GLOSSARY. 



Abortion, the imperfect formation or ab- 

 sence of a part. 



Abrupt, ending suddenly. 



AcAULESCENT, apparently steniless. 



AccuMBENT, the radicle lying against the 

 edges of the cotyledons. 



AcEROSE, needle-shaped, like pine leaves. 



AciTMiNATE, ending in a tapering point. 



Acute, merely sharp-pointed. 



Adnate, growing fast to. When the an- 

 ther seems to be attached by its whole 

 length to the filament. 



Aggregate, crowded into a cluster. 



Akene, a 1 -seeded seed-like fruit. 



Albujien, nourishment in the seed not 

 forming part of the embryo. 



AlNDRous, refers to stamens. 



Anterior, on the side of the flower next 

 the bract. 



Apetalous, without petals. 



Appressed, lying flat, or close together. 



Ascending, rising obliquely. 



Attenuate, tapering gradually. 



Auriculate, ear-like lobes at the base. 



Awn, an appendage like the beard of barley. 



Axil, the angle between leaf and stem. 



BrFiD, 2-cleft to about the middle. 



Bilabiate, 2- lipped. 



Blade, the broad portion of a leaf. 



Bract, the leaf which subtends the flower. I 

 Bractlet, a bract on a pedicel. ' 



Caducous, falling off at the time of ex- 

 pansion. ! 

 Campanulate, bell-shaped. j 

 Canescent, whitened with fine close pu- j 

 bescence. i 

 Capillary, like a hair. 

 Capitate, having a head, or collected into ' 



a head. 

 Capsule, any compound dehiscent fruit. 

 Carpel, a simple pistil, or element of a 



compound one. 

 Caudate, tailed. 



Caulescent, having an obvious stem. ' 



Cauline, relating to a stem. ', 



CiLiATE, fringed with hairs. j 



Clavate, club-shaped. j 



Claw, the narrowed base of a petaL ■ 



Cleft, cut to about the middle. 

 Cohesion, the union of like organs. 

 Confluent, running together, or blending. j 

 Conglomerate, thickly clustered. j 



Connate, united from the first. j 



Connective, the part of an anther cou« j 



necting the cells. 

 Connivent, coming together or meeting. 

 Convolute, rolled up. 

 Cordate, heart-shaped with the point ap. | 



