. Largest. 



Mayde^. 13. 



Mays. From maiz or mahiz, the na- 

 tive name of Indian Corn. 



Index and Glossary. 



Media. Intermediate in size. 

 Meadow Comb-grass. 131... 98. 



Fescue. 169. ..116. 



Foxtail. 88... 70. 

 Meadow-grass, Creeping. 193... 95. 



Fowl. 153... 112. 



Reed. 159. ..112. 



Rough. 145. ..108. 



Short-stalked. 195... 96. 



Slender. 197. ..96. 



Oat-grass, ill... 83. 

 Melica. An old name. Italian, from 



mel, honey. 100. 

 Melica diffusa '^Pursh. 101. 



mutica Walt.,...\9^...lOl. 

 Membranaceous. Like a membrane, 

 thin and flexible, aud usually 

 translucent. 

 Membranaceum. Membranous. 

 Mexican Drop-seed. 83... 68. 

 Microcarpon. Small-fruited. 

 Millet, Cat-tail. 58. 



German. 56. 



Golden. 64... 56. 



Hungarian. 56. 



Italian. 64. .56. 



Pearl. 58. 



Wild. 63. ..56. 

 Minimum. Smallest. 

 Miscanthus. 16. 



Sinensis Anders. 16. 

 Molle. Soft. 



Monocarpic. Fruiting but once. 

 Monoecious. Plants with the sta- 

 mens and pistils in separate 

 flowers but on the same indi- 

 vidual. 

 Mountain Oat-grass. 114... 85. 

 Mountain-sedge. 21. 

 Mucro. An abrupt, short, sharp 



point. 

 Mucronata. Mucronate. 

 Mucronate. Mucronatum. Tipped 

 with a short, sharp, rigid and 

 abrupt point. 

 Muhlenbergia. After Muhlenberg, an 

 American botanist. 66. 



capillaris Kunth, 7»...67. 



diffusa Schreb., 80...67. 



glomerata Trin., 81. ..67. 



Mexicana Trin., 83 ..68. 



sobolifera Trin., 89... 67. 



sylvatica Torr., and Gray. 84. ..69. 



Willdenovii Trin., 85.. .68. 

 Munro-grass. 33. ..41. 

 Mutica. Awnless. 



Naked Beard-grass. 117. ,.88. 



Nervata. Nerved. 



Nerves. The ribs or veins of leaves, 

 glumes, etc. 



Neuranthum. Nerved flowers. Outer 

 glumes of the spikelet nerved. 



Neuter. Having no sex. Being 

 without either stamens or pis- 

 tils. 



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