n. GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



*#* The numbers annexed to the names, or their definition, refer to the paragraphs of the 

 preceding Sltetch ; but those preceded by " Flora, p." refer to the pages of the Flora. 



Abortive : not fully developed. 



Abruptly pinnate, 43. 



Accumbent : Flora, p. 24. 



Achenium, 95. 



Achlamydeous : without floral envelopes. 



Acrogens: Flora, p. 585. 



Acuminate : tapei-ing into a slender point. 



Acute : pointed. 



Adherent : growing fast to another 

 body. 



Adnafe: same as Adherent. 



Adnate Anthers, 72. 



Aerial Roots, 10. 



Estivation, 68. 



Air-Plants, 11. 



Aggregate: crowded together. 



Albumen, 101. 



Alburnum, 30. 



Alternate: scattered; one after another. 



Alveolate : deeply pitted. 



Ament, 53. 



Amentaceous : bearing aments. 



Amphiti-opous, 83. 



Anatropous, 83. 



Androgynous : containing both staminate 

 and pistillate flowers. 



Angiospermfe : Flora, p. 1. 



Annual: lasting only one year. 



Annular: disposed in, or forming, a ring 

 or circle. 



Anterior: applied to that part of an axil- 

 lary flower which is farthest removed 

 from the main axis. 



Anther, 71. 



Apetalous; without petals. 



Apiculate : tipped with a short abrupt 

 point. 



Appendage: something added to a part. 



Appressed : lying near to ; pressed against. 



Aquatic: growing in water. 



Arborescent: tree-like 



Areolation : spaces between the leaf- veins. 



Aril, 100. 



Arilled: covered with an aril. 



Armed: furnished with thorns, prickles, 

 &c. 



Articulated: divided into joints; connect- 

 ed by a joint. 



Ascending: ) curving outward and up- 

 Assurgent: ) ward. 

 Attenuated: gradually narrowed. 

 Auriculate: eared; bearing small lateral 



lobes. 

 Awl-shaped : narrow and sharp-pointed. 

 Awn: a rigid bristle-like appendage. 

 Awned: bearing an awn. 

 Axil : the point where the upper surface 



of the leaf joins the stem. 

 Axillary: borne in the axil. 

 Axis: the central line of a body; the part 



around which others grow. 



Baccate: beiTy-like; juicy. 



Barbed: bearing rigid points which are 



directed backward. 

 Bark, 31. 



Basal : belonging to the base. 

 Beaked: ending in a stout point. 

 Bearded: bearing tufts or lines of hairs. 

 Bell-shaped: expanding from a short and 



rounded base, into a spi-eading border. 

 Ben-y, 93. 



Bideiitate: two-toothed. 

 Biennial: lasting two vears. 

 Bifid : two-cleft. 



Bifoliolate: bearing two leaflets. 

 Biglandular : bearing two glands. 

 Bilabiate: two-lipped. 

 Bipinnate : twice pinnate. 

 Bitemate: twice temate. 

 Bladders: small sacs filled with air. 

 Blade : the expanded portion of a leaf, Sec. 

 Boat-shaped : see Carinate. 

 Brachiate : with pairs of opposite branches 



spreading at right angles. 

 Bract, 45. 



Bracted : furni.shed with bracts. 

 Bractlet, 45. 

 Bristle : a rigid hair. 

 Bristly: beset with, or like, bristles. 

 Brush-shaped: divided at the apex into 



numerous hairs or filaments. 

 Bud, 14 

 Bulb, 21. 



Bulbous : shaped like a bulb. 

 Bulblet, 21. 



