GLOSSARY ami INDEX. 195 



Andro-dicBciout, flowers starainate on one plant, perfect on another. 

 Androgynous, having both staniinate and pistillate Rowers in the same cluster. 

 Androphore, a column of united stamens, as in a Hallow. 

 Androus, or Audi r, andra, andrum, Greek in compounds for male, or stamens. 

 Anemophilous, mud-loving, said of wind-fertilizable Bowers, 113. 

 Anfractuose, bent hither and thither as the anthers of the Squash, be 

 Angiospt runr, Angiospermousi with seeds formed in an ovary or pericarp, 109. 

 Angular divcrgenci of leaves, 69. 



/IfUMM, unequal. Anisomerous, parts unequal in Dumber. Anisopetalous, with on- 

 equal petals. Anisopkyllous, the leaves unequal in the pairs. 

 ^Htuiaj (plant), flowering and fruiting the year it i-< raised from the seed, and then 



dying, 37. 

 Annular, in the form of a ring, or forming a circle. 

 Annulate, marked by rings; or furnished with an 

 Annulus, or ring, like that of the Bpore-case of most Perns. Tn Mosses it is a ring 



of cells placed between the mouth of the Bpore-case and the li'l in many B] • 

 AnnoHnous, yearly, or In yearly growths. 

 Anterior, in the blossom, is the part next the bract, i. e. external; while the 



posterior side is that next the axis of inflorescence. Thus, in the Pea, <.v<-., the 



keel is anterior, and the standard posterior, 96. 

 Ant In la, an open paniculate cyme. 



Anther, the essential part of the stamen, which contains the pollen, 14, 80, 101, 

 Antheridiutn (plural antheridia), the organ in Cryptogams which answers to the 



anther of Flowering Plants, 150. 

 Antheriferous, anther-bearing. 



Antkesis, the period or the act of the expansion of a flower. 

 Anthocarpus (fruits), 118. 



Anihophort, a stipe between calyx and corolla, 113. 

 Anihos, Greek for flower; in composition. Monanthous, one-flowered, &c. 

 Anticous, same as anterior. 

 Antrorse, directed upwards or forwards. 

 Apetatous, destitute of petals, 86. 

 Aphyllous, leafless. 



Apical, belonging to the apex or point. 

 Apiculaie, pointleted; tipped with a small point. 



Apocarpous (pistils), when the several pistils of the same flower are separate. 

 Apophysis, any irregular swelling ; the enlargement at the base of the Bpore-case <>f 



the Umbrella-Moss. 

 Apothedum, the fructification of Lichens, 171. 



Appendage, any superadded part. Appendiculate, provided with appendages. 

 Appressed, rinse pressed to the stem, fee. 

 Apricus, growing in dry and sunny places. 

 Apterous, wingless. 

 Aquatic [AqwUilis), living or growing in water ; applied to plants whether growing 



under water, or with all but the base raised out of it. 

 Arachnoid, AraneoSO, cobwebby; el, ,thed with, or COnsisI in- of, BOft downy fibres. 



Arboreous, Arborescent, tree-like, in size or form, :'.'.». 

 Arbort turn, a collection of trees. 



Arrhi t/oiiium (plural arche'/mila), the organ in IfoSSeS, \c, which (fl analogous to 



the pistil of Flowering Plants. 

 Arcuate, bent or curved I ik** ■ bow. 

 Arenas* (Arenarius), growing in sand. 

 Art olate, marked nut into little spaces or an ok*. 

 Argenteous, or Argentate, Bilvery-like, 

 Argillost , growing in clay. 



Argos, Greek for pure white; Argophyllous or Argyrophyllous, white-leaved, &c. 

 Argutus, acutely dentate. 



