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GLOSSARY. 



Alternate; not opposite each other; ar- 

 ranged one after or above another on 

 the axis, or receptacle. 



Alveolate; having pits, or cells, some- 

 thing like a honey comb. 



Ament; a slender spike of naked and 

 usually diclinous flowers, with imbri 

 cated scales or bracts. 



Amentaceous; bearing, or resembling, 

 aments. 



Amorphous; without definite form. 



Amphigastria ; the rudimentary leaves 

 (stipules?) on the under side of the 

 stem, in some Hepaticae. 



Amphitropous ovule; when it is 

 inverted, and stands across the apex of 

 the stalk, or funiculus. ' 



Amplexicaul; clasping the stem. 



Analogue ; a body, or organ, resembling, 

 substituted for, or equivalent to, an 

 other body or organ. 



Anastomosing; branching and uniting 

 again, like net-work. 



Anatropous ovule ; inverted on the stalk 

 go that the apex points toward 

 placenta. 



Ancipital ; two-edged ; somewhat flatted 

 with opposite edges. 



Androecium; a term employed todesig 

 nate the Staminate portion of a flower : 

 the stamens, or fertilizing organs, in 

 the aggregate. 



Androgynous; having both staminate and 

 pistillate flowers in the same inflores- 

 cence. 



Angiocarpi; fruit-covered; Lichens in 

 which the apothecia are closed. 



Angiospermous ; having the seeds cover 

 ed or included in a seedvessel. 



Angulate ; having angles, or corners. 



Annotinous ; renewed every year. 



Annual ; living but one year. 



Annular ; in the form of a ring. 



Annulus (in Mosses) ; an elastic ring, be- 

 tween the rim of the capsule and the lid 



Anomalous; not according to the rule, or 

 system ; forming an exception to usua 

 appearances. 



Anophytes ; superior plants, i. e. cdlulai 

 plants (as Mosses) which emulate the 

 forms of Vascular plants. 



Anterior; in front, or below, as tha 

 part of a flower next to the bract, or 

 farthest from the axis of inflorescence 



Anther; the capsular portion of the stam 

 en, which contains the pollen, usual 

 ly supported on a filament. 



Antheridia ; the analogues or equivalents 

 of anthers. 



Antitropous embryo; when its direction 

 is contrary to that of the seed. 



Antheriferous ; bearing anthers. 



Antrorse, orantrorsely; pointing forward 

 or upward. See retrorse. 



Apetalous; destitute of petals. 



Apex: the summit, upper or outer end. 



Aphyllous ; destitute of leaves. 



Apiculate; tipt with an abrupt minut 

 point. 



Apophysis; a prominence made by the 



enlargement of a body, as of the pedi- 

 cel at the base of the capsule, in Mosses. 



Apothecia; the cups, or shield-like recep- 

 taclesof the fructification of ibe Lichens. 



Appendiculate ; having some appendage 

 annexed. 



Appressed; pressed to, or lying close 

 against. 



Approximated; situated near each other. 



Aquatic ; growing naturally in water. 



Arachnoid, or araneous; resembling cob- 

 web. 



Arborescent; tree-like, in size. 



Arcuate ; curved, or bent like a bow. 

 half Areolae ; little areas ; circular spots, or 

 cavities ; the spaces between the cracks, 

 in Lichens. 



Areolate; having areolae, circumscribed 

 spaces, or cavities. 



Arid; dry, as if destitute of sap. 



Arillate ; having an aril! us. 



Arillus ; an expansion of the seed-stalk, 

 forming a loose (and often fleshy) coat- 

 ing of the seed. 



the Aristate ; awned; having awns or bristle- 

 like processes. 



Armed ; having thorns or prickles. 



Aromatic ; having a spicy flavor, or frag- 

 rance. 



Articulated ; jointed ; connected by joiuts. 

 or places of separation. 



Articulations ; joints ; the places at which 

 articulated members are separable. 



Ascending; rising obliquely. 



Asci; the cells which contain the sporidia, 

 in Lichens. 



Ascigerous ; bearing asci, or cells contain- 

 ing sporidia. 



Assurgent ; rising with a curve from a 

 declined base. 



Attenuated*,; thin ; or tapering gradually 

 until it becomes slender. 



Auricled, or auriculate ; having rounded 

 appendages at base, like ears. 



Awn; a slender bristle-like process, 

 common on the chaff of Grasses. 



Awned ; furnished with awns. 



Awnless; destitute of awns. 



Axil ; the angle between a leaf and stem, 

 on the upper side. 



Axillary ; situated in an axil. 



Axis ; the stem, or centre, round which 

 parts are arranged. 



Baccate; succulent, or fleshy, like a berry. 



Bald akenes; naked at summit; destitute 

 of pappus. 



Banner ; the broad upper petal of a pa- 

 pilionaceous flower, called, also, the 

 Vexillum. 



Barb; a straight slender process having 

 retrorse teeth. 



Barbellate; armed with little barbs, or 

 rigid retrorse points. 



Basilar ; situated at the base. 



Beak; a terminal tapering process, like 

 the bill of a bird. 



Beaked ; terminating in a beak. 



Bearded ; crested, or beset with parallel 

 bristly hairs; also applied to awned 

 wheat, &c. 



