INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



Abortion, imperfect or rudimentary de- 

 velopment. 

 abrupt, applied to organs terminating 



suddenly. 

 Abrus, 197. 

 Absorption, 19. 

 Acacia, 199. 

 Acanthaceae, 255. 



Acanthus Family, 255. 



acaidescent, apparently steoiless, 68. 



accrescent, applied to parts of the caly.x 

 or corolla which persist and enlarge 

 after flowering, 188, 192-3. 



Acer, 191. 



Ackene, 101. 



Achimenes, 246. 



Achlamydese, 60. 



achlainydeojis, without either calyx or 

 corolla, 41. 



Achras, 236. 



acicular, 77. 



Aconitum, 148. 



Acorn, 98 



Acorus, 309. 



Acotyledous, 344. 



Acrotrema. 149. 



Actsea, 148. 



Aculei, prickles; aculeate, prickly. 



Acutmn, a long narrow point ; actum- 

 nnte, having an acumen. 



acute, 79. 



Adam's Needle, 73, 313. 



Adansonia, 175. 



Adhesion, 29. 



Ad-iantum, 347. 



adnate, adherent ; also applied to an- 

 thers with the filament prolonged up 

 the back of the anther. 



Adventitious roots, 6g. 



/Egicoras, 261. 



^ginetia, 253, 254. 



/Egle, 184. 



Aerial roots^ 69. 

 /Eschynanthus, 246. 



^schynomene, 197. 



yEstivation, 88. 



Agave, 73, 313, 328. 



Alee, wings (of papilionaceous corolla, 

 196) ; alate, winged. 



Albizzia, 198. 



Albumen, 45. 



albuminous, 45, 105. 



Alburnum, sap-wood (of ebony), 235. 



Algae, 361. 



Alismacesfc. 332. 



Allamanda, 239. 



Allium, 313. 



Almond, 203. 



Aloe, 313. 



Aloe, American, 328. 



Alopecurus, 338. 



Aloysia, 259 



Alpinia. 323, 326. 



Alsodeia, 163. 



Alsophila, 348. 



alternate, 73 



Alysicarpus, 197. 



Amaranth Family, 268. 



Amaranthaceae, 268. 



Amaryllidaceae, 327. 



Amaryllis Family, 327. 



American Aloe, 73, 313. 



Amomum, 326, 327, 



Ampelideae, i88. 



amplexicaui. So. 



Amygdalus, 203. 



Anacardiaceae, 192 



Anagallis, 263. 



anatropous, applied to ovules when in 

 verted, so that the micropyle adjoins 

 the hilum, and the organic base of the 

 nucleus (where it is united to the coat 

 or coats of the ovule) is at the ex- 

 tremity remote from the hilum, 26. 



Androecium, the stamens of a flower 

 collectively- 



