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GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Appendi'culate: having an appendage. 

 Apple, 416. 



Appresstd : lying fiat against, or close- 

 pressed together. 

 Apricot, 417. 

 Apterous : wingless ; having no dilated 



border or appendages. 

 Aquatic : living in water, either sub- 

 mersed or raised partly out of it. 

 Aquifoliaceae, 442. 

 Araccje, or Aroidese, 485. 

 Arachnoid, or drenose : cobwebby, i. e. 

 with entangled slender hairs look- 

 ing like cobweb. 

 Araliaceai, 427. 

 Arboreous, arborescent : tree-like, in size 



or appearance, 101. 

 ArcJier/dnium (pi. archer/onia) : the ana- 



^ logue in Mosses of the pistil. 

 Arcuate : curved like a bent bow. 

 Areola, Tp\. areola; : spaces marked out 



on a surface. 

 Are'olate: marked out into definite 



spaces. 

 Arhizal : destitute of root 

 Aril, arillus : an accessory covering or 

 appendage of a seed formed by a 

 growdi from the funiculus, liilum, 

 or placenta after the completion of 

 the ovule, 321, fig. 603. 

 ArlUnte : furnished with an arillus. 

 Arillode : a false aril, or covering of the 



seed appearing like an aril. 

 Aristate : furnished with an awn (arista). 

 AristolochiaccEe, 462. 

 Arnatto, 392. 



Arre'rt : pointing upwards. 

 Arrowroot, 481, 490. 

 Arrow-shaped, or arrow-headed : see Sa- 

 gittate ; fig. 252. 

 Artichokes, 437. 



Articulated: jointed, i. e. separating by 

 an articulation or joint, as most 

 leaves from the stem in autumn, 

 or havinir the appearance of a joint, 

 92, 163,173. 

 Artificial classification, 365, 511. 

 Artocarpeoe, 474. 

 Ascending: rising obliquely upwards, 



102." 

 Ascending axis, 72, 91. 

 Asci : the spore-cases of certain Lichens 



and Fungi, 506, 507. 

 Ascidium : a pitcher-shaped or sac- 

 shaped leaf, 169. 

 Asclepiadaceae, 458. 

 Ashes of plants, 58, 174, 186. 

 Aspen/ill i form : shaped like an aspergil- 

 I'us, or brush used to sprinkle holy 

 water, as the stigmas of most 

 Grasses. 

 Assafoetida, 427. 



Assimilation, 19, 21, 61, 177, 190. 



Assurgent : same as ascending. 



Atropous or dtropal (ovules) : same as 

 orthotropous, 298. 



Attar of Roses, 417. 



Attenuate : tapering gradually to a thin 

 or narrow extremity. 



Augmentation of parts, 242. 



AurantiaceiB, 401. 



Auriculate : eared ; furnished with au- 

 ricles or small lobes at the base. 



Automatic movements, 347. 



Ava, 469. 



Avocado Pear, 467. 



Awl-shaped : narrow and terete, or near- 

 Iv so, and tapering to a point ; 

 166. 



Awn : a bristle-shaped appendage, like 

 the beard of Barley, &c. 



Aicned : see Aristate. 



Axil (axilla, the armpit) : the angle be- 

 tween a leaf and the stem, on the 

 upper side, 97. 



Axile, or axial : belonging to the axis, 



Axillarij : belonging to or growing m 



the axil. 

 Axillary buds, &c., 97, 210. 

 Axis : the stem and root, 67, 72 ; the 



central line of any body, as the 

 Axis of inflorescence, 211. 



Baccate : beiTy-like ; of a fleshy or pulpy 



texture like a berry [bacca), 311. 

 Balm of Gilead, &c., 407. 

 Balsams, 145, 407, 414, 480. 

 BalsamifluiE, 425. 

 Balsaminace£E, 403. 

 Banner : same as vexillum, 253. 

 Barbate : bearded ; bearing tufts, spots, 



or lines of hairs. 

 Bdrbellate: beset with short and stiff 



hairs, like the pappus of Liatris 



spicata, &c. 

 Barbe'llulate : a diminutive of the last. 

 Barbcrrv, 384. 

 Bark, 120, 126. 

 Barley, 498. 

 Basat: belonging or relating to the 



base of an organ. 

 Basellaceffi, 464. 

 Basidia : cells of the fructification of 



Mushrooms, &c., which bear the 



spores, 507. 

 Bdsifixed : attached by the base. 

 Basilar : seated on the base of anything. 

 Bassorin, 55. 

 Bast, or bass, 400 : bast-cells or tissue, 



44, 120. 

 Bauerieoe, 425. 

 Bayhcrry, 477. 

 Bdellium, 407. 



