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Sicary. That part of the pistil which contains the seed. 
— Ovate. Egg-shaped. 
_ Palet or palea. The inner scale or Pond of the proper flower, placed nearly opposite 
and a little higher on the axis than the flowering glume. 
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~ Panicle. A branched and subdivided stem bearing the flowers. 
Pedicel. A smali branchlet supporting a spikelet. 
Peduncle. The main stem or stalk of a flower-spike. 
Perennial. Living more than two years, or indefinitely. 
Perfect. Having both stamens and pistils. 
_ Petiole. The stem of a leaf. 
Pistil. The central or female organ of a fertile flower. 
Pistillate. Having only pistils without stamens. 
Plumose. Feather-like. 
Pollen. The powder contained in the anthers. 
Pubescent. Clothed with short and soft hairs. 
Radical leaves. Those growing from the base of the culm. 
Revolute. Ro ling backwards or outwards. 
Rhachis. The axis or stem on which the flowers of a spikelet are arranged; also the 
common axis of a close spike or of a panicle, 
Rhizoma or Root-stock. A horizontal underground stem. 
Ribs. Prominent nerves of the leaves or glumes. 
Rugose. Wrinkied or furrowed. 
Seabrous. Rough, with small point or short stiff hairs. 
Scarious. Dry and thin, and generally transparent. 
Sericeous. Covered with soft, silky hairs. 
Serrate. Having teeth on the margin, pointed towards the apex. + 
Serrulate. Finely-toothed. 
Sessile. Without a foot-stalk or pedicel. 
Setaceous. Like a bristle. 
Sheath. That part of the leaf which embraces the culm or stalk. 
Spike. A collection of sessile or nearly sessile flowers on a close, narrow axis. 
Spikelet. A flower or cluster of flowers having one pair of outer glumes. 
Stamen. The male organs of a flower, including the anther aud filament. 
Staminate. Having only stamens. 
Sterile. Imperfect flowers not producing seed. 
Strict. Erect and close. 
_Stoloniferous, Sending off offshoots or runners from the bage. 
_ Strigose. Having spreading, bristly hairs. 
Style. That portion of the pistil bearing stigmas or a stigmatic surface; in grasses 
often branching. 
Subulate. Stiff and linear, shaped like an awl. 
Succulent. Fleshy and juicy. 
’ Truncate. Abruptly cut off at the apex. 
Unequal. Not of equal length. 
Verticillute. Arranged in a whorl or whorls. 
Villous. Velvety, clothed thickly with long, soft hairs. 
Whorl. A number of leaves or branches arranged around a stem on the same plane. 
Woolly. Clothed with long and matted hairs. 
