Notes on inflorescence morphology. inflorescence structure in Cyperaceae is difficult to interpret due to its highly reduced nature.Consequently,the terminology used in describing parts of the inflorescence is confusing with several terms offen being applied to the same stucture. In addition,several terms are also used in the Gramineae but they do not always relate to the same stucture in both familiese. A recent attempt to standardise teminology in Cyperraceae has been made by Kukkonen. In our treatment we have attempted to keep termionlogy as simple as possible and full definitions of the terns used are given in a Glossary.