31 G GLOSSARY. 



Annual. Living but one year, during which it produces flow- 

 ers and seed. 



Anther. That part of a stamen or organ which contains the 

 pollen. 



Antheroid. Resembling anthers. 



Apetalous. Without petals. 



Apex. End, tip, or sharp extremity. 



Aphyllous. Without leaves. 



Appendicular. Having some appendage. 



Appressed. Pressed against or close to. 



Apterous. Without wings. A term applied to some parts of 

 flowers. 



Arachnoid. Resembling a spider's web. 



Arboreous. Like a tree. 



Arborescent. Approaching to the size of a tree. 



Aril. An outer covering of certain seeds, which is deciduous 

 or separates ; as in the Geraniums, Wood-sorrel, Sic. 



Aristate. Awned. Ending in a bristle. 



Armed. Furnished with thorns or prickles. 



Aroma. The aromatic quality of plants. 



Articulated. Jointed. 



Arundinaceous. Resembling reeds, or stiff large grass. 



Ascending. Rising from the ground obliquely. 



Attenuated. Gradually diminished or tapering. 



Auriculate. Furnished with lateral projections, or leafets re- 

 sembling ears, at base ; as in the leaves of Sola?iu?7i dulcama- 

 ra, or Night- shade, &.c. 



Awn. A stiff bristle, frequently rough or bearded ; as in the 

 flowers of certain grasses, and in the anthers of most of the 

 Vacciniums, or Whortleberries. 



Awned. Having awns. 



Awnless. Without awns. 



Axil. The angle between a leaf and stem on the upper side. 



Axillary. Growing in or from the axil. 



B 



Banner or Vexillum. The upper and commonly largest petal 



of a papilionaceous flower. 

 Barren. Producing no fruit. Containing stamens only. 

 Berry. A juicy fruit with the seeds imbedded in the pulp. 



without any intermediate covering. 

 Bicuspidate. With two points 

 Biennial. Living two years ; in the second of which the flower 



and fruit are produced ; as in the common Tree-primrose 



{Oenothera biennis.) 

 Bifid. Two cleft. Cut nearly into two part = 

 Biglandular. Having two glands, 

 Bilocvlar. Having two cells 



