GLOSSARY 



acaulescent, apparently stemless; 



the proper stem being very 



short or subterranean. 

 accrescent, growing larger after 



flowering. 

 accumbent, lying against a thing. 



The cotyledons are accumbent 



when they lie with their edges 



against the caulicle. 

 acerose, needle-shaped. 

 achene, a dry indehiscent 1- 



seeded fruit. 

 acicular, needle-shaped, more 



slender than acerose. 

 aculeate, armed with prickles. 

 acuminate, taper-pointed. 

 acute, ending in a point less than 



a right angle. 

 adherent, sticking to, or growing 



fast to another body. 

 adnate, born adherent. 

 cestival, produced in summer. 

 cestivation, the arrangement of 



parts in a flowxr-bud. 

 alate, winged. 

 alliaceous, with the odor of 



onions. 

 alternate, one after another. 

 alveolate, honeycomb-like. 

 anient, the scaly spike of trees, 



like the alder and willow. 

 amphitropous, attached by the 



middle and having the micro- 



pyle at one end and the cha- 



laza at the other. 

 amplexicaul, clasping the stem 



by the base. 

 anatropous, inverted, w^hen the 



micropyle is at the same end 



as the hilum. 

 ancipital, 2-edged. 

 androgymous, having both stami- 



nate and pistillate flowers in 



the same cluster. 

 annual, producing flowers and 



fruit the first year and then 



dying. 



anterior, in a flower, is the part 

 next the bract. See posterior. 



anther, the part of the stamen 

 which bears the pollen. 



antheriferous, anther-bearing. 



anthesis, the period of flowering. 



antrorse, directed upward. 



apetalous, destitute of petals. 



apical, belonging to the apex. 



apiculate, tipped with a small 

 point. 



apophysis, any irregular swell- 

 ing. 



aquatic, growing in water. 



arachnoid, cobwebby. 



arborescent, tree-like. 



arcuate, bent or curved. 



areolate, marked out into little 

 spaces. 



aristate, awned. 



aristulate, short-awned, 



articulated, jointed. 



ascending, rising obliquely up- 

 ward. 



assurgent — see ascending. 



auriculate, with auricles or ear- 

 like appendages. 



awl-shaped, sharp-pointed from 

 a broader base. 



awn, a bristle or beard-like ap- 

 pendage. 



axillary, occurring in an axil. 



baccate, berry-like. 



barbate, bearded. 



berry, a fruit, pulpy or juicy 



throughout, as a grape. 

 biennial, flowering and dying the 



second year. 

 bifid, 2-cleft to about the middle. 

 bifurcate, 2-forked. 

 bilabiate, 2-lipped. 

 bladdery, thin and inflated. 

 blade, the expanded portion of a 



leaf or petal. 

 bloom, a whitish powder. 

 brachiate, in pairs, each pair 



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