INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



Abies, 249. 



A bortion, imperfect or rudimentary 

 development. 



abrupt, applied to organs termina- 

 ting suddenly. 



Abrus, 149. 



Absorption, 13. 



Acacia, 150. 



acaulescent, apparently stemless. 



accrescent, applied to parts of the 

 calyx or corolla which persist and 

 enlarge after flowering, 199. 



accumbent, 124. 



Acerinese, 140. 



Achene, 85. 



Achlamydese, 213. 



achlamydeoits, without either calyx 

 or corolla, 34. 



acicular, 65. 



Aconite, 115. 



Aconitum ferox, 115. 



Acorn, 83. 



Acotyledons, 252. 



Acrogens, 258. 



Aculei, prickles; aculeate, prickly. 



A cujnen, a long narrow point ; acu- 

 minate, having an acumen. 



acute, 69. 



Adam's Needle, 226. 



Adder's Tongue, 256. 



Adhesion, 23. 



adnate, adherent ; also applied to 

 anthers with the filaments pro- 

 longed up the back of the anther. 



Mgilops, 241. 



aerial (roots), 58. 



./Esculus, 141. 



^Estivation, 74. 



Agancus, 263. 



Agave, 234. 



Alee, wings (of papilionaceous co- 

 rolla, 147) ; alate, winged. 



Albumen, 9. 



albuminous, 38, 89. 



Alburnum. See Sap-wood. 



Alder, 214. 



Algae, 265. 



Alisma Family, 221. 



Alismacefe, 221. 



Alkanet, 190. 



Alnus, 214. 



Aloe, American, 234. 



Aloes, 226. 



Alopecurus, 239. 



alternate, 61. 



Amaryllideae, 233. 



Amaryllis Family, 233. 



Ament, 212. 



Amentacese, 212. 



American Aloe, 234. 



amplexicaul, 69. 



anatropous, applied to ovules when 

 inverted, so that the micropyle 

 adjoins the hilum, and the organic 

 base of the nucleus (where it is 

 united to the coat or coats of the 

 ovule) is at the extremity remote 

 from the hilum. 



Anchusa, 190. 



Andr&cium, the stamens of a flowar 

 collectively. 



-androus, in composition, applying to 

 the stamens. 



Anemone, 114. 



angiospermous, 246. 



Angiosperms, plants having the 

 ovules and seeds inclosed in an 

 ovary. 



Anise, 164. 



annual, producing seed and dying 

 in the first season. 



annual (zones), 102. 



anterior, same as inferior, when ap- 

 plied to the relation of the parts 

 of a flower to the axis. 



Anther, 6, 157. 



