GLOSSARY. 



Grain. — The mature fruit. 



Hermaphrodite. — Applied to a floret which has both stamens and 



pistil. 

 1 Heterogamous. — Bearing two kinds of florets. 

 Ilomogamous. — Applied to a spikelet containing one kind of floret, 



either male or female. 

 Hyaline. — Thin and transparent. 

 Imbricate. — Overlapping like the tiles on a roof. 

 Inflorescence. — The arrangement of the spikelets on the flowering 



stem. 

 Internodes, — Portions of the stem or rachis between each node or 



joint. 

 Involucre. — A collection of two or more bracts surrounding the base 



of a spikelet. 

 lanceolate. — Shaped like a lance. 

 Ligule. — A thin scarious projection from the summit of the sheath 



of a leaf. 

 Lodicules. — Minute scales situated outside the stamens, usually 2-3 



in number, but sometimes wanting. 

 Membranous. — Thin and soft. 

 J\Iucronate. — Abruptly tipped with a short point. 

 Nodes. — The thick solid part of the stem from which the leaves 



take their rise ; also applied to the joints of a rachis. 

 Ovoid. — Egg-shaped, but with the broad end downwards. 

 Pale. — Usually a thin almost transparent scale opposite to and a 



little higher on the axis than the flowering glume. 

 Panicle. — Like a raceme, but the pedicels are branched. 

 Pedicel. — The ultimate branch of an inflorescence supporting a 



spikelet. 

 Peduncle. — The main stem of an inflorescence up to the first or 



lowest branch. Beyond this is the main rachis. 

 Pericarp.— -The fructified ovary. 

 Perennial. — Lasting year after year. 



Raceme. — Like a spike, but with pedicelled or stalked florets. 

 RacMlla.— The axis of a spikelet. 

 Pachis. — The main axis of an inflorescence. 

 Rudimentary. — LTndeveloped or abortive. 

 Secund. — Directed to or facing one side. 

 Sessile. — "Without a stalk. 

 Spicate. — Arranged in a spike. 

 Spike. — A collection of sessile spikelets on a common rachis. 



