ENGLISH INDEX 



GLOSSAEY OF BOTANICAL TEEMS. 



Abele. See Poplar. 



abrupt, blunt, as if broken off. 



acuminate, tapering to a sharp 

 point. 



acute, sharp-pointed. 

 Adder' s-meat, 101. 



aestivation, the state of flowers in 



bud. 



Agrimony, 175, 194. 

 Agrimony, Hemp, 326, 357. 

 Alder, 569. 

 Alexanders, 249, 257. 

 Alkanet, 429, 437. 

 Allseed, 228, 230. 

 ALMOND GROUP, 171. 



alternate, iv. 

 AMARYLLIS TRIBE, 598. 

 Andromeda, 395, 400. 

 Anemone, 3, 7. 

 Angelica, 252, 274. 



angular, vi. 



annual, lasting one year. 



anther, x. 



apetalous, without petals. 

 APPLE GROUP, 177. 

 Apple, 203. 



aquatic, growing in water. 

 Archangel, 490. 



arillus, a dry covering of some 



seeds, as mace. 

 ARROW-GRASS TRIBE, 634. 

 Arrow-grass, 634. 

 Arrow-head, 631, 633. 



arrow-shaped, vi. 

 Asarabacca, 548. 



ascending, iv. 

 Ash, 408, 410. 

 ASPARAGUS GROUP, 608. 

 Asparagus, 608, 611. 

 Aspen. See Poplar. 



Asphodel, 621, 622, 623, 629. 



Avens, 174, 184. 



Avens, Mountain, 174, 183. 



awl-shaped, x. 

 Awl-wort, 38, 49. 



awn, a stiff bristle, as in barley. 



axil, the angle between a leaf and 

 the stem, iv. 



axillary, growing in an axil. 

 Azalea, 394, 400. 



Bald-money, 272. 

 Balm, Wild, 475, 501. 

 BALSAM TRIBE, 129. 

 Balsam, 131. 

 Bane-berry, 4, 21. 

 BARBERRY TRIBE, 22. 

 Barberry, 23, 24. 



barren, bearing stamens, but no 



pistils, xi. 

 Barrenwort, 23, 24. 

 Bartsia, 455, 466. 

 Basil Thyme, 478, 499. 

 Basil, Wild, 478, 499. 

 Bastard Toad-flax, 546, 547. 

 Beaked-Parsley, 253, 281. 

 Beam, White, 206. 

 BEAN TRIBE, 139. 

 Bear-berry, 395, 401. 

 Bed-straw, 303, 304. 

 Bee Orchis, 592. 

 Beech, 571. 

 Beet, 529, 534. 

 BELL-FLOWER TRIBE, 382. 

 Bell-flower, 382, 383. 



bell-shaped, ix. 



berry, xii. 

 Betony, 477, 493. 



biennial, lasting two years. 



bifid, two-cleft. 



