n. GLOSSAEY OF BOTANICAL TEIDIS. 



*,• The numbers annexed to the names, or their definition, refer to the pampmphs of the 

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



Abortive : not fullv developed. 



Abruptly pinnate, 43. 



Accumbeut : Flora, p. 24. 



Acheiiium, 95. 



Achlamydeous : without floral envelopes. 



Acrogens: Flora, p. (>^ij. 



Acuminate : tapering into a slender point. 



Acute: pointed. 



Adliereut : growing fast to another 

 body. 



Adnate: same as Adherent 



Adnate Anthers, 72. 



Aerial Roots, 10. 



^Estivation, 68. 



Air-Plant.s, 11. 



Aggregate: crowded together. 



Albumen, 101. 



Alburnum, 30. 



Alternate: scattered; one after another. 



Alveolate : deeply pitted. 



Ament, 53. 



Amentaceous : "bearing aments. 



Amphitropous, 83. 



Anatrojious, 8.3. 



Androgynous: containing both staminate 

 and pistillate flowers. 



AngiospeiTTiw : Flora, p. 1. 



Annual : lusting only one year. 



Annular: disposed in, or forming, a ring 

 or circle. 



Anfcrif)r: applied to that part, of an axil- 

 lary flower wliicli is farthest removed 

 frfim the main axis. 



Anther, 71. 



Apetalous; without petals. 



Apiculatc : tii)ped with a short abrupt 

 point. 



Appendage: sometliing added to a part. 



Appn-siicil: lying near to; pressed against. 



Aqimtic: growing iii water. 



Arborescent: tree-like. 



Arcfiliitjon : spaces between the leaf-veins. 



Aril. 100. 



Arilled: cfiverfd witli an nvil. 



Anned: fu^li^hed witli tlmms, prickles, 

 «,c. 



Artifulated: (livi(l«'d into joint*;; connect- 

 ed by a joint. 



Ascending: ) curs'ing outward and up- 

 Assurgent: J ward. 

 Attcmiated: gradually narrowed. 

 Auriculate: eared; bearing small lateral 



lobes. 

 Awl-sliaped: narrow and shai-p-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: tlie central line of a body; the part 



around which others gi'ow. 



Baccate: berrj'-like; juicy. 



Barbed: bearing rigid points which are 



directed backward. 

 Bark, 31. 



liasal : 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 spreading border. 

 Ben-y, 93. 



Bidcntate: two-toothed. 

 Biennial: lasting two years. 

 Bifid : two-cleft. 



Bifoliolate: bearing two leaflets. 

 Biglandular: licaring two glands. 

 BIfabiate: tw(i-li])ped. 

 Bipiiinate: twice pinnate. 

 Biteriiatc: twice tcrnate. 

 Bladders: small sacs filled with air. 

 Blade: the expanded j)ortion of aleaf,&c. 

 Boat-shaped : see Carniate. 

 Brachiate : with j)airs of ojiposite branches 



spreading at right angles. 

 Bract, 45. 



Bracted: furnished with bracts. 

 Bractlet, 45. 

 Bristle: a rigid hair. 

 Bristly: beset with, or like, bristles. 

 Brnsh-shiiped: dlvi(l<-d at the apex into 



innncrous hairs or filaments. 

 Bti.l, 14. 

 Bidb, 21. 



I'.ullxins: shajied like a bulb. 

 Buiblet, 21. 



