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~Amorphous; shapeless, the form not regular or 
uniform. 
Anastomosing; forming a net-work, 
veins of leaves. 
_-Androecium; the stamens as a whole. 
- Androphore; a column of united stamens. 
Androus; in Greek compounds for male, or 
stamens, as monandrous, with one stamen, 
Angiospermae; plants with ovules in a closed 
ovary. ; 
Annual; a plant living a year or less, produc- 
ing flowers and seeds, and then dying. 
Annular; ring-like. 
Annulate; marked by rings. 
Annulus; a ring of thickened tissues like that 
of the spore-case of most ferns. 
Anterior; the part of a flower next to the 
bract, that is, external. The side next 
to the axis of inflorescence is the posterior 
one. E 
_— Anther; the part of the stamen which con- 
tains the pollen. 
Anthesis; the period of the expansion of a 
flower. 
_Apetalous; without petals. 
'_Apex; the summit or tip of on organ. 
Aphyllous; without leaves. 
/Apical; belonging to the apex or tip of any 
organ. 
Apiculate; tipped with a small point. 
-Appendage; any added part. 
-Appendiculate; supplied with an appendage. 
_Appressed; pressed to the stem. 
_Aquatic; living or growing in water. 
Arcuate; bent like a bow. 
 Areola; a small area marked out on a surface; 
a small pit. 
-Aril; a fleshy growth from base of and envelop- 
ing a seed. 
Arillate; furnished with an aril. 
Aristate; awned. 
Articulated; jointed. 
Ascending; directed upward. 
Attenuate; narrowed gradually. 
Auriculate; furnished with auricles or ear-like 
appendages. 
Awn; a bristle or bristle-like appendage. 
Awned; furnished with an awn or a bristle- 
shaped tip. 
Axil; the angle on the upper side between a 
leaf and the stem. 
Axile; belonging to the axis. 
Axillary; occurring in an axil. 
Axis; the central line of any body. 
as the 
a fleshy, few- to many- 
the seeds im- 
Baccate; berry-like, 
seeded, indehiscent fruit, 
bedded in pulp. 
Barbate; bearded, that is bearing tufts, spots, 
or lines of hairs. 
—Basal; belonging or attached to the ae 
Basifixed; attached by its base. 
Beaked; ending in a prolonged narrow tip. 
_Bell-shaped; tubular below, inflated above, like 
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Berry; a fleshy, indehiscent, few- to many- 
seeded fruit. 
Bi-, Bis.; in compound words meaning twice. 
Biauriculate; having two ears. 
Bicallose; having two callosities or harder 
spots. 
Bicarinate; two-keeled. 
Biennial; a plant living two years only, produc- 
ing flowers and seeds the second year. 
Bifid; two-cleft to about the middle. 
Bifoliolate; a compound leaf of two leaflets. 
Bifurcate; twice forked. 
Bipinnate; twice pinnate. 
Biserrate; doubly serrate, as when the teeth of 
a leaf are themselves serrate. 
Bisexual; having both stamens and pistil. 
Biternate; twice ternate. 
Bladdery; thin and inflated like a bladder. 
Blade; the expanded part of a leaf. 
Bloom; the whitish waxy powder on some 
fruits and leaves. 
Blunt; ending in a rounded point. 
Boat-shaped; shaped like a small boat. 
Bony; of hard, bone-like texture. 
Bract; the small leaf or scale from the axil of 
which a flower or its pedicel proceeds. 
Bracteate; furnished with bracts. 
Bracteolate; furnished with bractlets. 
Bractlet or Bracteole; a bract seated on the 
pedicel or flower-stalk. ' 
Branch; a division of a stem or axis. 
Branchlet; a small or ultimate branch. 
Bristle; a stiff, sharp hair, or any slender body 
of similar appearance. 
Bristly; supplied with bristles. 
Bulb; an underground stem composed of scales. 
Bulbiferous; bearing or producing bulbs. 
Bulbils; small bulbs, borne above ground, 
usually axillary. 
Caducous; falling off very early. 
Caespitose; growing in turf-like patches or 
tufts. 
Calyx; the outer envelopes of the flower. 
Campanulate; shaped like a bell. 
Canescent; grayish-white. 
Capillary; hair-like in shape. 
Capitate; having a globular apex. 
Capsule; a dry, 1- to many-celled seed-vessel of 
a compound pistil. 
Capsular; like a capsule. 
Carina; a keel; the two anterior petals of a 
papilionaceous flower. 
Carinate; keeled, furnished with a sharp ridge 
or projection. 
Carpel; a simple pistil. 
Caryopsis; the one-seeded fruit or grain of 
grasse@s. 
Cartilaginous; firm and tough in texture. 
Caudate; tailed, or tail-pointed. 
Cauline; of or belonging to a stem. 
Cell; the cavity of an anther, or of an ovary. 
Cernuous; nodding. 
Chaff; small membranaceous scales or bracts 
on the receptacles of Compositae, the 
glumes or scales of grasses, etc. 
