A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



A'DIPOCIRE. fr. lat. adeps, fat, cera, 

 wax : an animal substance analo- 

 gous to wax and fat; sperma- 

 ceti. 



ADI'POSE. fr.lat.aoVps, fat; belong- 

 ing or relating to fat. 



AD'NATE. Adhering, or growing 

 together, as the anther to the face 

 of its filament. 



ADTJLA'RIA. A kind of prismatic 

 feldspar, known to lapidaries un- 

 der the name of moonstone, from 

 the play of light exhibited by the 

 arrangement of its crystalline 

 structure. A variety from Sibe- 

 ria is called sunstone. The finest 

 specimens of adula'ria were pro- 

 cured at Adula, on the summit of 

 St. Gothard, and hence its name. 

 The Adularia of Ceylon is unri- 

 valled in beauty. 



A'KCLT. fr. lat. adolesco, I grow. 

 Full grown: arrived at maturity. 



ADVEXTI'TIOUS. Accidental. Ad- 

 ventitious roots are those which 

 grow from the stem (p. 19, Book 

 vii). Adventitious buds are those 

 which grow on parts of the stem 

 where they are not commonly 

 met. 



/EANTHE. fr. gr. aeo, to agitate, 

 antke, a flower. Name of a bird. 



AEIION. fr. gr. aedon, a songster, 

 derived from aeido, I sing. A 

 term applied to many birds. 



K. fr. gr. air, a goat, and 

 agrios, wild : wild goat. 



us. Lat. JEgagre: wild 

 goat. 



GTPTIA'CUS. Lat. Egyptian. Be- 

 longing to Egypt. 



IS. Lat. Equal; even. 



AERIAL. fr. lat. acrius : belonging 

 to the air. 



A'EROLITE. fr. gr. aer, air, and li- 

 thos, a stone. A meteoric stone, 

 or mineral mass of unknown ori- 

 gin, which falls upon the earth 

 from the air. These masses in- 

 variably contain iron, cobalt, or 

 nickel, or a combination of these 

 three metals, in union with vari- 



ous earthy substances. They 

 are more or less magnetic. 



A'EROPHYTES. fr. gr. aer, acres, the 

 air; phuton, a plant. A term 

 used to designate plants which 

 live exclusively in air; those 

 which live in water are termed 

 hydrophytes. 



JEnv'Go. Lat. Verdigris ; impure 

 subacetate of copper. 



. Lat. Rusty. 

 . Having a colour like 

 that of aerugo or verdigris. 



^S'ALOX. Lat. Name of a kind 

 of Falcon. 



ESTIVA. Lat. Belonging or relat- 

 ing to summer. 



JSTIVA'TION. fr. lat. cestivus, of or 

 belonging to summer. A figura- 

 tive expression employed to indi- 

 cate the manner in which the 

 parts of a flower are arranged 

 before they unfold. Botanists 

 speak of the aestivation of the ca- 

 lyx, of the corolla, of the stamens. 



^ETHEO'GAMOUS. fr. gr. aethes, unu- 

 sual ; gamos, marriage. Syno- 

 nytne of crypto'gamous. 



V'TITE. fr. gr. aetos, an eagle. A 

 ferruginous mineral. Eagle-stone. 



AFKICANUS. Lat. African. 



AGA'MIAX. fr. gr. a, priv. ; gamos, 

 marriage. Having no sex. Ap- 

 plied to certain lizards. 



AGA'MII;E. fr. gr. agama, a kind of 

 lizard. A group of Saurians. 



AGA'MOID. fr. gr. agama, lizard; 

 tidos, resemblance. All the aga- 

 moid lizards possess the property 

 of changing their colour. 



A'GAMOITS. fr. gr. a, priv. ; gamos, 

 marriage. Sexless. A class of 

 plants. 



AGARIC. A very pure native car- 

 bonate of lime, found in the clefts 

 of rocks. It is considered by 

 some to be a variety of Meerschaum. 

 It is the bergmehl, or rnountain- 

 meal of the Germans; and the 

 latte di luna or moon-milk of the 

 Italians. 



AGA'UICUS. Lat. Agaric. Generic 



