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Index and Glossary. 



Sporobolus. (ireek, a seed to throw. 

 71. 

 asper Kunth, 00...72. 

 Indicus /?. i^r., »»...72. 

 longifolius Wood^ ~2. 

 minor T'ase.v, 01...72. 

 vagiuseflorus Wood, »2...72. 

 vagina?florus, var. minor. 91... 72. 



Sprouting Crab- grass. »«...43. 



Stamen. The male, or pollen-bear- 

 ing organ of a flower. The 

 parts of a stamen are the fila- 

 ment and the anther. The lat- 

 ter contains the pollen, the 

 former is the supporting stalk. 



Staminate. Having stamens only. 

 Male flowers. 



Sterilis. Barren. Applied to plants 

 which are infertile, also used 

 to indicate that they grow in 

 barren or sterile soils. 



Stigma. The part of the pistil 

 which receives the pollen. In 

 grasses the stigmas are usually 

 plumose or feathery, this plu- 

 mose part being raised above 

 the ovary on longer or shorter 

 styles. 



Stink-grass. 1341. ..97. 



Stipa. Greek, of uncertain meaning, 

 65. 

 avenacea Linn., 7S...65. 



Stolonifera. Stoloniferous, which see. 



Stoloniferous. Producing offsets or 

 running shoots from the base. 



Striae. See Striate. 



Striate. Grooved or furrowed. 

 ^Marked with striae. 



Stricta. Strictus. Erect or straight. 



Strigosa. Covered with short, stiff 

 hairs. Strigose. 



Strigose. Covered with short, stiff 

 and appressed hairs. 



Style. The stalk which supports 

 the stigma, or raises the stigma 

 above the ovary. See pistil. 



Subaristate. Nearly or somewhat 

 awned. 



Subciliate. Slightly or somewhat 

 ciliate. 



Subspicatum. Somewhat or nearly 

 spicate. 



Subulate. Awl-shaped. 



Sugar-cane. 17. 



Sweet Reed-grass. 94. ..73. 

 Vernal-grass. 71... 62. 



Switch-cane. l!*7...129. 

 grass. 35... 12. 



Sylvatica. Sylvestris. Relating to 

 woods or wood-land. 



Tall Grama. 119. ..89. 

 Red-top. 133... 91. 



Temulentum. Drunken. 



Tenella. Delicate or small. 



Tennessee Fescue. 1C1...115. 



Tenuis. Slender. 



Teosinte. 13. 



Terete. Cylindrical, not flattened or 



compressed. 

 Terrell-grass. 183... 126. 

 Texas Blue-grass. 151. ..110. 

 Thatch-grass. 116.. .87. 

 Timothy. 81. ..70. 

 Timothy, white. 106...81. 

 Tribuloides. Tribulus-like. Tribu- 

 , lus — three-pointed. 



Trichodium decumbens. 76. 

 Trifid. Three-parted. 

 Triodia. 93. 



cuprea Jacq., 133... 91. 

 Triple-awn, Purple. 75. ..64. 

 ' Slender. 74. ..64. 



I Tripsacum. Greek, to thresh. 15. 

 ' dactyloides i/n»., a...l6. 



' Trisetum Latin. Three bristles. 81. 

 flavescens, 82. 

 palustre Torr., 109...82. 

 subspicatum var. moUe (rray, 108 

 ...82. 

 Triticum. The classical name. 124. 

 i sativum Linn. 124. 



I Trivia lis. Common. 

 , Truncate. Ending abruptly as if cut 

 off transversely. 

 Tuberculate. Covered with small 

 wart-like excrescences or tu- 

 bercles. 

 Twin-grass. 137. ..101. 

 Two-rowed Barley. 125. 

 Typhoideum. Typha-like. Typha — 

 the generic name of Cat-tail, a 

 marsh plant. 



Unilateral. One-sided. Disposed or 



arranged along one side. 

 Unilateralis. Disposed along one 



side. One-sided. 

 Uniola. Ancient Latin name of 

 some plant. 101. 

 broad-leaved. 139. ..102. 

 gracilis Michx., 138. ..102. 

 latifolia Jlichx., 139... 102. 

 longifolia Scribn. 102. 

 nitida. 102. 

 Unioloides. Uniola-like. 

 Unisexual. Of one sex — either 

 staminate (male) or pistillate 

 (female). 



Vaginseflorus. Sheath-flowering. 



Vaginatum. Sheathed. 



Vanilla-grass. 61. 



Velvet-grass. 106...81. 



Ventricose. Swelling out on one 

 side. 



Vernal-grass, Sweet. 71... 62. 



Verrucose. Warty. 



Verrucosum. See verrucose. 



Versatile. Said of anthers when at- 

 tached near the middle so that 

 they freely swing to and fro. 



Verticillata. Verticillate. Whorled. 



