GLOSSARY. 



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Axlle. Situated In the axis. 

 Axillary. Situated iu au axil. 

 Axis. The central line of any organ or sup- 

 port of a group of organs ; a stem, etc. 



Baccate. Berry-IIke; pulpy throughout. 

 liarbttl. Furnished with rigid points or 



short bristles, usually redexed like the barb 



of a fish-hook. 

 liarht'lhite. Finely barbetl. 

 BarbuUite. Finely bearded. 

 JJ(US(ily ISiUiilar. At or pertaining to the 



base. 

 Jiasijixed. Attached by the base. 

 lieakfd. Ending in a beak or prolonged tip. 

 UianUd. Bearing a long awn, or furnished 



with long or stiff hairs. 

 Berry. A fruit the whole pericarp of which 



is tieshy or pulpy. 

 Bi- or Bis-. A Latin prefix signifying two, 



twice, or doubly. 

 Bidtntate. Having two teeth. 

 Biennial. Of two years' duration. 

 Bijid. Two-clefl. 

 Bilabiate. Two-lippeu. 

 Bilocetlate. llaviug two secondary cells. 

 Bilocular. Two-celled. 

 Bisexual. Ilaving both stamens and pistils. 

 Bladdery. Thin and inflated. 

 Blade. The limb or expanded portion of a 



leaf, etc. 

 Bract. A more or less modified leaf subtend- 

 ing a flower or belonging to au iuUorescence, 



or sometimes cauline. 

 Bracteafe. Having bracts. 

 Bracteolate. Ilaving bra«tlets. 

 Bracteose. With numerous or conspicuous 



bracts. 

 Bractlet. A secondary bract, as one upon 



the pedicel of a flower. 

 Bristle. Antiff iiairorany similar outgrowth. 

 Bud. The rudimentary state of a stem or 



branch ; an unexpanded flower. 

 Bulb. A subterranean leaf-bud with fleshy 



scales or coats. 

 Bulhiferous. Bearing hulhs. 

 Bnlblet. A small bulb, especially one borne 



ujinn the stem. 

 Bulbous. Ilaving the character of a bulb. 



CaduroHs. Falling ofF very early. 



Catrarafe. Produced into or having a spur. 



Callus. A hard protuberance or callnsify. 



Calyculntc. Ilaving bracts around the calyx, 

 imitating an outer calyx. 



Cahjptra. The membranous hood or cover- 

 ing of the capsule in Ilepaticjr and Mosses. 



Caly.r. The outer perianth of the flower. 



Campanulate. Bell-shaped ; cup-shaped 

 with a broad haae. 



Campylnspervmus. Ilaving seeds with lon- 

 gitudinally involute margins, as in some 

 Unibelliferae. 



Campy lotropous (ovule or seed). So currod 



as to bring the ap< x and ba«c nearly to- 

 gether. 



Camiliculale. I..<mgitudinally cli»nuelle<t 



Caiuscent. Hoary Mith gray pubocence. 



Capitate. Sha|Rd like a head ; collected into 

 a head or dense cluster 



Capittllate. Collected into a small head. 



Capsular. Belonging to or of the nature of 

 a capsule. 



Capsule. A dry dehiscent fruit composed of 

 more tlxan one carpel; the Bpor«-cas« of 

 Hepaticu3, etc. 



( apsulij'erous. Cap.^ule-bearing. 



Carinate. Having a keel or a projecting lon- 

 gitudinal uiedi.il line on the lower surtice. 

 1 ( arpel. A simple pi.-til, or one member of a 

 compound pi>til. 



Cnrtllaijiiiuus. Of the texture of cartilage ; 

 firm and tough. 



Caruncle. Au excrescence or appendage at 

 or about the hilum of a seed. 



Carunculate. Having a caruncle. 



Caryopsis. A grain, as of grasses ; a seed- 

 Hke fruit with a thiu pericarp aduate to the 

 contiiined seed. 



Castaneous. Of a chestnut color ; brown. 



(.'at kin. An ament. 



Caudate. Having a slender tail-Uke ap- 

 pendage. 



Caudex. The persistent base of an otherwise 

 annual herbaceous stem. 



Caulescent . Having a inanife.>^t stem. 



Cauline. Belonging to the stem. 



Cavernous Hollow; full of air-cavities. 



Cell. One of the minute vesicles, of very va- 

 rious form.H, of which plants are formed. 

 Any structure containing a cavity, as the 

 cells of an anther, ovary, etc. 



Cellular (tissue). Composed of short trans, 

 parent thin-walled cells, in distinction from 

 fibrous or viuicular. 



Csjiitose. Growing in tufls ; forming mats 

 or turf. 



Chaff- A small thin scale or bract, becoming 

 dry and membranous. 



Chaffy. Ilaving or resembling chaff. 



Chainit lletl. Deeply grooved longitudinally, 

 like a gutter. 



Chartaceous. Having the texture of writing- 

 paper. 



Chlomphylf. The green grains within the 

 cell.«» of plants. 



Chlnn^jdiyllose. Contnining chlorophyll. 



Ciliate. Marginally fringed with hairs. 



CUiolatc. Minutely ciliate. 



Cinereous Ash-rolor. 



Circinate. Coileil from the top downward, 

 a.s the young frond of a fern. 



Cirrumscissile. I>ehisclng hy a regular 

 transverse circular line of division. 



Clarate. Club-shaped; gradually thick- 

 ened upward. 



Cleis/of/ainous. Fertilize*! in the bud, with- 

 out the oi>ening of the flower. 



