INDEX. 



PRONOUNCING, GLOSSARIAL AND REFERENTIAL. 



A. 



A (in composition) prefixed to a Greek 

 word, signifies without; as apetalcrus, 

 without petals. 



Abies, 218. 



Ab6rtive, not developed, imperfect. 



Abortion, non-development of a part. 



Abrupt at base, truncate. 



Absinthe, 147. 



Acacia, a-ka-shi-a, 124. 



Acaulescent, apparently stemless, 54, 66, 



Accessory, something superadded. 

 Accrescent, growing after flowering ; sc. 



Accumbent, lying against the edge, 103. 



See Cotyledons. 

 Acer, 192. 



Acerous, needle-shaped, 214. 

 Achenium (a-ken-i-um), plu 



achenia, 48, 147, 178. 

 Aconite, 64. 

 Acorns, 209, 210. 

 Aculeate, armed with prickles. 

 Acuminate, extended into a point 

 Acute, ending in a sharp angle. 

 Adam-and-Eve (Aplectrum), 236. 

 Adherent, growing to, 87. -A/W 

 Adherent Ovary. Current. Stffift 



110, 233. \\m 



Adiantum, 27. W 



Adnate, growing fast -_ v 



to, 74, 184. A^fc 



Adnate stipules, /// 



Rose. /// 



Addnis, 64. & 



Adventitious, out of the normal position, 



129. 



Aerial region, 20. 

 ^Esculus, 194. 

 ^Estivation, 42. 



Affinity, resemblance in essential organs 

 African Hemp, 258. 

 Agapanthus, 258. 

 Agave, a-ga-ve, 263. 

 Aggregate, assembled close together. 

 AglumaceouR, without glumes. 

 Air plants, 239. 

 Ala, pi. Alae, wings, 118. 



Albumen, 33, 42, 111. 



Albuminous. 186. 



Alburnum, the sap-wood (p. 107). 



Alnllirea or Alfilaria, the " Pin Grass" of 



the Pacific Coast (Erodiuni cicutarium), 



87. 



Algae, seaweeds, 27. 

 AlPium, 258. 

 Aloe, American, 263. 

 Aloes, 258. 



Alpine Primrose, 168. 

 Alternate generation, 22. 

 Alternate leaves, 193. 

 Alternating stamens, 33. 

 Alveolate, with pits, as a honeycomb. 

 Alyssum, 103. 

 Amaryllis. 263. 

 Amaryllidaceae, 262. 

 Ament, a deciduous spike, 208. i 



Am6rphous, without definite fo m. 

 Amplexicaul, stem-clasping, 



98,251. 



Amygdalus, 116. 

 Anagallis, 168. -sr\ 



Analysis, 13. Y/f ) 



Anatropous ovule, 56. vl I 

 Ancipital, two-edged, . \\y, 



244 "^ 



Androgynous, staminate and pistillate 



flowers together in a cluster, 266. 

 Anemdne, 61. 

 Angiosperms, 220. 

 Anise, 136. 



Annual, living one year ; yearly, 68. 

 Annular cells, cells distended with rings, 



225. 



Antennaria, 139. 

 Anterior, facing outward. 

 Anthe"mis, 147. 

 Anthelmintic, expelling or killing 



worms. 



Anther, innate, attached by base. 

 Anther, adnato. attached by back. 

 Anther, versatile, attached ^ 



by middle. \\ 



Anther, valvate, dehiscing ff% 



by valves. (| D 



Anthdsis, the act of flowering. 

 Anthericlia, staminate organs of 



Mosses, etc., 14. 



