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BOTANY. GLOSSARY. 



A'STER. From the Greek, aster, a 

 star. Name of a genus of plants. 



AT'ROPA. From the Greek, atropos, 

 " the Goddess of Destiny;" so called 

 from its fatal effects. Name of a 

 genus of plants. 



AURANTIA'CE^E. From the Latin, au- 

 rantium, an orange. Name of an 

 order of plants. 



AURA'NTIUM. Latin. An orange. 



AURI'CULATE. From the Latin, auri- 

 cula, a little ear. A form of leaf 

 which has ear-like lobes or projec- 

 tions at the base. 



AUTOMA'TJC. From the Greek, avtos, 

 self, maten, easily, or automates, 

 spontaneously. That which acts 

 of itself. 



A' VENA. Latin. Oats. 



AWNED. Terminating in a long hard 

 bristle. 



A'XIL. From the Latin, axilla, arm- 

 pit. The angle or point at which a 

 leaf or branch unites with the stem. 



A'XILLARV. Belonging to an axil or 

 axilla. 



A'ZOTE. From the Greek, a, priva- 

 tive, and zoe, life. A name given 

 to nitrogen because it will not sup- 

 port animal life. 



BAMBU'SA. Bamboo. 



BATA'TAS. Sweet potatoes. 



BICRENATE. From the Latin, bis, 

 two, and crena, a notch, a slit. 

 Doubly crenate. 



BJE'NNIAL. From the Latin, bis, two, 

 and annus, year. A term applied 

 to plants which grow one year and 

 flower the next, after which they 

 perish; they only differ from an- 

 nuals in requiring a longer time to 

 produce fruit. 



BIFURCATION. From the Latin, bis, 

 two, and furca, fork. The point 

 where a part forms two branches 

 like a fork. 



BIJU'GATE. From the Latin, bis, two, 

 and jugum, yoke. A leaf formed 

 of two pairs of leaflets. 



BILO'BATE. Having two lobes. 



BILO'CULAR. From the Latin, bis, 

 two, and loculus, partition. Hav- 

 ing two cells. 



BI'NATE. From the Latin, bis, two, 

 and nalus, grown. A form of leaf 

 composed of two leaflets. 



BIPIN'NATE. Doubly pinnate. 



BITE'RNATE. Doubly ternate. 



BITU'MINOUS. Relating to bitu'men; 

 mineral pitch. 



BIVA'LVE. From the Latin, bis, two, 

 and valva, door. Composed of two 

 parts, joined together like doors. 



BORAGI'NE^E, or Boragina'ceae. Name 

 of a family of plants of whicli the 

 Borago is the type. 



BO'TANV. From the Greek, botane, a 

 plant. Natural history of plants. 



BRA'SSICA. Latin. Cabbage. 



BRACT. From the Latin, bractea, a 

 thin leaf of metal. A floral leaf 

 different in colour from other leaves 



BRA'CTE^E. Latin. Bracts. 



BULB. A collection of fleshy scales 

 arranged like those of a bud, of 

 which the bulb is a slight modifi- 

 cation, separating spontaneously 

 from the stem to which it belongs, 

 and emitting roots from its base. 



BU'LBOUS. Belonging or relating to a 

 bulb. 



CADU'COUS. From the Latin, cado, I 

 fall. Applied to leaves which fall 

 off early. 



C^'sius. Latin. Grey. 



CA'LAMUS. A genus of palms. 



CA'LICES. Latin. Plural of calyx. 



CA'LYX. The cup of a flower. 



CALY'PTRA. From the Greek, kalup- 

 tra, a covering. Part of the cap- 

 sule of a moss. 



CA'MBIUM. A low Latin word for 

 liquid which^ becomes glutinous. 



CAMEL' LIA. A genus of the family 

 of Aurantia'ceae, named in honour 

 of Ivamel, a botanist. 



CAMPA'NULATE. Bell-shaped. 



CAMPANU'LIFORM. From the Latin 

 campanula, a little bell, and forma, 

 shape. In shape of a bell. 



CANI'CULATED. Channelled or fur- 

 rowed. 



CANNA'BIS. Latin. Hemp. 



CAPI'LLARV. From the Latin, capil- 

 lus, a hair. Hair-like. 



CA'PITAL. From the Latin, caput, 

 head. An assemblage of flowers 

 on a common receptacle. 



CAPITA' TI, flores. Flowers collected 

 into heads, as thistles and other 

 plants, with compound flowers 

 growing with a head. 



