DEFINITIONS 



Alternate leaves. — Arranged on the stem, or branch, otherwise 

 than opposite or whorled. 



Annual. — Lasting only one year. 



Anther. — The pollen-bearing part of the stamen. 



Axillary. — In the angle between a leaf, or branch, and the stem. 



Berry. — A small, wholly fleshy fruit. 



Bloom. — A waxy surface, as on the plum. 



Bract. — A modified leaf. 



Calyx. — The outer part of the floral envelope, made up of sepals, 

 separate or joined together, generally green (see illustration 

 in " Directions "). 



Cleft. — Cut about half way. 



Chister. — An assemblage, or bunch, of flowers or leaves (the 

 term is not applied to the spike, raceme, head, or definite 

 umbel, but includes corymbs, cymes, panicles, and com- 

 pound racemes). 



Composite. — The name of a large family in which apparently 

 single flowers are made up of many florets. The central 

 ones (usually tubular) may form a disk, the outer forming 

 rays, as in the daisy, or all may be strap-shaped, as in the 

 dandelion, or all may be tubular. 



Compound leaf. — A leaf made up of leaflets (see illustration in 

 " Directions"). 



Corolla. — The inner part of the floral envelope, made up of 

 I>etals, separate or joined together. It is generally the 

 part which gives the flower its color (see illustration in 

 "Directions"). 



Corymb. — A flat or convex cluster with the outer flowers blos- 

 soming first. 



Cynie. — A cluster with the inner flowers blossoming first. 



Disk. — The centre of a composite flower-head. 



Dissected. — Finely cut up (see illustration of Yarrow, White 38). 



Divided. — With lobes reaching to the base. 



Drupe. — A fleshy fruit with stony centre, as the cherry. 



Filament. — The part of the stamen bearing the anther. 



Flower-head. — A collection of florets joined into an apparently 

 single flower, as in the Composite family. 



Head. — A thick, close cluster of flowers practically, or quite, 

 without separate stalks, as in the clover. 



Herb. — A plant without lasting woody stem. 



Involucre. — A wh(jrl of modified leaves (bracts) around a flower. 



Lance-shaped. — Long-pointed, with widest part nearer the base. 



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