GLOSSARY. XI 



Spikelet. — One or more florets enclosed within one or more pairs 



of empty glumes. 

 Stipe. — A stalk. 

 Stipiform. — Stalk-like. 

 Subulate. — Awl-shaped. 

 Terete. — Cylindrical. 

 Thyrsus. — An ovate panicle. 

 Unisexual. — Having flowers of one sex only. 

 Verticillate. — When the spikelets are in whorls or verticils. 







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