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Awned, aristatce. Alopecurus, Apera efFusa, Agraulus 
caninus, Holcus, A vena, Hordeum, Triticum, Secale, 
Bromus. PL 12, fig. 14 and 17. 
Awns. 
Aristae, — athcra. A stiff hair , or threadlike point , in- 
serted on the spathelles and spathellules , and not appearing 
to he the continuation of a rib or nerve , hut arising sud- 
denly from the hack or end. 
Straight, Aristae rectilinece , re dee. 
Kneed, geniculatce . Bent in the middle, Avena. 
Twisted, tor see. Avena, Agraulus caninus. PI. 12, fig. 14 
and 17. 
Jointed, articulatce. Stipa. 
Featherlike, plumosce. Stipa pennata. 
If From the tip, apiculares. From the tip of the glumes. 
Below the tip, sub apiculares. PI. 12, fig. 16. 
Dorsal, dorsales. From the back of the glumes. Avena, 
Agraulus caninus. PI. 12, fig. 17. 
From the base, basilar es. 
5T Persistent, persistentes. Avena. 
Falling off, caducce. Stipa. 
Bristles. 
Setae, — chaeta. A stiff hairlike point , inserted on the spa- 
thelles and spathellules , being a visible continuation and 
elongation of a rib or nerve. PI. 12, fig. 12. 
The bristle admits the same distinction as the awn, and 
has been generally confounded under the same name. 
Lodicule. 
Nectary, Glumelle, Corolla, Lodicula, Glumellula, Glu- 
mella. An mvolucrum formed of very small petaloid scales 
attached to the receptacle of the gramineee with the sexual 
organs , and surrounded by the glumelle. 
One-paleolated, Lodicula unipaleolata. Composed of a 
single paleole. 
Two-paleolated, bipaleolata. Of two paleoles. Avena, 
Bromus, Triticum, Secale. PI. 12, fig. 1,5. 
Three-pal eolated, tripaledlata . Of three paleoles. Ram- 
busia arundinacea. * 
