GLOSSARY 



Numbers refer to paragraphs in the preceding part of appendix. 



Aclamydeous 12 



Acaulescent 29 



Actinomorphic. Regular. 



Acuminate. Gradually tapering to 

 the apex. 



Acute. Sharp pointed. 



Adnate. Adhering to another or- 

 gan of a different kind. 



Alternate. With but one leaf at 

 each node. 



Ament. A bracted spike of imper- 

 fect flowers. 



Annual 28 



Anther 10 



Anthesis. Period of flowering. 



Apetalous 12 



Aril. An appendage at the hilum 

 of a seed. 



Arillate. Having an aril. 



Aristate. Ending in an awn or 

 bristle. 



Asepalous 12 



Auricled. With ear-like lobes at 

 the base. 



Awn. A bristle-like organ. 



Axil. The point of a stem just 

 above the base of a leaf. 



Axillary. Borne on an axil. 



Berry. A small succulent fruit as 

 a grape or gooseberry. 



Biennial 28 



Bipinnate. Twice pinnate. 



Blade 23 



Bract 25 



Bulb. A large subterranean bud 

 with thick flesh scales. 



Bulblet. Like a bulb, but smaller 

 and above ground. 



Caducous. Falling soon after de- 

 velopment. 



Caespitose. Growing in tufts. 



Callosity. A small hard swelling. 



Calyx 11 



Callus. A protuberance at the 

 base of a grass spikelet. 



Campanulate. Bell-shaped. 



Canescent. Gray or white due to 

 fine pubescence. 



Capsule. A dry dehiscent fruit 

 made up of several carpels. 



Carpel. A simple pistil or one of 

 the parts of a compound pistil. 



Caryopsis. A dry one-seeded fruit 

 with the pericarp adhering to 

 the seed. A grain. 



Caudate. With tail-like append- 

 age. 



Cauline. Borne on a stem. 



Cell 9. 10 



Chaff 27 



Chartaceous. Papery. 



Chlorophyll. The green coloring 

 matter of plants. 



Ciliate. With marginal hairs. 



Cinerous. Grayish, ashcolored. 



Circumsclssile 22 



Claw. Stalk of a petal. 



Cleistogamous. Flowers which fer- 

 tilize themselves without open- 

 ing. 



Coma. A tuft of hair on a seed. 



Compound leaf 23 



Compound ovary 17 



Connate. Union of like organs. 



Connective. The nart of the fllia- 

 ment between the anther sacs. 



Cordate. Heart-shaped. 



Coriaceous. Leathery. 



Corm. A solid buib-shaped swell- 

 ing at the base of a stem. 



Corolla 11 



Corolloid 11 



Corona. A whoil of annendages 

 between the corolla and the sta- 

 m.ens. 



Corymb. A convex or flat-topped 

 flower-cluster, with the mar- 

 ginal flowers opening first, and 

 the rays not arising from the 

 same point of the axis. 



Cotyledon. The first leaves of the 

 embryo in the seed. 



