GLOSSARY. 



Abrupt leaf, A pinnate leaf which has 



not an odd or terminal leaflet. 

 Acotyledonous, Having no cotyledons 



or seed lobes ; as ferns. 

 Acrimonious, Sharp; bitter; corrosive; 



pungent. 

 Acuminate, Abruptly sharp pointed, 

 the point curved towards one edge 

 of the leaf. 

 Acute, More gradually sharp pointed 



than acuminate. 

 Aggregate flowers, Those seated on 

 the same receptacle or inclosed in 

 the same calyx without the anthers 

 being united. 

 Albumen, The white of an egg. A like 

 substance is a chief constituent in all 

 animal solids. 

 Alburnum, The white and softer part 

 of wood, between the inner bark 

 and the heart wood ; the sap wood. 

 Ament, Flowers collected on chaffy 

 scales, and arranged on a thread or 

 slender stalk ; as in the chesnut and 

 willow. 

 Angular, Forming angles ; when the 

 stems, calyxes, capsules, etc., have 

 ridges running lengthwise. 

 Annual, Living but one year, during 

 which it produces flower and seed. 

 Animalcule, A little animal, invisible 



to the naked eye. 

 Anodyne, Assuaging pain ; causing 



sleep or insensibility. 

 Anomalous, Whatever forms an excep- 

 tion to general rules. 

 Anther, That part of the stamen which 



contains the pollen. 

 Antiscorbutic, Counteracting the scurvy. 

 Antiscorbutics^ Substances which cure 



eruptions. 

 Antiseptic, Opposing or counteracting 



putrefaction. 

 Antispasmodic, Opposing spasm ; as 



anodynes. 

 Aperient, Opening; laxative. 



Apetalous, A flower without petals. 



Apex, The end, or point. 



Aquatic. Growing in or near water. 



Arboriculture, The art of rearing trees. 



Arid, Dry and rough. 



Aril, An outer covering of some seeds, 



which in ripening falls off". 

 Armed, Having thorns or prickles. 

 Aromatic, Sweet scented. 

 Articulated, Jointed. 

 Arundinaceus, Resembling reeds or 



stiff large grass. 

 Assimilation, The process by which 



bodies convert other bodies into their 



own nature. 

 Astringent, Binding; contracting; 



strengthening. 

 Astringents, Substances which con- 

 dense the fibres. 

 Axil, The angle between a leaf and 



stem on the upper side. 

 Axillary, Growing out of the axils. 



Barb, A straight process armed with 



teeth pointing backwards. 

 Barren, Producing no fruit; containing 



stamens only. 

 Berry, A pulpy pericarp enclosing 



seeds without capsules. 

 Biennial, Living two years, in the 



second of which the flower and fruit 



is produced ; as in wheat. 

 Bole, The stem, trunk or body of a 



tree, after it has attained to upwards 



of eight inches in diameter, or to 



that size which constitutes timber. 

 Border, The brim or spreading part of 



a corolla. 

 Bottom, A low ground ; a dale ; a 



valley : applied in the United States 



to the flat lands adjoining rivers, etc. 

 Branch, A division of the main stem, 



or main root. [twig. 



Branchlet, Subdivision of a branch; a 

 Bud, The residence of the infant leaf 

 I and flower. 



