INDEX AND GLOSSAHY. 



»*, The figures refer to paragraphs. 



A; ('', privative) in composition signifies 



without. 

 Abortion ; an imperfect development of 



any organ. 

 Absorption, 157, 15S, 272, 273, 274. 

 Acaulescent, 1S4. 

 Acccssoi-y ; something added to the usual 



parts. 

 Accretion ; the growing of one thing to 



another. 

 Accum_bent; lying upon. In the Orn- 



ciferaj it denotes tlie radicle lying upon 



the edges of the cotyledons. 

 Acerose, 234, 20. 

 Achenium, 110, 9. 

 Achlamydeous, .'54. 

 Acicular; needle-shaped. 

 Acine ; a separate grain or cai-pel of a col 



lective fruit. 

 Acotyledonous, 48. 

 Acrogens, 331. 



Aculeate ; armed with prickles. 

 Acuminate, 230, 3. 

 Acute, 230, 1. 

 Adherent, 97. 



Adnate ; growing to or upon, G9, 2. 

 JEstiyation, lOS. 



Aggregate ; assembled closely together. 

 Agiumaceous, 330. 

 AVaj, 105, 5. 

 Alburnum, 203. 

 Albumen, 122. 

 Alternative, 108, 5. 



Alveolate ; with partitions like a honey- 

 comb. 

 Anient, 299. 

 Amplexicaul, 222, 3. 

 Aniustomosiiig; the uniting of vessels; 



inosculating. 

 Anatropous, 121. 

 Ancipital ; two-edged. 

 Androecium, 57, 65. 



Androgynous; with both stamens and 

 pistils. 



Angiosperm', 329. 



Anthelmin'ic ; expelling or killing worms. 



Animal, definition of, 11. 



Antiseptic ; efficacious against putrefac- 

 tion. 



Anther, G'''. 



Apctalaa, 331. Apetalous, without petals. 



Appressed ; pressed closely upon some- 

 thing else. 



Apterous; without wings (or mnrgins). 



Aquatics ; growing in or belonging to the 

 water. 



Arachnoid ; 41, a. 



Arboreous ; tree-like. 



Arborescent; belonging to a tree. 



Areolte ; having the surf ice divided into 

 little spaces, or areas. 



Arlditv ; dryness. 



Aril, 119. 



Arlstate ; bearded, as in the glumes of 

 barlev. 



Armed," 235, 7. 



Aroma ; the spicy quality of a thing. 



Articulation ; a joint ; the place where 

 one thing is joined to another. 



Artificial Classes, 73. 



Artificial Orders, SO. 



Ascidia, 245. 



Ascending ; arising obliquely, assurgent. 



Assurgent; arising in an oblique direc- 

 tion. 



Attenuate ; rendered slender or thin. 



Auricnlate, 232, 9. 



Awn, 25G. 



Axil (arm-pit); the angle between tha 

 petiole and branch, on the upper side 



Axillary ; growing out of the axils. 



Axis, ascending, 19. 



Axis, descending, 19. 



