4 APPENDIX. 
Amplexicaul, clasping the stem by the base (as the leaves of fig. 2, plate 68). 
Amylaceous, starchy. 
Anastomosing, forming a net-work, like the veins in a leaf. 
Anatropous, an ovule bent back upon its stem. (Plate 22, fig. 6.) 
Ancipital, two-edged (as the petioles, fig. 5, plate 162). 
Andrecium, the stamens collectively. 
Androgynous, having both male and female flowers in the same cluster. 
Angiospermous, plants with their seeds formed in an ovary. 
Annual, said of a plant that flowers and fruits the year it is raised from the seed, then dies. 
Annular, in the form of a ring. 
Annulate, marked by rings. (Plate 139, fig. 3.) 
Anther, the essential part of a stamen, which contains the pollen. (Plate 152, fig. aye 
Antheriferous, having an anther. (Plate 113, stamen 4, in contradistinction to stamen 5) 
Anthesis, the act of expansion of a flower. 
Anthrocarpous, multiple fruits, like the blackberry. 
Apetalous, destitute of petals. (Plate 33, figs. 3 and 4.) 
Apex, the terminal point of a body. 
Aphyllous, destitute of leaves. (Plate 179, figs. 1 and 2.) 
Apical, belonging to the apex. : 
Apiculate, tipped with an abrupt point. (Plate 5, fig. 5.) 
Appendage, any superadded part (as seen on the sepals, plate 25, fig. 5). 
Appendiculate, provided with appendages. 
Appressed, brought into contact, but not united. (Plate 9, fig. 3.) 
Aquatic, growing in water. 
Arachnoid, cobwebby. 
_ Arboreous, arborescent, tree-like, both in size and form. 
_ Arreola, the scar of attachment (seen on the root, plate 11, fig. 2). 
_ Arillate, furnished with an 
ae, or arillus, a fleshy, false coat toa seed. (Plate 13, fig. 6.) 
‘Aristate, see Awned. 
Arrow-shaped, same as Sagittate, which see. 
culated, furnished with joints. 
ending, rising obliquely upwards. ee 
Aspergilliform, shaped like the brush used to — holy water. (Plate 82, fig- 
‘Ansorene; see Ascending. 3 
Atropous, s Orthotropous. : 
uricu ear-shaped (as the bases of the leaves, plate 138). ss 
arp pointec from a broader base. (Plate 1, fig. 5.) | 
le like appendage (as seen on anther, plate 100, fig. 7). 
the upper side between a leaf and the stem. So 
the axis, or occupying the axis (the placenta in fig. 3, pate 70 
axil (the flowers of plate 130). 
f any body ; the organ around which others are tached ( 
occupied Pe the flowers, nee 172). 
