GLUMACEOUS

adj. Gluam-a's hu3s. Lat,. glumaceus. Fr., (/liinifice. Ger., balgartig, spelzenartig. Glumate, po e ing chaff-like bracts of glumes (pales). The Glumaceae (Fr.. glumacees; Ger., Glumaceen, Spelzenbliithige) are: Of Reichenbach. a formation of the Caulo-Acroblastce, and subsequently of the Caulocolephyti; of Bartling and Brongniart, a cla of the Mono cotyle done i; of Lindley, a tribe, subsequently a cohort, of the Endogenece; of Endlicher. a cla of the Amphibrya: of Ju ieu, a subdivision of the Perispermece; of Eichler. a subdivision of the Angeiosperms; of Bentham and Hooker, a series of monocotyledons, including the Eriocaulece, Centrolepidece, Restiacece, Cyperacece, and Gramine.ce. [B, 42, 121, 170, 291 (a, 24).] [s. 205]