INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



a (a, privative), prefixed to a Greek word, 



signifies without; as aphyllous, without 



leaves. 



ab brS vl S'tions, page ?, Part IV. 

 a b6r'tion, non-development of apart. 

 ab sSrp'tion, 199. 

 ae'au le"s'9ent, or a eau ISs'eent, apparently 



stemless, 223. 



ae c6s'so ry, something ,'uperadded. 

 a erfis'cent, growing after flowering, 109. 

 ae eum'bent, lying against a thing, 183. 

 a?'er ose or a^'er oue, needle-shaped, 299. 

 a ehS'ni urn, plural, a hS'ni a, 151. 

 ach'lS m^d'e ous, without floral envelopes. 

 a slc'tl lar, finely needle-shaped. 

 a cot y 18d'o nous, without cotyledons. 

 ac'ro gens, summit growers. 

 a etl'le ate, armed with prickles. 

 a etl'mi nate, drawn out into a point, 307. 

 a fite', ending in a sharp angle, 307. 

 ad hSr'ent, growing to, 82, 94. 

 fld'nate, growing fast to, 114. 

 ad ven tl'tious, growing out of the usual or 



normal position, as roots, 206. 

 8 er a'tion, same as respiration, 483. 

 ses tl va'tiou, 335. 



af fln'i ty, resemblance in essential organs. 

 age of trees, 47. 



Sg'gre gate, assembled close together. 

 a glu ma'ceous, without glumes, the same as 



pgt'al oid, 483. 

 air-bladders, 323. 

 air-plants, 208. 

 8'la, wing ; a'lae, wings, 101. 

 a' late, winged, 274. ' 

 al bfi'men, 179. 

 al btTmi nous, 178. 

 al bur'num, sap-wood, 418. 

 ai'gse, seaweeds. 

 al'ter nate, 215, 262. 



ai've o late, with pits like the honey-comb. 

 ftm'ent, a deciduous spike, 357. 

 a mOr'phous, without definite form. 

 am phlt'ro pous, 141. 

 am pl6x'I caul, stem- clasping, 275, 311. 

 a nary sis, botanical, 510. 

 a nas to mo'sis, reunion of vessels cr veins. 

 a nat'ro pous, i41. 

 an clp'l tal, two-edged. 

 an dne'cium, 110. 

 an dr6'y nous, stamens and pistils on the 



same peduncle. 

 an'gi o sperms, 475. 

 In'i mal, 15. 



8n'nu al, yearly (sc. plants'), 40. 

 an'nu lar cells, 378. 

 an tS'ri or, parts (of a flower) adjacent to the 



bract. 



an'thel mln'tic, expelling or killiny worms. 

 an'ther, 111, 113. 



an thg'sis, the opening of the flower ; flower- 

 ing. 



a pgt'a lae, 478. 



a pgt'al ous, without petals. 



SpVyl lous or a phyl'lous, without leaves. 



a p5ph'y sis, a swelling, e. g., under the 

 thecce of some mosses. 



ftp pa ra'tus, 4. 



ap pen dle'fl lar organs, 77. 



ap prgssed', closely applied but not adhering 

 to ; the same as adpressed. 



ap'ter ous, without wings. 



a quat'ic, living in water. 



ft rach'noid, resembling cobwebs. 



ar'bor ous, arborescent, tree-like. 



are'fl ate, arched or curved like a bow. 



a r6'o Jiate, having the surface divided into 

 little spaces or areas. 



ar'il, an extra seed-covering, 175. 



a ris'tate, with an arista or awn (barley). 



armed, bearing prickles, spines, etc. 



ar tle'fl lat ed, jointed, as the culm of wheat. 



Ss cSnd'Ing, arising obliquely assurgent. 



fts eld' I a, leaves holding water, 322. 



as slm'i la'tion, 430. 



at tgn'fl ate, becoming slender or thin. 



&u rle'fl late, ear-bearing, 291. 



awn, the beard of barley and the like. 



aVi al root, 200. 



ftx'il (arm-pit), the angle between the petiole 

 and the branch, on the upper side. 



ax'il la ry, growing out of the axils. 



ax'is, ascending, 211, 212; erect, procumbent, 

 prostrate, trailing, decumbent, 212 ; excur- 

 rent, solvent, 226 ; descending, 197. 



bfte'eate, berry-like ; covered with pulp. 



ban'ner, same as vexillum, 101. 



bftn'yan tree, 207. 



bark, 416. 



tofts/i lar, basal, attached to the base, 186. 



bftst-cells, wood-cells of bark, 416. 



bSaked, ending in an extended tip. 



bSard'ed, with tufts of long, weak hairs. 



bSr'ry, 159. 



bi, bis, twice (in compound words). 



bl'eol or, two colored. 



bi us'pid i.te, with two points or cusps. 



bi dgn'tate, with two teeth. 



bi gn'ni al, of two years, 41. 



bl'fld, cleft into two parts. 



bi fO'li ate, with two leaflets. 



bi f flr'ate, twice forked, or merely forked. 



bi la'bl ate, two-lipped. 



bl'nate, 303. 



bi pln'nate, 304. 



bi pin nat'i fid, twice pinnatifld. (Fig. 342.) 



bi tgr'nate, twice ternate, 305. 



bi'vaived, two-valved. 



blade. See lamina, 271. 



