GLOSSARY 



OF TECHNICAL TERMS USED MAINLY IN THE FLORA 



Abortive, imperfectly developed. 



Actinomorphic, having radial sym- 

 metry. 



Adventive, partially naturalized. 



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. 



Bisexual, having both stamens and 

 pistils in the same flower. 



Caducous, falling away very early. 

 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. 

 Ciliate, having the margins fringed 



with hairs or bristles. 

 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. 



Convolute 



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. 

 Convolute, rolled up 



lengthwise. 

 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. 



Dimorphous, occurring under two 

 forms, as in flowers with long 

 and with short styles. 



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. 



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