I.NDKX AND QlOSSAHV. 



i;w 



the continuation of tiie !)ranch 



to whicli the empty and tlow- 

 erin^r ^'•limies are attached. 

 Kachis. The axis or continuation of 

 tlie stem to which the hranclies 

 of the inflorescence are at- 

 tached. 

 Hamosissima. IJranchinj:: in the 

 hig^hertt decree. Very much 

 hranched. 

 Jiamulosiim, Kamulosus. Full of 



little l)ranches. 

 Kantlall-<rrass. l<W...ll(i. 

 Red Fescue. 11.'). 

 Red-top. ■Or«...7S. 

 False. !•.*«... 94. 

 Panic. :ia...41. 

 Tall. ■«*2...1)4. 

 Reed. 93. 



l?ent-^n'ass. iO.'5...80. 

 ('anary-<rrass. 70...()2. 

 Reed-^rass, Indian. »1...73. 

 Slender. »*'i. 74. 

 vSweet. »l...7a. 

 Reed Meadow-grass. ■.'S*2...112. 

 Reflexed. Directed downward. 

 Repens. Creepinjj:. 

 Reptans. Creeping and rooting. 

 Rescue-grass. 17 1.. .120. 

 Retrorsely. Directed or pointing 



downward or backward. 

 Rice. 59. 



Cut-grass. «7...60. 

 Indian. 58. 

 Wild. 58. 

 Rough Meadow-grass. 141*5. ..108. 

 Rugose. Wrinkled. Rough. 

 Rye. 124. 



Rye-grass, Italian. 17«...122. 

 Perennial. 175. ..121. 



Saccharum. Ldtin, Sugar. 16, 17. 

 ofificinarum Linn. 17. 



Sanguinale. Bloody. 



Sativa. Sativus. Cultivated. 



Scabra. Scabrous, rough. 



Scabrous. Rough. Said of surfaces 

 covered with little points or 

 very short, rigid hairs. 



Scarious. Thin, dry and membran- 

 ous. Margins of glumes are 

 scarimis when very thin and 

 membranous and not green. 



Scoparium. Of a broom. 



Secale. Origin of name doubtful. 124. 

 cereale Linn., 124. 



Secalinus. Rye-like. 



Sericea. Sericeous. Silky. 



Serrulate. Minutely and sharply 

 toothed. 



Sesame-grass. 16. 



Seslerioides. Sesleria-like. 



Sessile. Without any stalk or pedi- 

 cel. 



Setaceous. Bristle-like. 



Setaceum. Setaceous. 



Setaria. Lotin, Beta, a bristle. 5r>. 

 (Jermanica. 5<5, 

 glauca lixinr., ill. .')k\. 

 Italica KuntU, 111. ..5(5. 

 viridis Hfnur., Htt.Jtd. 

 Sheath. Applied to the tubular or 

 convolute portion of the leares 

 of grasses which usually em- 

 I braces a portion of the stem. 



Sheep's Fescue. l«o. 115. 

 Short-husk, liearded. w«...69. 

 Short-stalked Meadow-grass. 1*25... 



9(i. 

 Silky Oat-grass. lls«...84. 

 Simple. Unbranched. 

 Six-weeks grass. 111...1(K;. 

 Slender Crab-grass. •2W...39. 

 Fescue. 15W...114. 

 Lyme-grass. Iwl...l27. 

 Meadow-grass. 1*27. ..96. 

 Reed -grass. 1I.1...74. 

 Spike-grass. !»**... 102. 

 Triple-awn. 71. ..64. 

 Small-cane. 1^7. ..129. 

 Smooth Crab-grass. 587. ,.39. 

 Smut-grass. »»...72. 

 Sobolifera. Shoot-bearing. 

 Soboliferous. Applied to creeping 

 stems, which are slender, and 

 creep along horizontally below 

 the surface of the earth, emit- 

 ting roots and new plants at in- 

 tervals. 

 Soft Chess. 171. ..119. 

 Solitary. Standing alone— single. 

 Sorghum avenaceum Chnpm., 27. 

 Halepense Pers., 27. 

 nutans A. (rratj. 26. 

 nutans Chapm., 27. 

 Southern Poverty-grass. »«...72. 



Spear-grass. 1*2«...97. 

 Spartina. (ireek, A cord. 87. , 

 Spartina cynosuroides Willd., ll«... 



87. 

 Spathe. A sheathing bract, enclos- 

 ing or subtending the flowers or 

 inflorescence. 

 Spear-grass, Low. 141... 106. 

 Spear-grass, Southern. 1««...97. 

 Sphierocarpon. Round-fruited. 

 Spicata. Spiked. 

 Spider Bent. 101...78. 

 Spike. An inflorescence in which 

 the flowers or the spikelets are 

 sessile along the common ra- 

 chis. 

 Spike-grass, Long-leaved. 102. 



Slender. 1»n...102. 

 Spikelet. A small or secondary 

 spike. In grasses, a special in- 

 florescence consisting of a more 

 or less elongated axis — the ra- 

 chilla,— and two-ranked imbri- 

 cated bracts — glumes — in the 

 axils of some of which the 

 flowers are borne. 



