Bifarious disposed in two rows or ranks on the two sides, [49]. Binate in pairs, [53]. Blade the expanded portion of a leaf, [2], [10]. Bristles stiff hairs, [45]. Bulbous based having an inflated base, [66]. Bulliform cells thin walled cells occurring, at intervals, on the epidermis of some grasses, [35]. Bundle sheath sclerenchymatous cells or fibres found round the vascular bundles of the monocotyledonous type, such as those of grasses, [20].
C
Callus the projecting part or an extension of the flowering glume below its point of insertion, [168]. Caryopsis a one-celled, one-seeded, superior fruit in which the pericarp has fused with the seed-coat. Chartaceous papery, i.e., thin and somewhat rough, [47]. Ciliate fringed with hairs, [54]. Ciliolate very sparsely fringed with hairs, [70]. Clavate club-shaped, [104]. Clavellate thickened towards the apex, [252]. Coleorhiza the sheath of a monocotyledonous embryo which is pierced by the radicle during germination, [18]. Collar the white or colourless band at the base of the blade of a grass leaf just where it joins the sheath, [3]. Conduplicate folded together lengthwise, [12]. Convolute rolled round from one margin to the other, so that one margin is inside and the other outside, [12]. Coriaceous leathery, [49]. Corymbosely arranged in corymbs, i.e., flat-topped flower clusters, [56]. Crinite bearded with weak, long hairs, [137]. Crisped curled, [59]. Cuneate wedge-shaped or triangular, [49]. Cuspidate tipped with a small triangular piece at the apex, [70].
D
Decumbent reclining but with the upper part ascending, [80]. Digitate lingered, arranged at the end of the stalk, [51]. Dioecious having the sexes separated on two distinct individuals, [45]. Distichous two-ranked or two-rowed, [19].
E
Embryo young plant contained in the seed, [18]. Endodermis the innermost layer of the cortex abutting on and forming a sheathing layer round the stele, [32]. Exodermis the layer or layers of thickened cells beneath the piliferous layer of roots, [32]. Extra vaginal applied to shoots or branches that come out piercing the leaf sheath in grasses, [9].
F
Fascicle a cluster or bundle, [95]. Filiform thread shaped, slender and thin, [54]. Flexuous bent alternately in opposite directions, [62]. Foveolate marked with small pits, [180].
G