GLOSSARY. 



Abortion. TnipcM-foet or iioii-ilovolopiiKMil of ;i 



part. 

 Aclu'iic or akciic. A dry. lianl. l-cfllcd and 



1-seeded indeliiswnt fruit. 

 Acinninate. Tapering to a rather lonj,' ])()int. 

 Acute. Witli a sliort sliar]) jjoint. 

 Adnate. Cluselv united or growing' lo (liter- 

 ally •• i)orn w'ith"!. 

 .Estivation. The arrangement nf the parts of 



a flower in tlie i)ud. 

 Albumen. Nutritive nniterial surrounding 



the embryo in some seeds. 

 AlbunuMious. Furnished with albumen. 

 Alternate. Xot opposite; applied to leaves 



and flowers. 

 Anient. A spike of unisexual (lowers, each 



subtended by a bract; a catkin. 

 Ampliitropous. Said of a ^traijiht ovule or 



seed when iialf inverted. 

 Anatropinis. Said of straiglit ovules or seeds 



when inverted, the micropyle being near the 



hilum. 

 Androgynous. Said of an inlloresence com- 



poseci of botii staminate and pistillate 



ilowers. 

 Angiospermous. Having seeds borne in a 



closed pericarp. 

 Anther. The portion of a stanuMi which con- 

 tains the pollen. 

 Anthesis. The time of the opening of a 



flower. 

 Apetalous. Without petals or corolla. 

 Apiculate. With a short pointed tip. 

 Arcuate. Curved. 

 Aril. An appendage growing about the liilum 



of a seed. 

 Aristate. Terminating in an awn or bristle. 

 Articulated. Joined by a more or less easily 



separable joint. 

 Ascending. Crowing upward. 

 Auriculate. Furnished at base with ear-like 



lobes. 

 Attenuate. Long-tapering. 

 Awn. A bristle-like a])peiulage. 

 Awned. Furnished with awns. 

 Axil. The upper angle between the leaf and 



the stem or branch which bears it. 

 Axillary. Of or from the axil. 

 Axile. Situated in the axil. 

 Baccate. Herry-like with llc^hy pulp. 

 Berrv. A fruit with whollv pulp\ pericarp. 

 I^ilid'. 2-cleft. 



liijiinnate. Twice pinna)cl\' ciniiiinmid. 

 Pract. Altered >,Ml,-likc 'leaf ..f an inb.r- 



Bractlet. Diminuti\e of bract, ii secondary 

 "bract. 



Bracteate. Furnished with bracts. 

 Bracteolate. Furnished with bractlets. 

 Caducous. Falling very early — earlier than 



deciduous. 

 CalvN. The outer of the two series of Moral 



envelopes. 

 Calvx tube. The tube formed bv the union 



of the sepals. 

 ( ampanulate. Bell-shaped. 

 Canipylotropous. Said of an ovule or .seed 



which is curved, so that the micropyle and 



liilum are near together. 

 Canescent. Hoary with a whitish pubescence. 

 Capitate. Forming a head. 

 Capsular. Pertaining to a cajisule. 

 Capsule. A dry dehiscent fruit formed from 



two or more carjiels. 

 Carinate. Having a keel-like medial ridge. 

 Carpel. A simple pistil or element of a coin- 



])ouiid pistil. 

 Carpellary. Of or belonging to a carpel. 

 Caruncle. An appendage at the hilum of a 



seed. 

 Catkin. An anient. 

 Caudate. With a tail-like appendage. 

 Chala/a. The point of attachment of an 



ovule or seed with its coats. 

 Chartaceous. Having a paper-like texture. 

 Ciliate. Fringed with small hairs on margin 



like miniature eye-lashes. 

 Ciliolate. Minutely ciliate. 

 Cinereous. Of an ash-gray color. 

 Circinate. Coiled from the top down. 

 Clavate. Club-shaped. 

 Cleistogamous. Fertilized in the bud. 

 Claw. The narrow stalk-like base of petal, 



sepal, et... 

 Cleft. Cut about to the middle. 

 Coccus, (pi. cocci) One of the portions into 



which a lobed fruit with 1-seeded cells 



splits. 

 Cochleate. Spiral; like a snail->hell. 

 Columella. The ])ersisteiit axis of some cap- 

 Coma, 'i'he hairs at the end of some seeds. 

 Comose. Furnished with a coma. 

 Compound. Composed of two or more similar 



parts. 

 Compressed. I'lattened laterally. 

 Coilduplicate. Folded together lengthwise. 

 Connate. United or grown together. 

 Connective. The ])(U'tion of a stamen which 



connects the anther-cells. 

 Connivent. Co-iiinu' in contact. 

 Convolute. Kolled together lengthwise. 

 Conlate. Heart-shape.l. 

 Coriaceous. Leather-like in texture. 



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