Glossary \ p.g 
Orary Inferior - the ovule bearing part of the flower found below the calyx 
leaves* 
Ovary superior - the ovule bearing part of the flower found above the calyx 
leaves. 
Palea - in the grass spikelet, the upper of the two enclosing bracts, the 
lower one being the lemlna. 
Perianth - a collective terra for the calyx and corolla. 
PhyUotaxy » the arrangement of leaves on an axis, expressed by a fraction, 
the numeralor representing the number of revolutions of a spiral 
made in passing from one leaf past each successive leaf to reach 
the leaf directly above the initial leaf, and the denominator 
representing the number of leaves passed in the spiral thus made. 
Rachilla - axis bearing florets (gromineae). 
Rays (ray floret) * the straplike extension of the corolla of florets 
(compositae). 
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Spikelet - one part of a compound inflorescence the floral unit of fsm. 
gromineae composed of flowers and subtending bracts. 
Stipulate - with stipules. 
Stipule - an appendage at the base of the petiole (leaf stalk). 
Unisexual ~ having one sex present and functional in the one flower. 
Soros - the heap or cluster of fruiting bodies found on the dorsal side of 
fern frond. 
Zygomorphie - corollas when divisible into equal halve© in one plane only. 
