Inflorescence spikelet

FIGURE 6.1 Leaf, inflorescence, and grain of Eleusine coracana depicted. 1, Stem part with leaves 2, Inflorescence 3, Part of inflorescence branch 4, Spikelet 5, Floret without lemma and palea 6, Grain within lemma and palea 7, Grain (de Wet, 2006 Reproduced with permission from PROSEA). 

The inflorescence consists of a number of branches called spikelets which cany the flowers. There are two types of grass inflorescence ... 

In some grasses the spikelets are attached to the main stem with very short stalks to form a dense type of inflorescence termed spike-like (Fig. 19.8). The spikelet is normally made up of an axis, bearing at its base the upper and lower glumes (Fig. 19.9). Most grasses have two glumes. Above the glumes, and... 

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