GLOSSARY 



Acuminate. Tapering to a long 

 point. 



Acute. Pointed. 



Alternate (leaves). Placed alter- 

 nately on either side of stem. 



Annual. Living for one year. 



Anther. Part of stamen (pollen- 

 bearing). 



Awn. A terminal bristle. 



Axil. Place of attachment to stem. 



Basidium. A specialized, repro- 

 ductive cell, in Fungi. 



Berry. A fruit having all layers of 

 pericarp fleshy and succulent. 



Biennial. Living for two years. 



Bract. A leaf in whose axil a 

 flower is placed. 



Calyx. Outer whorl of flower. 

 Campanulate. Bell-shaped. 

 Capsule. A seed-case. 

 Carpel, Part of pistil of flower. 

 Chemotropism. The influence of 



certain chemicals on fungus- 



hyphse. 

 Chlorophyll. The source of the 



green colour of plants. 

 Chotomous. Divided. 

 Clasping. Adhering laterally. 

 Cone. Fruit of Conifers. 

 Convolute. One margin rolled in- 

 wards towards midrib. 

 Cordate (leaves). Heart-shaped, or 



with rounded lobes at base. 

 Coriaceous (leaves). Dry or leathery. 

 Corolla. Inner whorl of flower. 

 Corsnnb. A flattened panicle. 

 Cuneate (leaves). Wedge-shaped, 



tapering towards base. 

 Cyme. Two or more peduncles 



springing beneath terminal 



flower. 



Deciduous. Falling when ripe or 

 withered. 



Dehisce. To split. 



Dentate (leaves). Outwardly point- 

 ing teeth at margin. 



Digitate (leaves). Leaflets radiating 

 from point of stalk. 



Dioecious. Barren and fertile 

 flowers on separate plants. 



Drupe. 



fruit. 



A uni- or bi-locular stone- 



EUiptic (leaves). See Oval. 

 Endocarp. Innermost layer of 



pericarp. 

 Entire. Not lobed or divided. 

 Evergreen (leaves). Persistent. 



Follicle. A unilocular capsule de- 

 hiscing only by the ventral 

 suture. 



Glabrous. Not shining. 

 Gland. A secreting organ. 

 Glaucous. Whitish green. 

 Glume. A form of bract. 



Herbaceous. Not woody. 



Hilum. Portion of ovule attached 

 I to placenta. 



I Hispid. Covered with stiff hairs. 

 ' Hypothandium. Inflorescence sur- 

 I face hollowed like a pitcher. 



Imbricate. Overlapping like tiles. 

 I Inferior. Below. 



Inflated. Expanded. 



Involucre. A form of bract. 

 i Involute. Rolled inwards towards 

 midrib. 



Lanceolate (leaves). Broadest be. 



low middle, tapering towards 



apex. 

 Linear (leaves). Very narrow, but 



flat. 

 Lobe. A division of corolla of 



flower. 

 Loculus. A cavity. 



Midrib. Central rib, or nerve. 



Monoecious. Barren and fertile 

 flowers distinct, but on the same 

 plant. 



Mucronate (leaves). With midrib 

 i projecting from apex. 



Mycelium. A development of the 

 germinating spores of Fungi, ex- 

 hibiting Chemotropism. 



Nectary, Honey-secreting part of 

 I flower. 



1 Nidus. (Parasites), situation in the 

 I Host. 

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