Chapter One, Vegetative Organs

The spikelets are soft, hairy and are shortly stalked. The pedestals of spikelets are hairy, and sometimes one or two long hairs are also found on them. Each of these spikelets consists of four green, membranous structures called glooms. Some grasses grow erect, forming tufts, and others form cushions with the branches creeping along the nd. We usually find all intermediate stages from the erect to the prostrate habit.