GLOSSARY 
OF 
BOTANICAL AND MEDICAL TERMS USED THROUGHOUT THE WORK. 
A. 
‘4 in composition signifies without, as aphyllus, 
without leaves; acaulis without a stem. ; 
Abbreviate, used in comparative descriptions, in- 
(licates that one part is shorter than another. 
-(berrant, deviating from the natural or direct Way ; 
applied in natural history to species or genera 
that deviate from the usual characters of their 
neighbours. 
Abortion, signifies an imperfect development. i 
A bruptly-pinnate, leaves pinnate without a terminal 
or odd leaflet. 
Abstergent, cleansing; having a cleansing quality. 
-fecessory, something added to the usual number of 
organs, 
Accrete, grown together. 
Accumbent, lying on, prostrate, supine ; this term is 
employed in Crucifere to signify a radicle which 
lies upon the edge of the cotyledons. 
Acerose, needle-pointed, fine, and slender, with a 
sharp point. 
Acetarious, any thing belonging to the salad tribe 
of vegetables, 
Acicular, needie-shaped, shaped like a needle. 
Acinaciform, shaped like a scimitar. 
Acutangular, having sharp or acute angles. 
Acumen, a taper point. 
Acuminate, acuminated, having a taper point. 
‘Acuminately-cuspidate, taper-pointed, and ending in 
a bristle. 
Adglutinated, glued together, or to any thing else ; 
usually applied to filaments and anthers. 
Adnate, adhering to any thing; anthers are said to 
be adnate when they are attached to the filament 
by their whole length. 
Adult, the full grown of any thing; full grown 
leaves are adult leaves. 
JEruginous, having a colour like that of xrugo, or 
verdigris. 
‘Estivation. The calyx and corolla of a flower is 
said to be in æstivation when in the bud, before 
expansion. 
Agglomerate, collected into a heap or head. 
Agglomerated, f 
Aggregate, \ gathered together, usually applied to 
Aggregated, } the inflorescence. 
ferumi, a name given by the Italians to any kind 
of lemons. 
Akenium, an indehiscent perica , containing a 
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single seed, which does not adhere to it; it is 
synonymous with seed in the Linnæan language. 
Albumen, the substance under the inner coat of the 
testa of seeds, surrounding the embryo; it is 
sometimes absent. 
Albuminous, furnished with albumen ; see that 
term. 
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Alburnum, the young wood before it comes to a pro- 
per consistence, 
Alembick, a vessel used in distilling, or acting like a 
still. 
Alkalescent, having the properties or effects of 
alkali. 
Alkali, any substance which, when mingled with 
acid, produces fermentation. 
Alternating, alternate with any thing mentioned. 
Alveolate, resembling a honey-comb. 
Alvine, of or belonging to the intestines. 
Ament, a catkin, mode of inflorescence, as the 
Amentum, hazel and the willow. 
Amylaceous, having the properties of starch. 
Anastomosing, uniting of vessels, veins, or nerves. 
Androgynous, producing both male and female blos- 
soms on the same plant, or in the same spike or 
head. 
Anfractuous, full of turning and winding passages. 
Angular, having angles, or forming angles. 
Angularly-toothed, being toothed in such a manner 
as to form angles, 
Annulations, rings or circles, 
Annular, circular, producing a ring or circle. 
Anterior, growing in front of some other thing. 
Anthelmintic, capable of killing worms. 
Antheriferous, bearing anthers. 
Anthophorum, an elongated receptacle on which the 
petals, stamens, and ovary are seated. 
Anthers, the male parts of ‘a flower containing the 
fecundating matter. 
Anti-pestilential, efficacious against pestilence. 
Anti-phrasis, the use of words in a sense opposite to 
that of some neighbouring parallel sentence. 
Anti-scrophulous, anti-scorbutic, efficacious against 
scurvy. 
Anti-septic, efficacious against putrefaction. 
Aperient, having a slight purgative quality. 
Apetajous, without petals, 
Apex, the summit of any thing. 
Aphthous, resembling something covered with little 
ulcers. 
Apiculate, terminating in a little point, termi- 
Apiculated, nated. 
Apophysis, a swelling beneath th 
Appendages, that which is attac 
the crown of the petals, 
Appendent, hanoi 
Appendan i} anging, an approach to pendulous. 
A ppendiculate, ay e 
Appendiculated, § ”>VNg appendages. 
Appendix, any thing that is attached, a process. 
("a close to any thing. When 
e theca of mosses. 
hed, in Caryophyllee, 
Appressed, 
hairs lie flat upon the surface of a 
Adpressed, 
leaf or stem, they are said to be ap- 
pressed, 
Approximate, 
Approximated, 
near together. 
Approximating, 
Apterous, without wings, or the membranous mar- 
gins, which botanists call wings. 
Aquatic, growing in water. ; 
Arboreous, being a tree as distinguished from fru- 
tescent. 
Arborescent, having a tendency to become a tree. 
Arcuate, } curved or bent like a bow, forming an 
Arcuated, arch. 
Arched. See Arcuate. 
Areole, little spaces or areas on the surface of any 
thing; the spaces between the cracks in lichens 
are the areola. 
Areolate, having areole ; the adjective of the last 
Areolated, word. 
Aridity, dryness. . 
a process of the placenta adhering to the 
hilum of seeds, and sometimes envelop- 
ing them; a peculiar substance cover- 
ing the seeds. 
Arillate, having that peculiar appendage called 
arillus ; the term is only applied to seeds. 
Aristate, } having a beard or awn, as the glumes of 
Aristated, barley. 
Aroma, the spicy quality of a thing. 
tietara, ¥ Jointed, having joints. | 
Articulations, the places where one thing is jointed 
with another ; another word for joints. 
ya at first trailing on the ground, then 
. rising erect, forming a curve. 
Ascending, sing » Forming 
Asci, small tubes in which the sporules of crypto- 
gamic plants are placed. . 
Ascigerous, having asci. 
Assurgent, rising upwards. 
dite, } tapering gradually to a point. 
Auriculate, 
Auriculated, 
Auricled, 
Auricles, ear-like appendages. . 
Auriculately-sagittate, eared at the base, so as to give 
the leaf the appearance of the head of an arrow. 
Auriculately-stem-clasping, having auricles at the 
base clasping the stem ; applied to leaves. 
Awl-shaped, narrow-pointed, resembling an awl. 
Awned, terminating in an awn or sharp point. 
Awnedly-acuminated, tapering to a point, and ter- 
minating in an awn. 
Awns, the beard of corn or any thing else. 
Axil, {ies the arm-pit; in plants applied to 
4ril, 
4rillus, 
having ear-like appendages. 
Axille the angle formed by the union of the 
? leaf and stem. 
Axil-flowering, flowering in the axils of the leaves. 
Axillary, placed in the axils or axillæ. 
Axis, the line, real or imaginary, that passes through 
any thing, usually applied to the central placenta 
of fruit ; the axis of a spike of flowers is the stem 
to which the flowers are attached. 
