INDEX. 



PRONOUNCING, GLOSSARIAL AND REFERENTIAL 



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LimueiiL, i^iJ-ig against tiic 



^e Cotyledoiit-. i , , 



r, 192. Y/ 



rous, needle-shaped, 214. y 

 eniuin(a-keu-i-um>,plu. f 

 henia, 48, 14T, 178. i 



A (in composition) prefixed to a Greek 



word, signifies without; as apetalous, 



without petals. 

 Abies, 218. 



Ab6rtive, not developed, imperfect, 

 Abortion, non-development of a part 

 Abrupt at base, truncate, 

 Absinthe, 147. 

 Acacia, a-ka-slii-a, 124. 

 Acaulescent, apparently stemless, 54, 66, 



143. 

 Accessory, something superadded. 

 Accrescent, growing after flowering ; sc. 



calyx. 

 Accumbent, lying against the edge, 103. 



See Cotyledons 

 Acer 

 Acerou 

 Acheni 



achen 

 Aconite, 64. 

 Acorns, 209, 210. 

 Aculeate, armed with prickles. _ 

 Acuminate, extended into a point. 

 Acute, ending in a sharp angle. 

 Adam-and-Eve (Aplectrum), 236. 

 Adherent, growing to, 87. ^^^ 



Adherent ON'ary. Current. M(f.^ 



110, 2;33. M 



Adiantum, 27. il' 



Adnate, growing fast «_ ^ 



to, 74, 184. f^^ 



Adnate stipules, //'/ 



Rose. /// 



Adonis,^ 64. t/ 



Adventitious, out of the normal position, 



129. 

 Aerial region, 20. 

 ^sculus, 194. 

 Estivation, 42. 



Affinity, resemblance in essential organs 

 African Hemp. 258. 

 Agapanthus, 258. 

 Agave, a-ga-ve, 263. 

 Aggregate, assembled close together. 

 Aglumaceous. without glumes. 

 Air plants, 239. 

 Ala, pi. Alae, wings, 118. 



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I Albumen, 33, 42, 111. 

 Albuminous, 186. 

 Albiiruum, the sap-wood (p. 107). 

 AltiUirea or Alfilaria. the " Pin Grass " of 



the Pacific Coast (Erodium cicutarium), 



87. 

 Algae, seaweeds, 27. 

 Allium, 258. 

 Aloe, American, 263. 

 Aloes, 258. 



Alpine Primrose, 168. 

 Alternate generation, 22. 

 Alternate leaves, 193. 

 Alternating stamens, 33. 

 Alveolate, with pits, as a honeycomb. 

 Alyssum, 103. 

 Amaryllis. 263. 

 Amaryllidacese, 262. 

 Ament, a deciduous spike, 208. 

 Amorphous, without definite fo m. 

 Amplexicaul, stem-clasping, 



98, 251. 

 Amygdalus, 116. 

 Anagallis, 168. ,/-~n 



Analysis, 13. |fl 



Anatropous ovule, 56. M f 

 Ancipital, two-edged, \\J , 



244. ''->' ^•'^ 



Androgynous, staminate and pistillate 



flowers together in a cluster, 26(5. 

 Anemone, 61. 

 Angiosperms, 220. 

 Anise, 136. 



Annual, living one year ; yearly, 68. 

 Annular cells, cells distended with rings, 



225. 

 Antennaria, 139. 

 Anterior, facing outward. 

 Anthemis, 147. 

 Anthelmintic, expelling or killing 



worms. 

 Anther, innate, attached by base. 

 Anther, adnate, attached by back. 

 Anther, versatile, attached 



by middle. 

 Anther, valvate, dehiscing 



by valves. 

 Anthesis, the act of flowering. 

 Antheridia, staminate organs of 



Mosses, etc., 14. 



