GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS 299 



Arillate. Provided witli an aril. 



Aristate. Provided with awns or hair-like point?. 



Armed. Provided with thorn?, spines, barbs or prickles. 



Articulate. Jointed. 



Ascending. Directed upwards. 



Auricled or auriculate. Provided with an ear-shaped appendage or organ. 



Axon. A bristle-like organ. 



Axil. The angle on the upper side between the leaf and the stem. 



Axillary. Borne in an axil. 



Axis. The main or central line of a plant or an organ. 



Baccate. Berry-like. 



Berry. A fleshy, indehiscent, few to many seeded fruit. 



Bi-. In a compound word meaning 2 or twice. 



Bipinnate. Twice pinnate. 



Bladdery. Inflated like a bladder. 



Blade. The expanded or broad part of a leaf. 



Bloom. The whitish waxy covering on some fruits, as in the plum. 



Bract. The scale-like leaf associating with the inflorescence. 



Bracteate. With bracts. 



Bracteolate. With bractlets. 



Bractlet or Bracteole. The bract of an ultimate flower stalk or pedicel. 



Branch. A division of a stem or axis. 



Branchlet. An ultimate division of a branch. 



Bristle. A stiff, sharp hair. 



Bristly. Provided with bristles. 



Bud. An undeveloped branch or flower. 



Bud scales. Reduced leaves covering a bud. 



Caducous. Falling off very early. 



Calyx. The flower cup or the outer perianth. 



Campanulate. Bell-shaped. 



Campylotropous. Said of an incurved ovule with the micropyle close to 



or next the base or chalaza. 

 Canescent. Having a grayish-white pubescence. 



Capitate. Having a globular apex; said of flowers in a head-like cluster. 

 Capsule. A dry, dehiscent, 1-many seeded fruit formed of more than 1 



carpel . 



