Embryo — The rudimentary plant contained in a seed. 



Entire — Not toothed. 



Eilameul — See Stamen. 



Fruit — The matured ovary and its contents, together with any appen- 

 dages of the flower which seem to form an integral part, as the calyx 

 of an Apple or a Rose. 



Head — When numerous flowers are arranged upon a disk or receptacle ; 

 examples : Ox-eye Daisy, Clover. 



Involucre — A circle of bracts round a flower or flower-head. 



Irregular — With some of the parts different in size or shape. 



Lobed — Divided to about the middle. 



Ovary — See Pistil. 



Panicle — A compound raceme, or a raceme with branched footstalks; 

 example : Oats. 



Pedicel — The stalk of a flower in a cluster. 



Peduncle — The stalk of a flower. 



Petals — The separate parts of a corolla. 



Petiole — The stalk of a leaf. 



Pinnate — Feather-like, having leaflets on each side of a main stalk. 



Pinnatifid — Cut like a pinnate leaf. 



Pistil — The female organ of a flower, composed of the ovary, which 

 contains the seed, the stigma, a soft viscid part of the pistil which 

 receives the pollen grains, and the style, which supports the stigma. 



Pollen — See Stamen. 



Pubescent — Downy. 



Eaceme — Like a spike but with the flowers borne upon footstalks of an 

 equal and of a noticeable length; example: Lily-of-the-Valley. 



Radicle — The first root that comes from a seed. 



Regular — With the parts uniform in size and shape. 



Rootstock — A creeping stem below the surface of the ground. 



Runcinate — Having the teeth of a leaf directed towards the base. 



Scarious — Membranous. 



Seed — The embryo with its covering, if this is not part of the ovary. 



Sepals — The separate parts of the calyx. 



Sessile — Without a footstalk. 



Spatulate — Expanded above and narrowed at the base. 



Spike — When the flowerstalks are very short or wanting on a long cylin- 

 drical flower-cluster. 



Stamen — The male organ of a flower composed of the anther, which 

 holds the fertilizing polleri grains, and the support called the fila- 

 ment. 



Stellate— Shaped like a star. 



Stigma — See Pistil. 



Stipule — A small leafy expansion of llie base of a petiole. 



Style— See Pistil. 



Truncate — Cut off abruptly. 



Umbel — When the flowers are supported upon footstalks rising from 

 the summit of a general footstalk; example: Geranium. If each 

 of the footstalks of an umbel bears a secondary umbel as in the 

 Carrot, it is a componnd umbel. 



In Botany the word fniit signifies the enlarged and matured ovary, 

 whatever its subsiance may be and whether fit to eat or not. In the small 

 fruits of many weeds it is sometimes difficult to decide whether these are 



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