Restionaceae

Fruit a loculicidalloculicidal:
type of capsular dehiscence, opening longitudinally through the locules (compare septicidal)
capsulecapsule:
a dry, dehiscent fruit derived from a compound ovary
(1–3 locular), folliclefollicle:
a dry to (rarely) fleshy fruit derived from a single carpel that opens along a single longitudinal suture, derived from a single, superior, simple ovary; the seeds may be arillate or with a fleshy testa
(Centrolepis, Gaimardia), or nutnut:
a fairly large, indehiscent, dry fruit with a thick and bony wall surrounding a single seed, derived from a single, simple or compound ovary
, 0.7–15 mm long, globoseglobose:
3D shape—more or less spherical
to teardrop-shapedteardrop-shaped:
2D shape—widest point is toward one end of the fruit, the other end tapers sharply to a pointed end
, angledangular:
2D shape—having sides that meet at acute or obtuse angles  
or tereteterete:
approximately circular in cross section; width and thickness approximately equal
in transection, stylar beaks persistent (Catacolea, Coleocarya spp., Harperia spp., Lepidobolus), with one seed  (nutnut:
a fairly large, indehiscent, dry fruit with a thick and bony wall surrounding a single seed, derived from a single, simple or compound ovary
) or few seeds. NutsNut:
a fairly large, indehiscent, dry fruit with a thick and bony wall surrounding a single seed, derived from a single, simple or compound ovary
are often shed with persistent glumesglume:
one of the (usually) two bracts at the base of a grass spikelet
and/or a persistent perianthperianth:
collective term for calyx and corolla of a flower
. Perianthperianth:
collective term for calyx and corolla of a flower
is membranousmembranous:
texture—extremely thin, pliable, and fairly tough
or cartilaginouscartilaginous:
texture—firm, dense, tough, somewhat pliable, and resilient, like cartilage
and shorter (Hypolaena, Willdenowia) or longer than the nutnut:
a fairly large, indehiscent, dry fruit with a thick and bony wall surrounding a single seed, derived from a single, simple or compound ovary
. Catacolea, Desmocladus, Hypodicus, Kulinia, Lepidobolus, and Willdenowia nutsnut:
a fairly large, indehiscent, dry fruit with a thick and bony wall surrounding a single seed, derived from a single, simple or compound ovary
are also shed with a fleshy pedicelspedicel:
the stalk of a flower
, which are nearly elaiosomelike in Wildenowia. In Hypolaena, nutsnut:
a fairly large, indehiscent, dry fruit with a thick and bony wall surrounding a single seed, derived from a single, simple or compound ovary
are shed with thickened pedicelspedicel:
the stalk of a flower
, perianthsperianth:
collective term for calyx and corolla of a flower
, bracts, and glumesglume:
one of the (usually) two bracts at the base of a grass spikelet
or as a spikeletspikelet:
basic unit of the grass inflorescence, commonly consisting of a pair of glumes and one to many florets
. In Chaetanthus and Meeboldina, the persistent perianthperianth:
collective term for calyx and corolla of a flower
bears or is modified to awnsawn:
a narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses
, hairs, or laterallateral:
(of embryo) embryo lies along the side of the seed, generally towards one end; of, at, or from the side; in grasses, can refer to the sides adjacent to the dorsal and ventral sides
wings. Pericarppericarp:
fruit wall or fruit coat
black, brown, gray, green, yellow, or brown, shinyshiny:
uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles
, membranousmembranous:
texture—extremely thin, pliable, and fairly tough
, woodywoody:
texture—consisting mainly of indurate lignified tissues, characteristic of or resembling wood
, indurateindurate:
texture—hardened or stony; yielding under strong pressure; not deformable without internal structural disruption
, or leatheryleathery:
texture—moderately thick, tough, and very pliable
, smooth or variously ornamented.

Seeds globoseglobose:
3D shape—more or less spherical
to fusiformfusiform:
spindle-shaped; broadest at the middle and tapering at both ends
, 0.7–3 mm long [7–10 mm long, Alexgeorgea],  sometimes with conspicuous raphaeraphe:
a ridge or seam on the seed coat, formed by the portion of the funiculus united to the ovule wall in longitudinally curved ovules
. Seed coat brown, gray, or white, shinyshiny:
uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles
, hard or membranousmembranous:
texture—extremely thin, pliable, and fairly tough
, thin, smooth or variously ornamented.

Embryo rudimentaryrudimentary:
(of embryo) embryo is small and fills less than a quarter of the seed and can be variable in shapes, such as linear, spatulate, or oval
, angularangular:
2D shape—having sides that meet at acute or obtuse angles  
, spatulatespatulate:
2D shape—like a spatula; rounded at the apex, with base long and tapered; (of embryo) embryo is straight and axile and centric with the cotyledons expanded to form the shape of a spatula or spoon; (of cotyledons) cotyledons expanded and wider than the stalk but not invested into the stalk
, or broad, straight, caping one end of endosperm or lying along one side, partially filling seed coat.

Endosperm copious, mealymealy:
loose, dry, and disintegrating in finely granular pieces like meal or flour
.