GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN DESCRIPTIONS. 



Abortive. Rudimentary or imperfect. 



Abruptltj pinnate. With two terminal leaflets. 



Acaulescent. The stem not rising above the surface of the ground. 



Appressed. Pressed closely to the main body. 



Aril. An additional, usually fleshy, growth surrounding the seed. 



Aristate. Awned. 



Auriculate. Furnishrd with rounded, ear-like lobes. 



Baccate. Fleshy or berry-like. 



Bipinuate. Bipinnatifid. Twice i)innate, or twice i)innatifid. 



Biternate. Twice ternate, or twice three-parted. 



Caducous. Dropping off as soon as fully grown. 



Campan ulate. Bell-shaped. 



Canescent. Hoary or grayi.sh white 



Caruncle. An excrescence at tlie scar of some seeds. 



Ciliafe. With hairs on tlic margins. 



Circinalc Koll<'(l inward from th<' top. 



Coma. A tuft of liair.s. 



Connate, (irown togetlier. 



Connicent. Convei-ging, drawn together. 



Coriaceous. Leathery or chaffy in texture. 



Cuneate. Wedge-slia])ed. 



Declined. Turned to one siile. 



hicurrent. Continued downward along the stem. 



ht'/jressed. Flattened from I he a]ie\. 



I Hdiinmnntis. In two pairs of unetjual length. 



Pistlnrf. Wholly sei)arate from each other. 



Ihu-snl. Pertaining to the back. 



Equal. Of the same size and shajx-. 



