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GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



The figures refer to the preceding Sketch. 



Abortion, an Imperfect .develope- 



rnent of any given organ. 

 Abruptly pinnate, pinnate with 



even pairs only, wanting the odd 



or terminal leafet. 

 Accumbent, lying on, prostrate, a 



term employed in Cruciferae. 



182. 

 Acerose, stiff, linear, and sharp, as 



in the leayes of the Pines. 

 Acine or achenium, 146. 

 Acotyledonous, 180. 

 Aculeate, prickly. 

 Aculeus, a prickle ; growing to the 



bark, not to the wood. 

 Acuminate, taper pointed, more 



than acute. 



Acute, ending in a sharp poir^t. 

 Adnatc, growing to, affixed lateral- 



] y- 



Agglomerated, bunched, crowded 

 together. 



Aggregate, standing together, ma- 

 ny on the same receptacle, but 

 not compound. 



Alated, see Winged. 



Albumen, 169. 



Alternate, placed alternately on op- 

 posite sides of the stem. 



Amcnt, or catkin, 65. 



Amplexicaul, see Clasping. 



Ancipital, two edged. 



Androgynous, having barren and 

 fertile flowers on the same spike, 

 or Ihe same plant, but no per- 

 fect ones. 



Annual, 30 a. 



Anther,. 100. , .. . ;* 



Antheriferous, bearing anthers. 



Apetalous, without petals, 



Apex, end, tip, or sharp extremity. 



Aphyllous, without leaves. 



Appendiculate, having some appen- 

 dage. 



Appressed, pressed against or close 

 to. 



Approximate, nea.r together. 



Apterous, without wings. A term 

 applied to some parts of flowers. 



Arboreous, like a tree. 



Arborescent, approaching to the 



size of a tree. 



Arcuate, curved or bent like a bow. 

 Aril, 166. 



Aristate, awned, ending in a bristle. 

 Armed, furnished with thorns or 



prickles. 



Articulated, jointed. 

 Ascending, rising from the ground 



obliquely. 



Assurgent, rising upwards. 

 Attenuated, gradually diminished or 



tapering. 



Auriculate, having an ear- like base. 

 Awn, a stiff bristle, frequently 



rough or bearded ; as in the 



flowers of certain grasses. 

 Awned, having awns. 

 Aionless, without awns. 

 Axil, the. angle between a leaf and 



stem on the upper side. . 

 Axillary, growing in or from the 



axil. 



Baccate, berried, having a fleshy 



coat or covering. 

 Banner or vexillum, 81. 

 Barren, producing no fruit, eon- 



taining stamens only. 

 Beak) any thing which resembles 



the beak of a bird, hard short 



points. 

 Berry, 156. 



Bicuspidate, with two points. 

 Bidentate, with two teeth. 

 Biennial, 30 b. 

 Bifid, two cleft, cut nearly in two 



parts. 



Biglandular, having two glands. 

 Bilabiate, having two lips. 

 Bilobed, having two lobes. 

 Bilocular, having two cells. 

 Binnate, growing two together. 

 Bipinnate, twice pinnate, when 



both the leaf and its subdivisions 



are pinnate. 

 Bipinnatifid, twice pinnatifid, both 



the leaf and its segments beingf 



pinnatifid. 



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