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 
Composite. 
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. 
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 oblftjuely. 
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 Composite. 
Dissected, deeply divided or cut 
into many segments. 
Drupe, a stone-fruit such as a peach 
or a plum. 
Equitant, leaves astride of those 
within them, thus appearing in a ° 
cross-section like the diagram, 
<<. 
Even-pinnate,abruptly pinnate,ji.e., 
with no leaflet at the end. 
Cordate, heart-shaped. 
Corm, a bulb-like, fleshy stem or 
base of a stem. 
Fascicle, a close cluster or bundle 
of flowers, leaves, stems, or roots. 
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