PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 807 



GLOSSARY. 



Acaulescent. Stemless. 



Achene. A small dry, one-seeded, non-splitting fruit. 



Acuminate. Tapering at the end. 



Amplexicaul. Clasping the stem. 



Annual. Lasting but one year. 



Anther. Terminal part of the stamen, bearing the pollen. 



Apetalous. Without petals. 



Arachnoid. Like cobwebs. 



Aril. An appendage growing at the point of attachment of the seed. 



Aristate. Awned, or provided with bristles. 



Awn. A bristle-like appendage. 



Axil. Juncture of a leaf or branch with the stem. 



Blade. The flat part of a leaf. 



Bract. A modified leaf, usually subtending a flower. 



Calyx. The outer part of the perianth of a flower; composed of the sepals. 



Campanulate. Bell shaped. 



Canescent. Gray-hairy. 



Capitate. In heads. 



Capsule. A dry non-splitting fruit of more than one carpel. 



Cauline. Belonging to the stem. 



Circumcissile. Splitting by a transverse circular line of division. 



Cleistogamous. Fertilized in the bud, without the flower opening. 



Coriaceous. Leathery. 



Corolla. The inner part of the perianth, composed of the petals. 



Corymb. A flat-topped flower cluster, the marginal flowers blooming first. 



Cotyledons. The first leaves of the embryo as found in the seed. 



Crenate. Dentate with rounded teeth. 



Cyme. A flat-topped flower cluster, with the central or terminal flowers 

 blooming first. 



Dentate. Toothed. 



Dichotomous. Forking regularly by pairs. 



Dioecious. Staminate and pistiluate flowers on separate plants. 



Drupe. A fleshy fruit, with a hard, usually one-seeded "stone" (inner peri- 

 carp). 



Bmarginate. With a slight terminal notch. 



Entire. Without teeth or divisions. 



Exserted. Projecting beyond a surrounding covering, calyx, etc. 



Falcate. Scythe-shaped. 



Floret. A small flower; one of a cluster. 



Gamopetalous. Having the petals of the corolla united. 



Glahrate. Somewhat glabrous. 



Glabrous. Smooth. 



