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GLOSSARY. 



Jlcerose (-<&). Needle-shaped, like the 



leave-, (it 1'ines. 

 Acetdbuliform (-W/H <'.<). In the form of 



a shallow open cup or saucer. 



Achcenium or Achenium. A small, drv 

 and hard, one-celled, one-seeded, inde- 

 hiscent fruit; strictly one of a single 

 and iree car])d; but extended to simi- 

 lar lines of more than one carpel, and 

 also with adnate calyx; '2!4. (Achce- 

 nium is etymologically ihe proper 

 orthography; but m-l,, niinn is be- 

 coming tlie commoner form.) 



Ackcenocarp (-arpium). Cencral name 

 of a dry and indehiscent iruit ; L'.'J. 



Achenodium, Such a double aclienium 

 as that of I'mbellifenc ; a Cremo- 

 carp. 



Achlamydi mis (-eus). Destitute of peri- 

 anth ; l!ll. 



A bristle. 



/ni- (-nria). r.ristle-shaped, or slen- 

 der needle-shaped. 



Acindciform (-///.<). Seyniitar-shaped; 

 curved with rounded point, tliicker on 

 tlie strain-liter edge than on the con- 

 vex edge. 



jii-iin>.<ii.*. Like grapes or grape-seed. 



slfuius. Classically a berry, particu- 

 larly a grape, or its stony seed, or a 

 bunch of berries; now .sometimes ap- 

 plied to the separate carpels of an 

 aggregate baccate fruit, or to the con- 

 tained stone or seed ; 297. 



Acorn. Fruit of the Oak. 



Acotyledon,p\. . \c,,ti/l, ,/,,;/.<, . |r, ,////,', lanes. 

 A plant or plants destitute of cotv- 

 ledoii, or 



ArtitijIi'ilniKius (-(.<). Without cotyle- 

 dons; as the embryo of Cusciita; 26, 

 38. Mostly applied, as by .liissieu. 

 to plants which have no proper seed 

 nor embrvo, and therefore no cotyle- 

 don : 339. 



Acramphibrya. Plants producing side as 

 well as terminal buds or growths ; 341 



Ai-ri'i/iri/ii. Plants growing from apex 

 only; 341. 



Acrogen (Acrdgena). Name of class of 

 plants which in growth are said to be 



Acn'ii/i IK ma. Crowing from the apex 

 or by terminal buds only. 



Acrosdrcum. Desvaux's name for a 

 berry from an ovary with adnate 

 calyx. 



Ai'nif/iirii. An old name of the plu- 

 mule of a grain in germination. 



Aculeate (-eatus). Prickly; beset with 

 aculei. 



Aculeosus. Abounding with prickles. 



Acultulat? (-iitus). Beset with diminu- 

 tive, prickles, or 



A'-ti/nili. Diminutive of aculei. 



A<-nli it.-i. A prickle; a pointed small 

 excrescence of the bark. 



Acumen. A tapering point. 



Acuminat( (-iiu.<). Ending in a tapering 

 point ; 96. 



Acutt ( Acu/ua). Terminating in an acute 

 angle; 97. 



AcrvjM'tul. Developing from below up- 

 ward, or from base toward apex. 



Actinomorpkous ( -.<). ( apable of bi- 

 section through two or more planes 

 into similar halves, as i> a regular 

 symmetrical (lower; 175. 



Aciitiii.-i-iiliif. Somewhat acute; acutish. 



A/l< /jtliima (-ii.-i. Adelphi, brothers). Sta- 

 mens with ccalesceiit or clustered li la- 

 ments are monadelphous, diailelplious, 

 &c., according to the number ot ' A*i<l- 

 ji/tiit or brotherlioods. 



Adtn. (ireek tor gland, i^ compounded 

 with Creek words with this meaning; 

 as, AdenSphona, gland-bearing; Ad- 

 ( iiH/i/ii/l/ii.-i, leaves bearing glands, &e. 



Adylutinati \-utiif). Same as accrete 



Ailln r< ut (Adkcerens), (icncrallv same 

 as adnate ; may refer to adhesions not 

 congenital. 



Adnnti (-ulna). Congcniially united to ; 

 as the calyx-tube of the gooseberry to 

 the ovary; 182. Adnate anther is one 

 seemingly borne on the outer or inner 

 face of the filament : /. . e\trnr-cly or 

 introrsely fixed by its whole length to 

 the connective ; - J.V!. 



A'tii'itinn. The state of being adnate; 

 17!), 181. 



Ail/in .<.<.<. Latin of ajipre<sed 



Adscendens. Latin of ascending. 



Adsuryens, Latin of assurgent, 



Atlnntltiou.*, A'//; ntln-. That wliich has 

 come from abroad or a< a stranger; as 

 a plant lately or bv chance introduced 

 from anotlier country. 



Adventitious flm/a; 45. 



. I\i/n!lnti niHu. I'.ipiilateral, equal-sided. 



./ /iiiilhli'iriiii. When all the (lowers of 

 the same head or cluster are alike in 

 form as well as character. 



./ /,./','. ./y//'.v. Kipial : equalling. 



. lerinl run/,*. \-c. ; 33. 



Ai : i-<i/>l/>/ti .<. Air-plants; 35. 



Verdicpris-colored. 

 i -ii/i.*). l.'elating to summer. 

 tiiin (-in}. The disposition of the 

 parts of a flower in the bud ; 132. 



