GLOSSARY 



(icaiilescent, apparently stemless; the 

 proper stem being very short or 

 subterranean. 



accrescent, growing larger after flow- 

 ering. 



decumbent, lying against a thing. 

 The cotyledons are accumbent 

 when they lie with their edges 

 against the caulicle. 



acerose, needle-shaped. 



achene, a dry indehiscent 1-seeded 

 fruit. 



acicular, needle-shaped, more slender 

 than acerose. 



aculeate, armed with prickles. 



acuminate, taper-pointed. 



acute, ending in a point less than a 

 right angle. 



adherent, sticking to, or growing fast 

 to another body. 



adnate, born adherent. 



festival, produced in summer. 



(estivation, the arrangement of parts 

 in a flower-bud. 



alate, winged. 



alliaceous, with the odor of onions. 



alternate, one after another. 



alveolate, honeycomb-like. 



ainent, the scaly spike of trees, like 

 the alder and willow. 



amphitropous, attached by the middle 

 and having the micropyle at one 

 end and the chalaza at the other. 



amplexicaul, clasping the stem by the 



anatropous, inverted, when the micro- 

 pyle is at the same end as the 

 hilum. 



ancipital, 2-edged. 



androgynous, having both staminate 

 and pistillate flowers in the same 

 cluster. 



annual, producing flowers and fruit 

 the first year and then dying. 



anterior, in a flower, is the part next 

 the bract. See posterior. 



anther, the part of the stamen which 

 bears the pollen. 



antheriferous, anther-bearing. 



anthesis, the period of flowering. 



antrorse, directed upward. 



apetalous, destitute of petals. 



apical, belonging to the apex. 



apiculate, tipped with a small point. 



apophysis, any irregular swelling. 



aquatic, growing in water. 



arachnoid, cobwebby. 



arborescent, tree-like. 



arcuate, bent or curved. 



areolate, marked out into little 

 spaces. 



aristate, awned. 



aristulate, short-awned. 



articulated, jointed. 



ascending, rising obliquely upward. 



assurgent see ascending. 



aunculate, with auricles or ear-like 

 appendages. 



awl-shaped, sharp- pointed from a 

 broader base. 



awn, a bristle or beard-like append- 

 age. 



axillary, occurring in an axil. 



baccate, berry-like. 

 barbate, bearded. 



berry, a fruit, pulpy or juicy through- 

 out, as a grape. 



