INDEX TO PART I. 



AND 



DICTIONARY OF THE BOTANICAL TERMS 



USED IN THIS BOOK. 



*** Tho numbers refer to the page where the term is explained or illustrated. 



Abortive : imperfectly formed. 



Abortive Flowers, 69. 



Abruptly pinnate, 52. 



Absorbini^, 85. 



Accessory Fruits, 81. 



Achlamvdcoui Flower: without calyx or co- 

 rolla, G3. 



Acorn, 79. 



Acro;:;cns, 9S. 



Ac-ule;tte: bearinc^ prickles. 



Acuminate : taper-pointed, 48. 



Acute: endins: in a point, 48. 



Adherent : narurally united to. 



Adnate : naturally grown fast to. 



Aerial IJoots and Rootlets, 34, 35. 



Aggregated Fruits, 81. 



Air^Phmts, 35. 



Akene : a seed-like frait, 78. 



Albumen, of the seed, 14, 83. 



Albuminous : liaving albuinen. 



Alternate (leaves or branches), 25, 54. 

 " in the parts of tlic flower, 70. 



Ament: a catkin. Gl. 



Angiospcrmous, 76. 97. 



Animal Kingdom, 2. 



Annual : living only one year or season. 



Annuals, 27. 



Anther, 7, 64. 



Antherlf.jrous : bearing an anther. 



Apetalous : without petals, 67. 



Ap])le-Fruit, 77. 



Appressed : close pressed together, or pressed 

 against another body. 



Aquatic : growing in water. 



Arboreous or Arborescent : tree-like or relating 



to a tree. 37. 

 Aril : an additional covering of a seed, 83. 

 Aristate : same as awned. 49. 

 AiTow-shapc'd, or Ari-ow-headed, 48. 

 Artificial System of Classification, 96. 

 Ascending: rising gradually upwards, 37. 

 Assimilation, 87. 

 Auricled or Auriculate: bearing cars (auricles), 



or small appendages, 48. 

 Awl-shaped : very narrow and pointed, 53. 

 Awned, Awn-pointed, 49. 

 Axil : the angle l)Ctweeii a leaf and the stem on 



the upper side. 24. 

 Axillary : situated in an axil. 

 Axillary Buds, 24. 



Flowers, 59. 

 Axis : the trunk or stem, or a line through tho 



centre of any organ, 6. 



Baccate: bcn'v-likc (from Bacca, a berry). 



Bark, 42. ' 



Base: that end of any body by which it is at- 

 tached to its support. 



Beak : a long and narrow tip to a fruit, &c. 



Bearded : beset or fringed with strong hairs or 

 beard. 



Bell-shaped, 72. 



Berry : a pulpy simple fruit, 77. 



Biennial : living only two years. 



Biennials, 27, 



Bifid : two-cleft or split. 



Bilabiate: same as two-lipped, 72, 178. 



Bipinnate : same as twice pinnate, 52. 



