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GLOSSARY. 



Jlstomous (-us). Without a stoma or 



mouth. 



./' voism i -/a tm). Ancestral resemblance. 

 Alt r. 1'ure black. 



". i .ivek for Arista or Awn. 

 At rat us. Blackened or turning black. 

 *-lti-<ijttjllS (-His}, wroi j;ly Atroji'il. Not 



turned: ajiplicd to an ovule the same 

 as orthotropous ; 277. 



Attenuate (-titna). Slenderly tapering 

 or narrow. 



Auctus. Same as accrescent; enlarged 

 after flowering ; augmented by an ad- 

 dition. 



Augmentation. Increase beyond the 

 normal number; 179, 200. 



Aiiriniti icus. Orange-colored. 



Aitntlii.-t, Ann tif. < iolden-colored, or 

 yellow with golden lustre. 



Jiur/i'li (Aurtrti/ii). An ear or ear- 

 shaped appendage. 



Atirifiil /tc (-nttiK). Furnished with an 

 auricle; !M|. 



AutiH-nrjjintf. A fruit consisting of peri- 

 carp alone, having no adnate parts. 



Aiiliiijiniiij. < 'lose fertilization, the fe- 

 cundation of a flower by its own pol- 

 len; 215, 2 Hi. 



Ar< n! nit. \'einless. 



Ati'l-x/titjH'it. Narrow, terete or some- 

 what MI, and attenuate from a broader 

 base to a slender or rigid point. 



Airn. A bristle-shaped appendage, such 

 as the beard of l\\e and Barley. 



Aimed. Kurnished with an awn. 



Axil (Axilla). 'I'he an^le formed on the 

 upper side of the attachment of a leaf 

 with the stem, or the point just above 

 this attachment ; li. 



Axilliin/ (-di-i.f). In or relating to an 

 axil; 7. 



Axile, Axial (Axilis). Relating or be- 

 longing to the axis. 



Aj-ii<. The stem; the central part or 

 longitudinal support on which organs 

 or parts are arranged ; the central line 

 ol any body. 



Bacca. A berry; -J'.i!i. 

 ll,n-cnti' (-utiif). Berry-like; pulpy 

 throughout. 



An aggregation of berries 

 in one tlower ; 300. 



Chestnut-brown. 

 . Name applied to the fruit 

 of the Pomegranate, with firm rind, 

 crowned with the lolies of an adnate 

 calyx, baccate within, and many- 

 seeded. 



Banner. The vexilhim, standard, or 



upper petal of a papilionaceous CO" 



rolla; 184. 

 Barh. A bri.-lle or stout hair, which is 



hooked or double-hooked, or retrorsely 



appendage.! at the tip. 

 llnii'i. Beard. 

 ]>iirlitc (-atus). Bearded; beset with 



lung and weak hairs. 

 Barbi-llntv (-it/ us). Beset with- shorter 



and stiti'.'r hairs or linrhvlUe. 

 Hartivllultitt: (-ulus). Uiiuintitive of the 



preceding. 



Buik. Tlie rind or cortical portion of a 

 stem, especially of an exogen; 76. 



Bnxul ( lin.-i'ilni-'it!. Kelating to tlie base. 



Busid-n, roed. \\"ith nerves all from the 

 base of the leaf; 92. 



ll'ift ( li'itif). The extremity by which 

 an organ is attached to its support. 



lltitiiltn . Cells of the fructification of 

 .Mushrooms which bear the spores. 



Btutijifi-d (-us). Attached by the base 

 or lower end ; 2.>i. 



/>ii.<i(/i/iii(i/it. Synonym of Carpophore 

 or Thecaphore. 



Basinerved (-/.<). When the ribs pro- 

 ceed from the base of a leaf. 



/litxi/H nil. Developing from apex to- 

 ward the base. 



Bast, or Bass. Inner fibrous bark ; 77. 



Bast-Cells. The cs-eiitial components of 

 bast ; long and flexible butthick-walled 

 attenuated cells ; 77. 



lit nk. \ narrowed or prolonged tip. 



Jh-nki'il. Kndiug in a beak. 



/)'. H-flinptd. Same as Campanulate ; 249. 



Hi rr'n tl. Baccate. 



lit rnj. A fruit, the whole pericarp of 

 which i^ lleshy or pulpy; 2il9. 



Bi- or Bis. As a prelix to Latin words 

 ((ireek words liave L>i-), two, twice, 

 or doubly. 



Biaritiiiiinite (-<itus). Two-pointed, as 

 malpighiaceous hairs, fixed by the 

 middle and tapering to each end. 



Biarticulate (-atus). T\\o jointed. 



li'uni rifii/ii/t (-nt/if). Two-auricled. 



Bihriictiiitt '-iitus). With two bracts. 



Bibrnctetiliitf (-Hint). \\'ith two bract- 

 lets. 



/;/ci///( i.--i (-(ISMS). \\\{\\ two callosities. 

 (-titim). Two-keeled. 

 With two sii]i|iorts or stalks 

 or two-headed. 

 Two colored. 



(-ulii.t). Twice paired. 



Hi rn rii in. Two-horned. 



Bicurnute. Same as preceding. 



