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Articulatus caulis. Having knots or joints, as the stems of 

 grasses. 



Articulus culmi. The straight part of the stalk between the 

 two joints. 



Asperifolia. Rough-leaved plants. A natural Order of plants 

 in the Fragmenta methodi naturalisof Linnaeus. 



Assergentia/efta. First bent down, but rising erect towards 

 the apex. 



Attenuatus pechmculus. When the foot-stalk grows smaller to- 

 wards the flower. Ex. Flax Class v. Order 5. &c. 



Auctus calyx. Augmented, having a series of distinct leaves 

 surrounding the base of the flower, as in the Scabious, Class 

 iv. Order 1. Blue bottle, Class xix. Order 3. 



Avenia folia. Leaves without any visible veins. 



Auriculatum folium. An ear-shaped leaf, when the leaf to- 

 wards the base has a lobe on each side. 



Awn. The beard of corn or grasses. Ex. Glass ii. Order 2. 



Axillaria/oZ/a Leaves growing out of the angles formed by 

 the branches and the stem. Ex. Tea-tree, Class xiii. 



B. 



Bacca. A berry ; or a pulpy pericarpium without valves, in 



which the seeds are naked. Ex. Pepper, Barberry, &c. 

 Barba. A beard. A species of pubescence, sometimes on the 



leaves of plants, as on the Mesembiyanthemum bar- 



batum. 

 Barbatum folium. When a bunch of strong hairs terminate 



the leaf. 

 Bicornes. Plants whose antherae have the appearance of two 



horns. Likewise a natural Order of plants in the Fragmenta 



methodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 

 Biennis radix. A root which continues to vegetate for two 



years. 

 Bifaria/o/ic. Each leaf pointing two ways. 

 Biferae plant*. Flowering twice a year. 



