GLOSSARY. 



Acliene or akene. A dry. hard. 1 -celled and 

 1 -seeded indehiscent fruit. 



Acuminate. Tapering to a rather long point. 



Acute. With a short sharp point. 



Adnate. Closely united or growing to (lit- 

 erally " born with ") . 



. Kst ivation. The arrangement of the parts 

 of a (lower in the bud. 



Albumen. Nutritive material surrounding 

 the embryo in some seeds. 



Albumenous. Furnished with albumen. 



Alternate. Not opposite: applied to leaves 

 and (lowers. 



Auient. A spike of unisexual (lowers, each 

 subtended by a bract; a catkin. 



Amphitropous. Said of a straight ovule or 

 seed when half inverted. 



Anatropous. Said of straight ovules or 

 seeds when inverted, the micropyle bein.2, 

 near the hilum. 



Androgynous. Said of an inflores-ence com- 

 posed of both staminate and pistillate 

 flowers. 



Angiospermous. Having seeds borne in a 



closed pericarp. 

 Anterior. Said of the side of an axillary 



flower away from the main axis or stem. 

 Anther. The portion of a stamen which 



contains the pollen. 

 Anthesis. The time of the opening of a. 



flower. 



Apetalous. Without petals or corolla. 

 Apiculate. With a short pointed tip. 

 Arcuate. Curved. 

 Aril. An appendage growing about the 



hilum of a seed. 

 Aristate. Terminating in an awn or 



bristle. 

 Articulated. Joined by a more or less easily 



separable joint. 

 Ascending. Growing upward. 

 Auriculate. Furnished at base with ear-like 



lobes. 



Attenuate. Long-tapering. 

 Awn. A bristle-like appendage. 

 Awn-ed. Furnished with awns. 



