GLOSSARY 



OF TECHNICAL TERMS USED ONLY IN THE FLORA 



Abortive, imperfectly developed. 



Appressed, lying flat throughout its 

 length, used of such parts as 

 bracts. 



Awl-shaped, narrow and tapering 

 to a point. 



Awned, having a bristle-like ap- 

 pendage. 



Awnless, not awned. 



Capitate, (1) having a round head 



like the stigma of a primrose ; 



(2) growing in heads. 

 Carpellary, relating to a carpel. 

 Chaff, small membranous scales, 



such as are found on disks of 



Compositoe. 

 Clasping, partly surrounding the 



stem, said of the bases of leaves. 

 Claw, the narrowed base of a petal. 

 Cleft, cut halfway down. 

 Coated (bulbs), those with scales 



which completely cover them, as 



in the onion. 

 Cone, the fruit of pines, etc., with 



ovule-bearing scales. 

 Connate, united, said of opposite 



leaves which appear as if grown 



together at their bases. 

 Cordate, heart-shaped. 

 Corm, a bulb-like, fleshy stem or 



base of a stem. 



Crown, an inner appendage to a 

 petal or to the throat of the co- 

 rolla. 



Deciduous, falling as petals do after 

 blossoming, or as leaves of most 

 trees except evergreens do. 



Declined, directed obliquely. 



Decumbent, reclining, but with the 

 summit somewhat erect. 



Dehiscent, splitting into definite 

 parts. 



Diffuse, spreading widely or loosely. 



Disk, (1) an outgrowth of the re- 

 ceptacle within the calyx or 

 within the corolla and stamens ; 

 (2) the central part of the head 

 (all but the rays) in Compositce. 



Dissected, deeply divided or cut 

 into many segments. 



Drupe, a stone-fruit such as a peach 

 or a plum. 



Equitant, leaves astride of those 

 xmthin them, thus appearing in a 

 cross-section like the diagram, 

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Even-pinnate, abruptly pinnate,i.e. , 

 with no leaflet at the end. 



Fascicle, a close cluster or bundle 

 of flowers, leaves, stems, or roots. 



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