APPENDIX II. 



Ascending, becoming erect from a prostrate or sub-pros- 

 trate base. 



Asperous, rough with small papillse. 



Atrophy, the partial or complete suppression of a member. 



Auricle, an ear-like appendage. 



Awn, a rigid very fine or almost hair-like terminal appen- 

 dage, e.g., the appendage ou the ears of barley or the terminal 

 twisted appendages of the Spear-grass. 



Axil, the upper angle formed by an axis and a lateral 

 member, such as the angle formed by a leaf-stalk with the 

 stem from which it springs. 



Axillary, situated in an axil. 



Axile, situated round an axis. Axile ovules are those 

 situated on the, column passing vertically through the center 

 of an ovary, which column may be either a free axis 02 

 formed by the meeting of the internal walls of the ovary. 



Axis, any member which bears lateral subsidiary members 

 may be called the axis of such subsidiary members. 

 Baccate, berry-like. 



Balsam, a resin dissolved in an ethereal oil. 

 Bark, all the tissues alive or dead situated outside the 

 cambium ring. 



Basal-nerved, with several equally, or sub-equally strong 

 main or primary nerves starting from the base, cp. penni- 

 nerved. See also >iervation. 



Basifixed, fixed by the base to the stalk. Cp. peltate, dorsi« 

 fixed, etc. 



Bast, a system of tissues distinct from the Xylem or wood 

 and in Dicotyledons lying mostly outside it. The tissues of 

 most economic importance in the Bast are the fibres which 

 yield such materials as jute, hemp, and other textiles, 



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