GLOSSARY. 



The following conventional signs are used throughout the book : 



3 staminate or male. 



? pistillate or female. 



< hermaphrodite or bisexual. 



K (in floral formula) Calyx. 



C ,, ,, ,, Corolla. 



A ,, ,, Andrcecium. 



G ,, Pistil. 



{ ,, ,, ,, Zygomorphic. 



| ,, ,, ,, Ob-diplostemonous. 



() ,, ,, ,, Union of parts. 



- ,, ,, ,, indicates superior if below, inferior if above, 



the ovary. 



-^ indicates adhesion. 

 ^ ,, the root or type number. 



Abortion, failure to complete development. 



Accessory, additional or superfluous to the normal, p. 37. 



Accrescent, of a calyx which goes on growing as the fruit ripens, p. 75. 



Achene, an indehiscent, one-seeded fruit, p. 233. 



Achlamydeous, devoid of both calyx and corolla, or perianth of any 



kind, p. 67. 



Acicular, needle-shaped, p. 195. 

 Acropetal, when the order of development is such that the youngest 



organ is nearest the apex of the shoot. 

 Actinomorphic, with parts radiately grouped so that the flower can be 



cut in two or more planes into symmetrical halves, p. 74. 

 Acuminate, drawn out to a long point. 

 Acyclic, not in cycles, but in spirals, p. 56. 

 Adhesion, concrescence of organs of unlike kind, p. 61. 

 Adnate, joined for some distance up to another organ. 

 ./Estivation, the arrangement of the petals, &c., in bud, p. 146. 

 Alse, same as Wings. 

 Alveolate, pitted with honeycomb-like depressions, p. 292. 



