GLOSSARY 



OF ENGLISH BOTANICAL TERMS, EMPLOYED IN BOTANICAL 

 DESCRIPTIONS, COMBINED WITH AN 



INDEX. 



[The numerals without any prefix refer to the pages of the work : those preceded by fig. to 



figures.] 



A, privative, as the initial in many 

 words of Greek derivation, signifies 

 the absence of the organ men- 

 tioned ; as, apetalous, destitute of 

 petals ; aphyllous, leafless. In 

 words beginning with a vowel this 

 prefix is changed to an ; as, «;ian- 

 thous, flowerless; anantherous, des- 

 titute of anthers. 



Abbreviations. The customary ones 

 are mentioned on p. 518. 



Aberrant (wandering) : applied to spe- 

 cies, genera, &c. which differ in 

 some respect from the usual or nor- 

 mal cliaracter of the group they 

 belong to. 



Abicti'nca;, 480. 



Ahnormnl : differing from the normal or 

 usual structure. 



Aboriginal: strictly native ; indigenous. 



Abortion : the non-formation or imper- 

 fect formation of an organ, 255. 



Abortive organs, 258. 



Abrupt: terminating suddenly. 



Abruptly pinnate, 163, fig. 290. 



Absorption, 80. 



Acanthacea;, 447. 



Acanihdcladons : with spiny branches. 



Acanthophorous : spine-bearing. 



Acaulescent: stemless, or apparently so, 

 i. e. without a proper caulis; 91. 



Accessor//: somctliing additional. 



Accessori/ buds, 98. 



Accessory fruits, 318. 



Accrescent : increasing in size after flow- 

 ering, as the calyx of Physalis. 



44* 



Accrete: grown together. 



Acciimbent: lying against, especially 



edgewise against another body; 



326, 390, fig. 700. 

 Acephalous : lieadless. 

 Aceraceaa, or Acerineae, 410. 

 Ace7-ose : needle-shaped, like the leaves 



of Pines, &c. ; 166, fig. 212, 213. 

 Acetd buliform or acetabulous : saucer- 

 shaped. 

 Achenium (pi. achenia): a one-seeded 



seed-like fruit ; 313, fig. 566-573. 

 AcMamydeous : destitute of calyx and 



corolla, 261. 

 Acids, 56, 195. 

 Acicular : slender needle-shaped or 



bristle-shaped. 

 Acies : the edge of a thing. 

 Acindciform : scymitar-shaped, like 



some bean-pods. 

 Acmes (acini) : the separate grains or 



carpels of an aggregate fleshy fruit, 



like the raspberry, as the term is 



now generally used ; classically, the 



acinus meant the whole bunch of 



such fruits. 

 Acoti/le'donous : destitute of cotj'ledons. 

 Acrobryous : budding from the apex 



only ; same as 

 Acrdqenous : growing from the ajjex, 



370. 

 Acrogens, Acrogenous plants, 370, 499. 

 AcramphibryoHS : growing from both 



ends and over tlie surface. 

 Aculeate : prickly ; beset with prickles 



(aculei) ; 52. 



