GLOSSARY 



A in 



Abortion; MO. 



n ha. the face* of not 

 - l*Uloaa, wMoS 



Abortive ; wanting by abortion. 

 Aeanleeeent; destitute of caulls, 



- : 



Aeeent; the grave accent, that (- X 

 denotes that the vowel over which 

 It Is placed Is long; the acute accent, 

 thus (), denotes that the vowel Is 







Acerose; 375, at (15). 

 ft chonlnni ; 461. 

 Achlsmydeous; destitute of both calyx 



and corolla. 

 Acotyledonons : 121. 

 Aculeate; prickly. 

 Acuminate ; 334, at (8). 

 Acute; 384. at (1). 

 Adherent ;S8S, at (2). 

 Adnate ; 3*3, at (1) ; 8<3 ; form of the 



Aggregate; densely clustered. 

 AlbQmo; 8; 801. 

 Alburnum; ML 

 Alternate ; MO, at (1). 

 Alveolate; presenting Uic appearance 

 lib. 



Anclpltal ; Battened, so as to appear 



3-edged. 



Androsdnm; 414. 

 Androgynous; having slamlnate and 



pistillate flowers In the same clus- 



Annual ; abbreviated An.. 144 

 Anterior ; that part or aide of any or- 

 gan which Is furthest from the main 



-,\ .;-.::.; .-.:. nV r. 

 Anther; 41. 



Apetakms; without petals. 

 Appreasad ; ptuaaud down closely upon 



something els*. 

 AqoaUc; 151. 

 Arborescent ; attaining the size of a 



tree. 



Aril; MM. 

 Armed; furnished with thorns, pric- 







Arrow-fcrm; 275,at(lX 

 ArUcnlation ; 8TT. 

 Ascending ; 387, at (1). 

 Asnrgeit ; same as ascending. 

 Auricula!* A urided ; 876, at (18). 

 Awn; 885. 



A wned ; famished with an awn. 

 Axil : the ancle between a leaf or Its 



petiole and the branch or stem on 



which It (trows. 

 Axillary; growing In an axIL 



Baccate; berry-Ilk*. 



Bark; 318. 



Banner; 873; 408. 



Barbed; furnished with stiff, booked 



Barren; ST1 



Beak; a stiff terminal point. 



Bearded; furnished with long, tufted 



Berry; 4TT. 



Biennial; abbreviated BtsB. 



BUM : two-lobed or two-parted. 



BUaMsu: iwo-ippsd: In MpBeatlon 



I: ';'-,.' ITC v " ' 



Blufcllslini ; twlof pfnnatlBd. as when 

 ft* aapneets of a plnnatlBd leat 

 3T stTwi sre afaln ptonatUd. 





; furnished with 



Bracts; 396. 



Branchea; ITS. 



Branchleu; subdivisions of the 



BrtsUea: 81,at(l>. 



Bod; ITS. 



Bulb; 841. 



Bnlblel; 341. 



Bulblferuu; bulb-bearing. 



Caducous; 411, at (1). 



OepltoM ; growing in tnfti, 



Calyptra; ti. 



Calyx ;891. 



Cambium; 44. 



Cambium Layer ; SOI. 



Oampanulate; DM. 



Caneaeent; clothed with a nilvery- 



v uti i - m 



Capillary; very slender as fine as 



Capitate; clustered In heads; 345. 



Capsule; 471. 



Oarlnate ; shaped like the keel of a 



ship. 



Carpel; 4SS. 

 Carpellary ; 453. 

 Carpophore; Order I, VII., page 114. 



O:-;. ;.''..,.. :.-; M. 



OnropA: 4-1. 



. tttf; Ml 



Caudate; tipped with a tail-like ap- 



pendage. 

 Cauleaoent; possessing a caulls (22C), 



or proper stem. 

 Canleaoent; belonging to the canlta 



fjM . orML 

 Celb-oT the orary, 455-of the an- 



tber, 422. 

 Cell-BTowth; 83. 

 Cellnlar; 2. 

 Ccllul.r tissue; 9. 

 Centrlrairal Inflorescence ; 884. 



Cliaffy ; clothed with chaff-like scales. 

 Channelled ; deeply furrowed or 



eroored. 

 Clllate; 81. 

 Clrrlnate; 458, at (). 

 Clrcomseeslle ; opening all round, as 



In the pyxla, 487. 

 drrboae; 279, at (4). 

 Clasping; 275. at (14) ; 285. at (41 

 Clarate; club-ahaped ; enlarged up- 



ward toward the apex. 

 Claw; 8*,at(2). 

 Cleft; aame a* lobed, 278. 

 Colored ; not green. 

 Column ; Order CXXV., page 12. 

 Coma; a toft of silky bain attached 



to a seed ; 47. 



Oomoae; furnished with sach a tuft 

 Ooumlsaon; 481 

 Complete flower: KM; 870. 

 Compound leaf; 2TT. 



^ PMII; 418; 454. 



Q ,..;.. -. '; -..-. I 



c .-. , . ! -.1. ; . 



Oondnpllcate;8,at(l). 



Cone; 4l. 



Continent; growing together. 



Oomeal-root; 18. 



Cowoato: &. at(!7). 



..-..,,. M 



Connlrent; amrrrglng toward (Mb 



other. 

 Continuous; uninterrupted; without 



Jolnta or dlrtalooa. 

 ContraeUd ; drawn toother ; prareely 



apreadlnt M * panicle with .|~ 



pntMd SniMbM bmtncML 

 Conret ; swelling outward. 

 Convolute: 8T8. 

 Cordate ; 27.'.. at a). 

 Cortaoenae; thick ; leathery. 

 , .. .., 



Corolla; 851; 883. 



< Brynb; M 



Corymbose ; arranged In a corymb. 



Cotyledon; tlT. 



Creeping atom; 245. 



Cranate; SSS,at(5). 



Crest ; a ridge-like process somewhat 



resembling the crest of a helmet 

 Crown ; an appendage of tho disk, as 



In the thin cup-like expansion of the 



Narcissus. 

 Cruciform; 400. 

 Cryptogamous ; 108. 

 Cucullate ; hooded ; resembling a hood. 

 Calm: 228. 



Cuneiform, or cnncate ; like a wedge. 

 Cut; 288, at (7). 



Cvllndrlc; shaped like a cylinder. 

 Cyme; 847. 



Cymose ; arranged In a cyme. 

 Dash ( ) between two numbers Mimi- 



fles that any number between thoe 



given Including tho number* them- 



selves will bo correct, as stamens 



1 3, which Is thus expressed, sta- 



mens from 1 to 8; that Is cither 1,2, 



or 8. 



Decandrous; 485. 

 Deciduous; 815, at (t); 411, at (2). 

 Decllnate and declined; bent down- 



ward. 



Decompound; 283. 

 Decumbent.; 28T, at (2). 

 Decnrrent leaf; 275, at (29). 

 Decussate : crossing at right angle*. 

 Definite ; few In number and not sub- 



ject to variation. 

 Deflexed ; bent downward. 

 Dehiseence of the anther, 422; of 



the fruit, 467. 



Deltoid ; shaped like the Greek letter A 

 Dentate ; 288, at (8). 

 Depressed ; pressed down. 

 Dladelphoua; 43T. 



Dichotomous; regularly forked ; 183. 

 Dicotyledonous; 119. 

 Diclinous; flowen not perfect; 874. 

 Dldrmons; composed of 8 equal, sep- 



arable carpels, as In ITmbelllfonr. 

 niilrnamnns ; 486, at (I). 

 Diffuse; widely-spreading. 

 DMMtj --". ' 

 Dlojclous; 48T. 

 Discoid : 407. at (1). 

 Disk; 845, 854; also In the radiate 



Compost!*; 407, at (2). 



MnoM; Mid (8> 



Dissepiment: 455. 



Distinct; not united. 



Divaricate; widely diverging or sepa- 



rating from one another. 

 Divided; same as lobed and lobes, 



m 



Dorsal- suture; 459. 



Downy, aame as pubescent; 81, at (3). 



Drupaceous; drape-like. 



Ecblnate; covered with minute pric- 



Klats; VJ. 



Elliptical; Miaped like an ellipse; 

 nearly the same as oval, 375, at <5X 

 but often narrower and acute at ue 

 . -i. 



|marflnate;388,at(6). 



i - MTO: ft 



Kmcraed ; out of water. 



odootmi *>- 



Endoaooae; 1(7. 



BiMtform : 275, at (27). 



Entire; 388. at (1). 



Kplcarp; 4W. 



Kpldermh ; H-of IMTM, 354. 



EpUrynoas; situated on the ovary. 



Kqultant; Z5, at (8). 

 .'S8,at(ll). 



i HMMM; i'"-. 



Kxotlc ; not nallvo ; of foreijm origin. 

 lirojeetlng out of tho flower 



or otli> 



ExsUpulato; 294. 

 Extrone; 424. 



Falcate ; curved like a cutlass blade. 

 Farinaceous; having the consUtcnoo 



of grains of meal. 

 Fascicle; 848. 

 Fascicled root; 142. 

 Fastlglate; flat-topnc<l, as in corymbs 

 Feather-veined ; 271. 

 Fertile ; 878. 

 Fibrils; 127. 

 Fibrous root; 185. 

 Filament ; 416. 



Filiform; very slender; thread-form. 

 Fimbriate ; fringed. 

 Flstnlar, or flstnlons ; linllow. 

 Fleshy; having nearly tho C<M 



of flesh. 



Flexnous; zig-zag. 

 Floral envelopes; 851. 

 Flerets; 407. 

 Flower; 851. 

 Flowering plants; 108. 

 Flowerless plants ; 108. 

 Follaeeous; leafy; leaf-like. 

 Follicle; 476. 

 Forked; separating Into 8 diverging 



branches; 182. 

 Free; 888, at (1). 

 Free central placenta ; 462. 

 Frilled: 338, at (9). 

 Fringed : bordered by a fringe. 

 Frond; 98; a leaf-like, expansion, as In 



flfs.kindlB.FWe 111. 

 Fruit ; 465 ; 486. 

 Fugacious ; 815, at (i). 

 Funlculus; 600. 

 Funnel-form ; 895. 

 Furcate; somewhat forked. 

 Fusiform ; 1ST. 

 Genus; plural genera. 

 Germ ; old name for ovary. 

 Germination. 122. 

 Gibbons; 8S7. 

 Glabrous; destitute of hairs, glamls 



and prickles; smooth. 

 Glands; 83. 

 eiaadllar; >.'. 



Glaucous; of a pale sea-green color. 

 Globose; shaped like a ball or globe, 

 Glnmaceous; composed of glumes: 



Ota*; M 



Granular; made up of little grains, re- 

 sembling grains of sand. 



Grain ; same as caryopsls; 434. 



Oynoxium; 444. 



Hairs; 80. 



Halbert-form ; 275, at (12). 



Hastate; 375, at (12). 



Head; 843. 



Heart-shaped; 275, at (7). 



Heart-wood; 201. 



Herbaceous; 148. 

 J16. 



lllluin; 600. 



lllrnule; 81, at (8). 



Illpl.l; 1. at(l). 



Hoary ; clothed with short white hairs. 



Hooded; shaped like a hood. 



Hypocrateriform ; 892. 



llypogynons ; lnserte<l below the ova- 

 ry, usually on the receptacle. 



Imbricate; parts overlapping one 

 another like shingles on a root 



Imbrtcated-preflorallon ; 259, at (4); 

 877. 



Incised; 888, at (T). 



