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Acaulis, without stalk or stem, as Carduus acaulis. 



Acerosumfdium. A leaf, when it is linear and abiding, as in 

 the Pine-tree. Class xxi. Order 8. 



Acicularis, needle-shaped, as in scirpus acicularis. 



Acinaciforme, falchion or scimitar-shaped, as in mescmbry- 

 anthetnum acinaciforme. 



Acini. The small berries which compose the fruit of a mul- 

 berry or bramble berry. 



Acotyledones. Plants whose seeds have no cotyledons or seed- 

 leaves. 



Aculei, prickles, fixed in the rind or surface of the bark, as in 

 the Rose stem. Ex. Class xii. Order 3. 



Aculeatus caulis. A prickly stem. E-x. the stem of the Rose. 



Acuminatum folium. A leaf ending in a point. Ex. 

 Ruscus aculeatus. Class xxn. Order 3. 



Acutum folium. A leaf terminating in an acute angle. 



Adnatum folium The disk of the leaf pressing close to the 

 stem of the plant. 



Adpressa/o/z'a. The disk leaves pressed towards the stem. 



Adscendens caulis. A stalk or branch inclining upwards. 



Adversum folium. When the sides of the leaf are tnrned to- 

 wards the south. 



Aggregatusy?05. An assemblage of flowers produced in clusters. 



Aggregate. A natural Order of plants in the Fragmenta me- 

 thodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 



Ala (plural Alae.) A wing, the side petals of a papilionaceous 

 blossom, or a membrane added to a seed, stalk, &c. 



Alatus petiolus. When the foot- stalk of a leaf is winged with 

 membranes, as the Orange, Class xviii. Order l. 



Alburnum. The white and newly-fcrmed wood which lies im- 

 mediately underneath the inner bark, by workmen com- 

 monly called the sap. 



Algse, Flass. One of the nine Linnaean tribes of plants. 



Alterna folia. When leaves come out singly, and follow in 

 gradual order. 



