INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



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Ascending: rising upwards in a 

 slanting direction ; applied 

 chiefly to weak stems. 



Ascending axis: the stem of a plant. 



Asci, 3y3. 



Ascidium: a pitcher-shaped leaf, 

 Fig. 169. 



Ascospore, 353. 



Ash of plants, 307. 



Assimilation, 275, 309. 



\uriculate : same as auricled, hav- 

 ing rounded lobes at the base ; 

 applied mostly to leaves. 



iwl-shaped, Fig. 147. 



iwn : a bristle, such as is found 

 on the glumes of many Grasses, 

 Barley for example, 108. 



Axil, 3. 



Axile : relating to the axis, 221. 



Axillary : proceeding from an axil, 

 44, 138. 



Axillary buds, 138. 



Axillary flowers, 186. 



Axis : the stem and root, 131. 



Baccate : like a berry. 



Bark, 286. 



Bases of leaves, 179. 



Basidium, 347. 



Bast, 286. 



Bearded: furnished with hairs, like 

 the petals of some Violets, &c. 



Be.l-shaped, 208. 



Berry, 233. 



Biennial: a plant which grows 

 from seed in one season, but 

 pi-educes its seed and dies in the 

 foilowing season, 133, 136. 



Bifoliolate : having two leaflets. 



Bilabiate: two-lipped, Fig. 180. 



Biloculax', 919. 



Bipinnate : twice pinnate, Fig. 167. 



BipinnatiV^ : twice pinnatifid, 176. 



Blade : tho Vid part of a leaf or 

 petal, 4, 4). 



Bleeding of pUnts, S15. 



Bordered pits, *&$. 



Botryose, 143. 



Botryose inflorescence, 185, 189. 



Bracts, 19, 44, 194. 



Bracteate : subtencje'l by a bract. 



Bractlets : secondary oracts grow- 

 ing on pedicels. 194. 



Branches, 3, 132, 141. 

 Branching, Modes of, 141. 

 Breathing-pores (stomates), 293, 



313 



Bristles, 227. 

 Bryophytes, 346. 

 Bud: an undeveloped stem 01 



branch, 137. 

 Buds on roots, 131, 139. 

 Bulb, 82, 94, 152. 

 Bulbiferous : producing bulbs. 

 Bulblets, 155. 



Bulbous : like a bulb in shape. 

 Bundles, 296. 



Caducous, 206. 



Calcium, 307. 



Calcium carbonate, 278. 



Calcium oxalate, 278. 



Calyptra, 341. 



Calyx, 5, 13, 205. 



Calyx-teeth, 206. 



Calyx-tube, 206. 



Cambium layer, 297. 



Campanulate, 208. 



Campylotropous, 246. 



Capillary : fine and hair-like. 



Capitulum : same as head, 189. 



Capsule, 239, 341. 



Carbon, 307. 



Carbon dioxide. 307. 



Carbonic acid, 307. 



Carina, or keel : the two coherent 



petals in the front of a flower of 



the Pea kind, Fig. 36. 

 Carnivorous plants, 311. 

 Carpel 7. 

 Carpellary : relating to a carpel, 



e.g., a carpellary leaf, &c. 

 Carpogonium, 354. 

 Cartilaginous : tough, 

 Caryopsis, 102, 241. 

 Catkin, 71, 74, 123, 189. 

 Caulescent: with an evident stem. 

 Caulicle : another name for the 



radicle, 79, 252. 

 Cauline : relating to the stem, e.g., 



cauline leaves, &c., 4, 13, 28. 

 Cell-contents, 260, 274. 

 Cell-division, 282. 

 Cell-formation, 282. 

 Cells, 259. 

 Cellulose. 265. 



