96 PRACTICAL BOTANY. 



Alternate : one after another, opposed to opposite. 



Alveolate : honeycomb-like. 



Ament, or Catkin : a slender, often pendent, scaly sort of spike, 

 as in birch, beech, willow, and usually deciduous. 



Amplexicaul : clasping the stem by a broad base. 



Angiosperms : plants with their seeds formed in a closed pistil, 

 ovary, pericarp. 



Annular: ring-shaped. 



Anther : the part of a stamen which contains the fertilizing, pow- 

 dery substance called pollen. 



Antheriferous : Anther-bearing. 



Apetalous : without petals. 



Aphyllous : without leaves. 



Appendage : any superadded part borne by another one. 



Appendiculate : furnished with an appendage. 



Aquatic : growing in water. 



Arborescent : tree-like, or with a woody stem. 



Aril: a fleshy coat to a seed, as in Celastrus. 



Articulated : jointed, consisting of joints. 



AuRicuLATE, or AuRiCLED I fumislied \\ ith ear-like appendages at the 

 base. 



AwL-SHAPED : sharp-pointed from a broader base. 



Awn : a slender, bristle-form appendage, as on the glumes, or pales 

 of grasses. 



AwNED : furnished with an awn. 



Axil : the upper space between the attachment of a leaf and the 

 stem, forming an angle. 



Axillary : placed in an axil. 



Axis : the central line of a body (the stem of a plant, also the gen- 

 eral peduncle of an inflorescence, etc.) 



Baccate : berry-like. 



Barbed: bearded, beset with short, stiff hairs. 



Beaked : terminating into an elqpgated narrow tip. 



Bearded : barbed. 



Berry: a thoroughly juicy fruit, containing one to several seeds. 



(A drupe is more fleshy, and contains one to several nutlets.) 

 Bi- (bis) in compound words : twice, as bipinnate (twice pinnate). 

 Bifid : two-cleft to about the middle. 

 Bifurcate : twice-forked. 



