56 GLOSSARY. 



ATHYRIUM, a separate genus assigned by some writer? 

 to the Asplenium Filix Fcemina. 



ATTENUATING, growing gradually narrower ; tapering 

 AURICLED, having a kind of projecting elbow. 

 AWNED, terminating in a bristle ; aristate (avena) 



AXIL, the inner end of the base on the superior side : 

 the angle formed by the branch and stem. 



AXILLARY, at the base on the superior and inner side. 

 BIDENTATE, twice-toothed. 

 BIFID, cleft in two. 



BIPINNATE, having branches themselves pinnate, i. e., 

 bearing on them lateral offshoots cut quite 

 down to the slem. 



BI-TRI, twice or thrice. 



BIECHNUM SPICANT, the name used by some writers 

 for the Boreale. 



CALICIFORM, like the calyx or cup of a flower 

 CAPILLARY, fine thread- or hair-like. 



CAUDEX, the part under or on the ground, from which 

 the frond springs ; popularly the root; to which 

 the fibres or actual roots are attached, 



CELLULAR, consisting of little cells or cavities. 



CETERACH OFFICINARUM, the name used by song- 

 writers for the Grammitis. 



CILIATED, fringed with hair. 



CIRCINATE, coiled inwards, like a watch-spring 



CLAVATE, club-shaped, thinner at the base, and thicker 

 upwards. 



COMPOUND, complex ; multifidous ; composed of many 

 parts or divisions. 



