GLOSSARY 
OF O' 
TECHNICAL TERMS EMI LOYED IN THE WORK. 
Abortive.—Imperfectly developed, rv A- 
mentary. 
Acuminate.—Tapering to a long ^oint. 
Acute.—Pointed. 
Adnate (Anthers). —Continuous with the 
filament. 
Alternate (Leaves).— Placed alternately on 
either side of the stem. 
Amplexicaul (Leaves). —Embracng the 
stem at the base. 
Articulated.—United by a joint. 
Ascending (Stem). —Depressed towards 
the ground at the base and rising 
above. 
Auricles (Leaves). —Ear-like lobes at the 
base. 
Awn.—A terminal bristle. 
Axil.—Place of attachment to the stem. 
Axile (Placenta). —Attached to the centre 
of the seed-vessel. 
Barren (Flower). — Producing stamens 
only: forming no seed. 
Bifid.—Two-lobed. 
Bilabiate (Corolla). —Two-lipped. 
Bi-pinnate (Leaves). — Twice pinnately 
compound. 
Bi-pinnatifid (Leaves). —Twice pinnately 
lobed. 
Biternate (Leaves). —Twice ternately com¬ 
pound. 
Campanulate.—Bell-shaped. 
Canescent.—Covered with short whitish 
hairs. 
Capillary.—Hair-like; very slender. 
Capitate (Inflorescence). —In a close head 
or cluster. 
Ciliated.—Fringed at the margin with 
hairs. 
Clavate.—Club-shaped. 
Compound (Leaves). —Formed of several 
leaflets. 
Convolute (Leaves). —Turned inwards at 
the edges. 
Cordate (Leaves). —Heart-shaped, or with 
rounded lobes at the base. 
Coriaceous (Leaves). —Tough and dry or 
leathery. 
Corymbose (Inflorescence ).—In a corymb, 
or flattened panicle. 
Cottony.—Covered with white down. 
Creeping ( Stem or Root). —Running along 
or beneath the surface. 
Crenated (Leaves). —Indented on the mar¬ 
gin with rounded teeth. 
Cuneate (Leaves). —Wedge-shaped, taper¬ 
ing towards the base. 
Cymose (Inflorescence). —In a cyme. See 
Introduction. 
Deciduous. — Falling when ripe or wi¬ 
thered. 
Decumbent ( Stem). — Lying near the 
ground at the base. More depressed 
than when Ascending. 
Decurrent (Leaves). —With the edges pro¬ 
longed and running down the stem. 
Dehiscent (Fruit). —Discharging its seeds. 
Diadelphous (Stamens). —United by the 
filaments into two groups. 
Dichotomous.—Forked, or dividing by 
twos. 
Digitate(Zertwes).—Leaflets radiating from 
the point of the stalk, as in the Horse- 
Chestnut. 
Dioecious.—Barren and fertile flowers on 
separate plants. 
Downy.—Covered with close soft hairs. 
Elliptical.—Oval in general outline. 
Emarginated.—Indented at the apex. 
Entire.—Not lobed or divided. 
Epigynous ( Stamens). —Placed apparent¬ 
ly upon the ovary. 
Equitant (Leaves). —Flattened vertically 
and clasping the bud or stem in a slit 
at the base, as in Iris. 
Fertile (Flower). —Producing seed; con¬ 
taining perfect pistils. 
F iliform.—Thread-like. 
Fleshy (Leaves). —Thick and soft. 
Fusiform (Root). —Spindle-shaped. 
Glabrous.—Not quite smooth, but with¬ 
out hairs. 
Glandular.—Bearing glands or 6mall 
secreting organs. 
Glaucous.—Whitish-green. 
Hastate (Leaves). —With diverging hori¬ 
zontal lobes at the base, like a halbert 
blade. 
Herbaceous (Stem). —Not woody. 
Hirsute.—Densely hairy. 
Hispid.—Covered with stiff hairs. 
Hoary.—Covered with minute white 
down or hairs. 
Hypogynous (Stamens). —Placed beneath 
the ovary. 
Imbricated.—Overlapping like tiles. 
Indehiscent (Fruit). —Not shedding its 
seed. 
Lanceolate (Leaves). —Broadest below the 
middle and tapering towards the apex, 
like a Greek spear-head. 
Ligulate (Petals). —Furnished with a limb 
or flattened portion. 
7t 
