GLOSSARY 33.; 



A III in — A ^ciui^ of poisonous phiiils with an iiitlorcsccncc 

 consisting of spadix and spatlic. 



Asexual — Not sexual. 



Aspanif^iis — A j^cnus of cdililc vcj^ctaMts and ciimliinj^ 

 plants. 



Assiiniliilloii — The conversion ot crude lood into proto- 

 plasm. 



Aslcr — The generic name of the Michaelmas daisies. 



Arena — The generic name of the oat. 



Awn — The beard of barlev and other corn. 



Axillary — Growing in the axil of the leaf. 



B 



liaclcria — Minute one-celled living atoms, the cause of most 



contagious diseases. 

 Bamboo — A giant grass. 

 Banana — The fruit of the genus Musa. 

 Bark — ^The rough external part of a stem. 

 Barm — Same as yeast. 

 Bast — The fibrous tissue between tlie bark and the wood of 



a dicotyledonous stem. 

 Begonia — A genus of plants with bright flowers and oblique 



or one-sided leaves. 

 Betnla — Generic name of the birch-tree. 

 Biennial — A plant whose duration of life is two seasons : 



£.v. Beetroot. 

 Bifacial — With upper and lower sides structurallv different : 



Ex. laurel leaf. 

 Bignonia — A genus of Howering climbing plants. 

 Blade — The broad part of the leaf. 

 Bougainvillia — A genus of climbing tropical plants with 



bright pink bracts and small yellowish Howers. 

 Bulb — A dormant bud surrounded with ticshy scales. 

 Bulbils — Small bulbs. 



