GLOSSARY 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS USED IN THIS 

 BOOK 



Acuminate : tapering to a sharp point. 



Alpine : on high mountains above the forest limit. 



Amentaceous : like an ament or catkin, Fig. 20. 



Anther : top of the stamen, containing the pollen, Fig. 12, b. 



Apetalous : without petals. 



Apex : top of leaf, petal or sepal. 



Appressed : lying parallel with and close to stem. 



Awl-shaped : pointed, and with broad base. 



Beaked : surmounted by a slender, stem-like growth. 



Bloom : white, powdery coating, which rubs off. 



Bract : minute leaf, often at base of flower-stem, single or clustered. 



Bristly: long- stiff-hairy. 



Calyx : outer circle of green leaves in a blossom, Fig. 9. 



Catkin : long, slender cluster of minute stemless flowers. Fig. 20. 



Compound leaf: a leaf divided into several leaf-like parts, Figs. 



2, 3- 

 Cordate : rather heart-shaped. 



Corolla: inner circle of leaves in a blossom, Fig. 9. 

 Corymb : a flat- or round-topped flower-cluster. Fig. 18. 

 Crenate : with rounded teeth. 

 Crowded leaves : growing too closely to be distinctly alternate or 



opposite. Fig. 4, d. 

 Cyme : flattish-topped flower-cluster, the central ones developing 



first. 



Deciduous : of foliage, falling in autumn. 

 Dissected : of leaves, cut into numerous deep lobes. 



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