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GLOSSARY. 



Areolatc. Divided into small spaces or areolai. 



Arcolation. Any system of cellular or reticu- 

 lated markings. 



Aril. An expanded appendage to the hilmn, 

 enveloping the seed. 



Arillate. Having an aril. 



Arilliform. Resembling an aril. 



Aristate. Having an awn. 



Aristulate. Having a very small awn. 



Articulated. Jointed. 



Ascending. Rising somewhat obliquely, not 

 erect. 



Asteroid. Having a flower resembling that of 

 an Aster. 



Attenuate. Narrowing gradually ; tapering. 



Auricle. A small ear-like lobe at the base of a 

 leaf. 



Auriculate. Furnished with auricles. 



Awl-shaped. Shaped like the point of an awl ; 

 narrowing above to a sharp point from a rather 

 broad base. 



Awn. A bristle-like terminal or dorsal appen- 

 dage. 



Awned. Furnished with an awn. 



Axil. The angle formed by a leaf or branch 

 with the stem. 



Axile or Axial. Situated in the axis or relating 

 to it. 



Axillary. Situated in an axil. 



Axis. The central line of a body in the direction 

 of its length ; the stem. 



Baccate. Berry-like ; pulpy. 



Banner. A name often applied to the standard 

 or upper petal of a papilionaceous flower. 



Barb. A sharply reflexed point upon an awn, 

 etc., like the barb of a fish-hook. 



Barbed. Furnished with barbs. 



Bark. The outer covering or rind of a stem. 



Basal. At, from, or relating to the base. 



Base. The end next the point of attachment or 

 support ; the lower end. 



Basifixed. Attached by the lower end. 



Basilar. See Basal. 



Beak. A prolonged tip. 



Beaked. Ending in a beak. 



Berry. A simple fruit of which the whole sub- 

 stance, excepting the seeds, is pulpy. 



Bi- or Bis-. A Latin prefix signifying two or 

 twice, as bibracteate, with two bracts ; bi- 

 dentate, with two teeth ; bilernate, twice ter- 

 nate. 



Bifarious. In two ranks. 



Bifid. Two-cleft. 



Bilocular. Two-celled. 



Bipinnate. Twice pinnate. 



Biserrate. Doubly serrate. 



Bisexual. Having both stamens and pistil, or 

 corresponding organs (in cryptogams). 



Bladdery. Thin and inflated. 



Blade. The expanded portion of a leaf. 



Bract. A leaf or modification of a leaf subtend- 

 ing a flower or flower-cluster. 



Bractcatc. Having bracts. 



Bracteolate. Having bractlets. 



Bractlct. A secondary bract upon the pedicel 

 of a flower. 



Branch. A division of a stem. 



Branchlet. A secondary or ultimate division of 

 a stem. 



Bristle. A stiff hair or bristle-like appendage. 



Bud. The early rudimentary form of a stem or 

 branch, or an unexpanded flower. 



Bud-scales. The scales which form the outer 

 coats of a leaf-bud. 



Bulb. A subterranean roundish body, formed 

 of fleshy scales or coatings, essentially a rudi- 

 mentary stem or leaf-bud, and at length de- 

 veloping a flowering stem and often leaves. 



Bulbiferous. Bulb-bearing. 



Bnlblct. A small bulb formed in the axil of a 

 leaf or bract. 



Bulbous. Producing bulbs ; bulb-like. 



Caducous. Falling very early ; not at all per- 

 sistent. 



Calcarate. Spurred. 



Callus. A callosity or hard protuberance. 



Calycine. Relating to the calyx. 



Calyculate. Having an involucre resembling a 

 second external calyx. 



Calyptra. In mosses, the hood which at first 

 covers the capsule. 



Calyx. The outer envelope of a flower. 



Campanulate. Bell-shaped or cup-shaped, with 

 broad base. 



Canaliculate. Channelled ; having a longitu- 

 dinal groove. 



Canescent. Hoary with a grayish pubescence or 

 puberuleuce. 



Capillary. Very slender and hair-like. 



Capitate. Subglobose and terminal, like a head ; 

 collected in a head. 



Capitellate. Diminutive of capitate. 



Capsular. Relating to or like a capsule. 



Capsule. A dry dehiscent fruit formed from a 

 compound pistil ; the fruit of mosses. 



Carina. A keel, a prominent longitudinal ridge 

 along the middle of a convex dorsal surface ; 

 applied also to the coherent lower petals of a 

 papilionaceous flower. 



Carinate. Keeled. 



Caryopsis. A seed-like fruit with the very thin 

 pericarp adherent throughout to the real seed, 

 as in most grasses. 



Carpel. A simple pistil or one of the several 

 parts of a compound pistil. 



Carpophore. A prolongation of the axis be- 

 tween the carpels, as often in the Umbel- 

 lifene. 



Cartilaginous. Firm and tough like cartilage. 



Caruncle. An outgrowth or expanded appen- 

 dage at the base of a seed ; sometimes applied 

 to an enlargement of the rhaphe. 



Catkin. A scaly unisexual spike ; an anu'iit. 



Caudate. Having a tail or slender tail-like ap- 

 pendage. 



Caudex. The trunk of a palm or other arbor- 

 escent endogen ; or the persistent base of any 

 herbaceous perennial. 



Caudicle. In orchids, the slender foot-stalk of 

 the pollen-masses. 



Caulescent. Having a manifest stem. 



Cauline. Belonging to the stem. 



