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GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Aciileolate : diminutive of the last : i. e. 

 beset with small or few prickles. 



Acuminate : ending in a narrowed or 

 prolonged and tapering point ; 1 62, 

 fig. 268, 239. 



AculamjaJar : sharp-angled ; as the 

 stems of Scirpus pungcns. 



Acute: merely sharp-pointed; ending 

 by an acute angle ; 162, fig. 269. 



Adelphoits (stamens) : joined by their 

 filaments or clustered into a brother- 

 hood [adelplua). 



Adherent: sticking to, or, commonly, 

 growing fast to, another body, 252. 



Admite: grown fast to, or formed in 

 union with, another body, as the 

 calyx-tube of the Goosebeny and 

 Cranberry (fig. 391) to the ovary, 

 251, 252. Attached by its whole 

 length, as the antlicr of Liriodcn- 

 dron, 282, fig. 470, and of Asarum, 

 fig. 472. 



Adnation : the union of heterogeneous 

 parts, 250. 



Adpresscd, or oppressed: brought into 

 contact or nearly, but not united. 



Adscendent , or ascending : rising gradu- 

 ally ui)wards, 102. 



Adsurfjent, or assurgent : rising upwards 



Adventitious, adventive : found out of 

 the natural place. 



Adventitious buds, 82, 98. 



j-Equilatcnd : equal-sided ; opposed to 

 oblique. 



Aerial : growing in the air. 



Aaial roots, 85. 



Aerojihijte : same as Air-plant. 



JEstival: relating to summer. 



Estivation ; arrangement of floral or- 

 gans in the bud, 269. 



Affinitfi : true and near relationship ; 

 i. e. species have affinity when they 

 resemble each other in their i)rin- 

 cipal points of structure, or, in other 

 words, are constructed throughout 

 upon the same particular plan or 

 , type. (See Analogy/.) 



Aqamous or Agamic : destitute of sexes. 



Agglomerate or aggregate : heaped or 

 crowded into a cluster. 



Aggregate fruits, 317. 



Air-cells, air-passages, 50. 



Air-plants, 87. 



Alvninm or akene: see achenium. 



Ala (pi. alo') : a wing ; the side petals 

 of a ]japilionaceous flower ; 253, 

 fig. 392, b. 



Alabdstrum : a flower-l)ud. 



Alar ; borne in the forks of. a stem. 



Alate: winged ; i. e. furnished with any 

 broad and thin adherent appendage, 

 as the seeds of Trumpet Creeper, 



fig. 601, the leafstalks of the Or- 

 ange, Khus Copallina, &c , and 

 the stem of the common Thistle. 



Albescent : whitened, or hoary-white. 



Albumen, a vegetable product, 198. 



Albumen of the seed, 76, 322. 



Albuminous (seeds) : furnished with 

 albumen, 323. 



Alburnum: sapwood, 126. 



Algae, 509. 



Algologij : the science relating to Algae. 



AiismacciE, 487. 



Alkaloids, 57. 



Alliaceous : like the garlic or onion. 



Alliances : natural groups of nearly re- 

 lated orders, 374. 



Allspice, 418. 



Almond, 415, 417. 



Alpine : growing on the higher parts 

 of the Alps, and in general on 

 mountains above the limits of trees. 



Aloes, 493. 



AlsincK, 395. 



Alte'rnafe (leaves) : situated one after 

 another, 78, 97, 133. Petals, sta- 

 mens, &c. are said to alternate with 

 adjacent organs, when they stand 

 over the intervals between them, 

 235. 



Alternation of parts, 235. 



Alve'olate : honeycombed ; having deep 

 angular cavities separated I)y tliin 

 partitions, as the receptacle of Cot- 

 ton-Thistle, fig. 898. 



AmaraiUacca', 465. 



Amaryllidaccai, 491. 



Anient : a catkin ; a peculiar scaly spike ; 

 213, fig. 312. 



Amentaceous : resembling or bearing cat- 

 kins. 



Amnios : the embryo-sac, 304. 



Amorphous : shapeless, i. c. of no defi- 

 nite or regular form. 



Ampldbryous : growing by additions 

 over the whole periphery. 



Amphicdrpous, or amphicdrpic: produc- 

 ing two kinds of fruit; as in the 

 genus Amphicarpa;a, so named on 

 this account. 



Ampliigastria : the peculiar stipule-like 

 leaves of certain Hepatic^, 504. 



Ampliifropoiis, or ampldtropal, ovule or 

 seed, 300, fig. 528. 



Amplectant : embracing. 



Ample'xicanl (leaves, &c.) : clasping the 

 stem by a broad base or inscriion. 



AmpuUdceous : sha]jed like an ampulla 

 or flask-sha])cd vessel ; swelling out 

 at tlie base or middle. 



Amygdalcaj, 415. 



Ami/laceous: composed of starch {dmij- 

 lum), or resembling starch. 



