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KORTUS JAMAICENSIS 



Ament. In English',, eatkin, from the 

 French cfidton, on account of its resem- 

 blance to a cat's tail. 



AmentaCEjE. The name of the sixteenth 

 order i.i Linneus's Fragments of a Na- 

 tural Method, in Philosophia Botanica, 

 end of the fiftieth at the end of Geneva, 

 PlantarwA; also, of a class in Tourue- 

 fort's, Boerhaave's, and Royen's systems. 



Amentaceous flowers ; one species of the 

 Ao"reuate; borne or growing; in an a- 

 merit or catkin. 



Amplexicaule folium ; a stem- clasping 

 leaf, embracing, clasping or surround- 

 ing the stem by its base. Some leaves 

 goon!', half round.;, these are callei-fe- 

 miampUxicaulia. 



Anceps caulis (an ancipital stem). Two 

 edged or double-edged. 



Androgynous plant. Bearing male and 

 fenule (lowers on the same root, without 

 any mixture of hermaphrodites. 



Andr.ogenous flowers, having stamens or 

 pistils only. 



Anciospermia. The name ef the second 

 order in the class Didynamia of the Lin- 

 nean system. It is so called, because 

 the seeds are enclosed in a vessel or cap- 

 sule; in opposition to tlte first order, 

 Gyirmospermia, vwiich has naked seeds. 



Angular stem. Excavated or grooved lon- 

 gitudinally with more than two hollow 

 angles. 



Annual plant or root; perishing within 

 the compass of a year : opposed to bi- 

 ennial or perennial 



Anomalous, Irregular. 



ANTHER. A part of the (lower, big with 

 pollen or farina which it emits or ex- 

 plodes when ripe ; or, big with granu- 

 lated pollen, and that with fovilia. It 

 forms a part of the stamen, and is placed 

 on the top of the filament. 



Afktalous (lower. Without any corolla. 



APEX ; the tip summit or end. 



Aphyllous. Leafless, tkstitute-of leaves. 



Apophysis. A process or excrescence 

 from the receptacle of mosses. 



Arrr.NPiCULATE. This term is applied to 



a petiole,' when it has a small leaf o*- 

 leaves at the base. 



AppRtssFiB.-* Pressed or squeezed close. 



Approximating*, leaves. Growing very 

 near each other. 



Arachnoideus Cobwebbed. Covered with 

 a thick interwoven pubescence, resem- 

 bling a cobweb. 



Arboreous stem. Single, woody and per- 

 manent ; as the trunk or bole of a tree. 

 Opposed to shrubby, undershrubby, and 

 herbaceous. 



Arborescent stem. From herbaceous be- 

 coming woody. 



Aruustiya. The name of the thirty-ninth 

 order, in Linneus's Fragments of a Na- 

 tural Arrangement, in Philosophia Bo- 

 taniea. The same with llesperidea, in 

 his Genera Plantarum. 



Arcuatus, bowed. Bent like a bow. 



Aril. The outer coat of a seed falling off 

 spontaneously ; or, inclosing the seed-, 

 partially. 



Arista. See Awn. 



AuticulaTUS, Jointed. 



Ascending. From a horizontal direction . 

 gradually curved or bowed upwards. 



Asper, Rough with hairs. 



AsPERiroLi.E ( rough-leaved J. The name 

 of the 43d order in Linneus's Fragmen- 

 ta, and of the 41st in his Ordines Nalu- 

 rules. Ray and others have the same 

 natural order. 



Assurgexs petiolus. Rising up in a curve, 

 declining at the base, but upright at the 

 tip. A rjsing petiole rising leaves. 



Attenuatus. Attenuated, tapered or ta- 

 pering. 



Ave.mum folium. A veinless leaf, without 

 perceptible veins. 



Auriculatus and Auritus. See Eared. . 



Awn [Arista J. A slender sharp process 

 issuing from the glume or chaff, in corn 

 and grasses. It is commonly called in 

 English the Beard, but this term is 

 otherwise applied. See Beard. 



Awned. (AristatusJ. Having an awn. As 

 the glume and anther. 



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