338 GLOSSARY 



Aerial — Inhabiting or existing in tlie air. 



^■Estivation — The arrangement of the parts of the flower in 



the bud. 

 Albiiiiicii — Reserve material contained in the seed, ana- 

 logous to the white of an egg. 

 AkheDiiUa — A genus of rosaceous plants with small green 



flowers. 

 Allium — The onion genus. 

 Altitude — Height. 

 Ampelopsis — A genus of climbing plants allied to the vine 



whose leaves are brilliantly coloured in autumn. 

 Anemopliiloiis — Pollinated by the wind. 

 Animalcule — Microscopic insect life. 

 Annual — A plant whose duration of life is one season : 



Ex. mignonette. 

 Authca — A genus of sea-anemones. 

 Anther — The dilated end of the stamen in which tlie pollen 



grains are developed. 

 Anthcridium — The case containing the antherozoids in 



cryptogamic plants. 

 Anthcrozoides — The male cell, or active member in fertilisa- 

 tion of cryptogams. 

 Antirrhiuiivi — The snap-dragon genus. 

 Antiseptic — Counteracting decay or putrefaction. 

 Apocarpous — Applied to the pistil when the carpels are 



distinct or when the pistil consists of one carpel. 

 Appendages — Something hanging or appended, extra. 

 Aquatic — Relating to water. 



Araucaria — The generic name of the monke^'-puzzle tree. 

 Arcltegonium — The flask-shaped organ containing the female 



cell in the cryptogams. 

 Arid — Dry and waterless. 



A rill us — An out-growth from the funicle (or seed-coat). 

 Aristolochia — A genus of climbing plants with curious 

 " prison " flowers which attract and retain insects. 



