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INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 12S
Awned, aristatce. Alopecurus, Apera effusa, Agraulus
caninus, Holcus, Avena, Hordeumj Triticum, Secale,
Bromus. PI. 12, fig. 14 and 17.
Awns.
Aristae, — athera. A stiff hair, or threadlike point, inserted
on the spathelles and spathelhdes, and not appearing
to he the continuation of a rib or nerve, hut arising sud-
denly from the hack or end.
Straight, Aristce rectilinece, rectce.
Kneed, geniculatcB. Bent in the middle, Avena.
Twisted, torsce. Avena, Agraulus caninus. PI. 12, fig. 14
and 17.
Jointed, ariiculatie. Stipa.
Featherlike, phcmosce. Stipa pennata.
^ From the tip, apiculares. From the tip of the glumes.
Below the tip, suhapiculares. PL 12, fig. 16.
Dorsal, dorsales. From the back of the glumes. Avena,
Agraulus caninus. PI. 12, fig. 17.
From the base, hasilares.
^ Persistent, persistentes. Avena.
Falling off^ caducce. Stipa.
Bristles.
Setse, — chaeta. A stiff hairlike point, inserted on the spathelles
and spathellides, heing a visihle continuation and
elongation of a rih 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, Glumella.
An involucriimformed of very small petaloid scales
attached to the receptacle of the graminecB with the sexual
organs, and surrounded hy the glumelle.
One-paleolated, Lodicula unipaleolata. Composed of a
single paleole.
Two-paleolated, hipaleolata. Of two paleoles. Avena,
Bromus, Triticum, Secale. PI. 12, fig. 15.
Three-paleolated, tripaleolata. Of three paleoles. Rambusia
arundinacea.