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NARY Grass; many-valved (multi» 
valvis) as BoBARTiA Indica. 
542. Coloured (colorata) of any colour but 
green, as Mat Grass. 
54}3. Smooth (glabra) having a slippery 
surface, ditto. 
544. Hispid (hispida) beset with rigid 
bristles, as Bobartia Indica. 
545. Unarmed (nudica) without awn, as 
Millet Grass. 
546. Awned (aristata) having an awn. 
547. An awn (arista) a subulate thorn fixed 
on the glume. 
548. Terminal (terminalis) or terminating, 
fixed to the top of the glume, as 
Feather Grass (Stipa pinnata). 
549- Dorsal (dorsalis) fixed on the outside 
of the glume, as Sweet Vernal Grass 
(Anthoxanthum odoratum). 
550. Twisted (tortilis) twisted like a cord, 
as Wild Oat. 
551. AMENT (amentum) consisting of a 
common, chaffy, gemmaceous recep 
tacle, as Hazel. 
552. SPATHE (spatha) a calyx bursting 
longitudinally, having only one leaf, 
as fFake Robin) Arum macula- 
TUM). 
553. One-valved (anivalvis). 
554. Two-valved, having two leaves, as 
Flowering Rush (Butomus um- 
BELLATUS). 
555. CALYPTRA (calyptra) the calyx of 
a moss. 
