GLOSSARY. 



A. 



Abortive, defective or barren. 

 Acaulescent, apparently without 



a stem. 

 Achene, a dry indehiscent 1-seeded 



fruit, with the pericarp free from 



the seed. 

 Achlamydeous, without calyx 



and corolla. 



Acicular, needle-shaped. 

 Acuminate, with a long tapering 



extremity. 



Acute, sharp at the end. 

 Adnate, grown fast to. 

 Alternate, not opposite. 

 -androus, at the end of a word, re- 

 fers to stamens. 

 Angiospermous, having seeds 



enclosed in an ovary. 

 Annual, lasting one year or season 



only. 

 Anterior, in front; away from the 



axis ; the same as lower and. outer. 

 Anther, the pollen-bearing part of 



the stamen. 



Apetalous, without petals. 

 Appressed, lying close and flat. 

 Aquatic, growing in water. 

 Aril, an extra coat or appendage of 



certain seeds. 

 Ascending, growing upwards in a 



slanting direction. 

 Auricle, an ear-like appendage or 



lobe. 



Auriculate, having auricles. 

 Awl-shaped, narrowed upward 



from the base to a sharp rigid 



point. 



Awn, a bristle-like appendage. 

 Axil, the angle on the upper side of 



a leaf where it joins the stem. 

 Axile, central ; in the axis. 

 Axillary, growing from an axil 

 Axis, the central line. 



B. 



Baccate, berry-like. 



Barbed, with short sharp points, 

 usually pointing backward. 



Beaked, tipped with a distinct 

 beak or point. 



Bearded, having long or stiff 

 hairs. 



Berry, a pulpy fruit like a currant 

 or gooseberry. 



Bi-, a prefix meaning twice, or two. 



Biennial, lasting two years or sea- 

 sons. 



Bind, two-cleft. 



Bilabiate, two-lipped. 



Bladdery, thin and inflated. 



Blade, the broad part of a leaf. 



Bract, a modified leaf near a flower 

 or flower-cluster. 



Bractlet, a secondary bract. 



Bristle, a stiff hair. 



Bud, an undeveloped branch, or 



flower. 

 Bulb, a fleshy underground mass, 



consisting chiefly of leaf -scales or 



coats. 

 Bulblet, a small bulb, especially 



one borne on the stem. 



Bulbous, having the appearance 

 of a bulb. 



C. 



Caducous, falling off very early. 



Calyx, the outer set of flower- 

 leaves, often coloured like a co- 

 rolla. 



Campanulate, bell-shaped. 



Canescent, grayish-hoary. 



Capitate, like a head. 



Capsule, any dry dehiscent syn- 

 carpous fruit. 



Carinate, having a keel-like ridge 

 or projection. 



