GLOSSARY 



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TERMS USED IN BOTANY. 



A, in composition, signifies wanting, or without, as acaulie, without a 



stem. 



Abortive. Producing no fruit. Ex. Snowball. 



Abrupt. Terminating suddenly, as if cut off, as in the root of Bloodroot. 

 Abruptly-pinnate. Wanting the odd terminal leaf. Ex. Cassia Mari- 



landica, (Senna.) 



Acerose. Stiff and slender, with a sharp point. Ex. Leaves of the Pine. 

 Acklamydeous. Flowers without calyx or corolla. Ex. Willow, Birch. 

 Acicular. Needle-shaped. 



Acinaciform. Cimeter-shaped. Linear, sharp-edged, and crooked. 

 Acinus. One of the protuberances in a compound berry. Ex. Rubus 



villosus, (Blackberry.} 



Acotyledonous. Having no cotyledons or seed lobes. Ex. Mushrooms. 

 Aculeate. Prickly. Ex. Rose bush. 

 Aculeus. A prickle growing to the bark, but not to the wood. Ex. Rose 



bush, Fig, 91. 

 Acuminate. Ending in an extended sharp point. Ex. Utrica dioica, 



(common Nettie,) Fig. 51. 

 Acute. Ending in a sharp point, but less extended than acuminate. Ex. 



Leaves of Asclepias, (Milk-weed.) 

 Adelphous. Brotherhood. Applied to plants whose stamens are united 



by their filaments. Ex. Pea, Mallows. 

 Adnate. Adhering to a thing. Anthers are called adnate, when they 



adhere to the filaments by their whole length. 



Adult. Full grown. An adult plant is one that has obtained its full size 

 ^Estivation. Prsefloration. The manner in which the floral envelopes 



are arranged before they expand. 



Agglomerated. Collected into a head. Crowded together. Ex. Cauli- 

 flower. 

 Aggregated. Collected together, as when many flowers grow on the 



same receptacle, not compound. Ex. Armeria, (Thrift.) 

 Alated. Winged. Ex. Seeds of the Maple. 

 Albumen. The tough substance surrounding the embryo of certain seeds. 



Ex. Reseda, (Mignonette.} 



Albuminous. Partaking of the nature of albumen. 

 Algae. An order of Cryptogamous plants, including the Sea- weeds. 

 Alternate. Placed one after the other. The leaves of the Asters are al- 

 ternate. 



