GLOSSARY 



WILD FLOWERS 



Fertile. Fruit-producing flowers, as 

 one having a pistil, or anthers 

 with pollen. Bearing seeds. 



Fibrous. Threadlike. 



Filament. The threadlike part of 

 a stamen, which supports the 

 anther. 



Fertilization. A process whereby 

 the tiny pollen grains, which 

 come in contact with the stigma 

 penetrates the style and enters 

 the ovary, where it quickens 

 the seed formation into life. 



Floret. A small flower, usually 

 one of the ray or disc flowers 

 of the Composite family. 



Head. A dense cluster of stemless 

 or nearly stemless flowers like 

 a Daisy or Clover. 



Hybrid. A cross-breed of two 

 species. 



Imperfect. Flowers with either 



stamens or pistils, not with 



both. 

 Introduced. Brought intentionally 



from another region. 

 Irregular. Showing inequality in 



the size, form or union of its 



similar parts. 



Keeled. Ridged like the keel of 

 a boat. Applied to the two 

 united lower petals of the 

 peculiar corolla of the blos- 

 soms of the Pea family. 



Lance-shaped. Much longer than 

 wide, broadest above the base, 

 and narrowest to the apex. 



Leaflet. A separate or single divi- 

 sion of a compound leaf, or a 

 tiny leaf or bract. 



Lip. The prominent upper petal 

 of orchids (which by a pecu- 

 liar twist appears as the lower) 

 or the divisions of the two- 

 parted flowers of the Mints. 



Lobe. The rounded segments of 

 any part of flower or leaf. 



Margin. The edge or outline of 



a leaf or petal. 

 Midrib. The central or main rib 



of a leaf. 



Naturalized. Plants not native to 

 the region but so firmly estab- 

 lished as to have become part 

 of the flora. 



Nectar. A sweetish fluid contained 

 in some parts of a flower. 



Oblique. Slanting. 



Oblong. Longer than broad, with 



nearly parallel or somewhat 



curving sides. 

 Ovary. Lower part of a pistil, 



which bears seeds. 

 Ovate. Egg - shaped, with the 



broadest end toward the stem. 



Papilionaceous. Having a winged 

 corolla somewhat resembling 

 a butterfly, and peculiar to the 

 flowers of the Pea family. 



Palate. A round projection of 

 the lower lip of a two-lipped 

 flower, closing the throat. 



Parasitic. Growing upon and deriv- 

 ing nourishment from another 

 plant. . 



Perennial. Lasting year after year. 



Perfect flower. One having both 

 pistil and stamens. 



Petal. A division of the corolla. 



Petiole. The stalk of a leaf. 



Pistil. The central and seed- 

 bearing organ of a flower, con- 

 sisting of the ovary, stigma 

 and style when present. 



Pistillate. Having pistils, but no 

 stamens. Female flowers. 



Pollen. The yellow fertilizing 

 powder contained in the anther. 



Polygamous. Bearing both per- 

 fect and imperfect flowers. 



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