BOTANICAL TERMS. 



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BOTANICAL TERMS. 



A. 



ABBREVIATUS, short. 



Acalices, having no c&Y\x. See Co&r. 



Acaulis, stemless ; wanting the caulis or stalk. 



Acerosus, chaffy. 



Acini, the small berries that compose the fruit of mulberry, 



strawberry, and bramble. 

 Acorn, the seed of the oak. 

 Acotyledones, plants not furnished with cotyledons or lobes, 



and which consequently do not put forth seminal leaves. 



See Cotyledones. 

 Acicularis, needle-shaped. 

 Acinaciformis, scymetar-shaped. 

 Acini, granulations. 

 Aculei, prickles ; a species of weapon wherewith the stems 



and branches of several plants are furnished. See Arma. 

 Acuminatum, pointed, tapering to a point. 

 Acutus, (acute,) sharp, ending with an acute angle. 

 Adnatus, connected. 

 Adpressus, contiguous, laid to. 

 Adversifolia, plants whose leaves stand opposite to each other 



upon the same branch. 

 Aggregatus, (aggregate,) a flower consisting of a number of 



smaller flowers, collected into one head by means of some 



part common to them all. 

 Air-bag. See Foliculus. 

 Ala, wing ; the name of a membrane affixed to some species of 



seeds, and which, by its flying, helps to disperse them. 

 Alatus. See Winged Seed, Stem, or Leaf-stalk. 

 Alburnum, the soft white substance which in trees is found 



between the inner bark and the wood, which in process of 



time acquiring solidity, becomes itself wood. 

 Alga, flags, rushes ; plants whose roots, leaves, and stem, 



are all in one. 

 Amara: hcrbae, bitter herbs. 

 Amentaceous, having that kind of calix termed Amentum, 



which see. 

 Amentum, or catkin ; a species of calix consisting of many 



chaffy scales, dispersed along a slender thread or receptacle, 



and so called from its resembling the tail of a cat. 

 Amplexicaulis, embracing the stem. 

 Anceps, two-edged. 

 Androgyna, androgynous. 

 Androgynous, producing male and female flowers from the 



same roots. 

 Angiospermia, the second order of the class Didynamia in the 



Sexual System, consisting of plants whose characteristic it is 



to have four stamina, two of which are long and two short. 

 Angular stem, having edges or corners, opposed to cylindrical 



or round. 



Angustifolius, narrow-leaved. 

 Annulus, a ring. 

 Anomalous, irregular ; subject to no certain order. 



Anther, anthera, or apex; the anther, summit, or top, of 



the stamen, connected with the flower, and elevated 



upon the filament or thread. See Stamen and Filamen- 



tum. 



Apetalous, having no petals or corolla. 

 Apex. See Anther. 

 Aphyllous, leafless. 

 Aquaticce, aquatics ; plants which grow in or near the 



water. 



Arachnoideus, cobwebbed. 

 Arbor, a tree ; a perennial plant, which rises to a very great 



height, with a simple, woody, and durable stem or trunk. 



See Herba. 



Arborescent, from herbaceous becoming woody. 

 Aril, a seed-coat, which covers the seed partially, or falls off 



spontaneously. 



Arilled, seeds covered with outer coats. 

 Arista. See Awn. 

 Arma, arms ; offensive weapons of plants, such as aculei or 



prickles. See Aculei : Spinae, thorns ; see Spina : Furcae, 



forks : and Stimuli, stings ; see Stimuli. 

 Articulus, a joint ; that part of the culmus or stalk in grasses, 



which is intercepted, or lies between two joints or knots. 



See Culmus. 

 Asper, rough. 



Asperifolia:, rough-leaved plants. 

 Auriculatus, ear-shaped. 

 Autumnales, plants which flower in autumn. 

 Awl-shaped, slender, and becoming finer towards the end like 



an awl. 

 Awn, or arista, the slender sharp substance growing to the 



valves of corn or grass, and frequently called a beard. 

 Axilla, an armpit ; the angle formed by the branch and stem, 



or by the leaf with either. Leaves are said to be axillary, 



which proceed from the angle formed by the stem and 



branch. 



Axillaris, axillary. 

 Axillary, (axillaris) the base or bottom of the leaves, or 



branches, on the upper and inner side. 

 Axis, an axle-tree. 



B. 



Bacca, a berry ; defined by Linneus to be a pulpy pericar- 

 pium or seed-vessel, without a valve or covering, and in- 

 closing several naked seeds. 



Barba, a beard ; a species of pubes or down, with which the 

 surfaces of some plants is covered. See Pubes. 



Barbatus, bearded. 



Bark. See Cortex. 



Barren, such flowers or florets as produce no perfect seed. 



Base. See Axillaris. 



Battledore-shaped. See Spatulatum. 



Beaded, granulatus ; consisting of many little knobs connect- 

 ed by small strings. 



