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OF THE PRIXCIPAL BOTANICAL TERMS USED IN THE DESCRIPTIOXS. 

 I.V THIS CATALOGUE. 



Abortive. Not perfecting the fruit. ' Biternate. When the petiole is ternate, and each 



Jicerose _L,eat. rveedle-form; or linenr, acute, and divisioa bearing three leaflets. 

 ArZ^'^'^l"" V?f, "' ^^^T^"' Z^''- , t. I ^"'ir "J ^ <-'orolla . The spreading brim of a Co- 



^cine. ^ i.oe^lutle globule ot a compound berry. | rolla of more than one petal. 



? prickles which are affixed to the , Bracldate. Branches nearly horizontal, opposite. 



Aculeate. H 



bark only, and not to the wood 

 Acamiiiati>. Ending in a suddenly tapering point. 

 Acute. Terminating in an angle; not rounded. 

 Adnute. Adhfrring, flxed or growing to. 



Aggregate. Collected on the same receptacle: or 

 embraced by a common calyx - 



Alate. Winged; having a membranous border- 



Ament P'lower-bearing scales arranged on a tden- 

 der receptacle. 



Amphxic'iul- Embracing or clasping the stem. 



Ancipitul. Somewhat flatted, with two opposite 

 edges. 



Andrcgynous. Having male and female flowers 

 distinct, but on the same plant, or spike. 



Anther. The knob, or capsule, containing the pol- 

 len: usually supported on a filament. 



Apetalo7t9. Not having a corolla, or petals. 



Aprx. Tiie tin, summit, or end. 



Appressed. Pressed to, or squeezed close. 



Approximate. Growing near each other. 



ArUlatc. Applied to seeds which have 

 outer coat, {or arillus,) that falls 

 ously. 



Aristate. Awned: having awns. 



Armed. Having thorns, or prickles. 



Ascending. Rising gradually between a horizontal 

 and vertical position. 



Asturgent. Risiag in a curve from a declined 

 base. 



Attenuate. Tapering gradually till it becomes slen- 

 der. 



Auriculate. Having rounded appendages at the 

 base, like ears. 



Awn. Aslenderprocess, issuing from the chaff, in 

 grassps. 



Ari/. The angle formed by a branch with the stem, 

 or by a leaf with the branch. 



ArVhiry. Proceeding from, or growing in, the axil. 



Banner. The upper petal in a papilionaceous flow- 

 er. 



Barb. A straight process armed with one or more 

 teeth, pointing backwards. 



and decussate. 



Bracie. Floral leaf. A leaf nearer among the flow- 

 ers, and diiFerent from the other leaves. 



Bracteate. Furnished with bractes. 



Branchlet. A little branch: a sub-division of a 

 branch. 



Bristles. Very stiff hairs; simple or hooked 



Bulb. The winter receptacle of certain plants, pla- 

 ced for the most part immediately on the root. It 

 is either solid, scaly, coated, or "iointed. 



Bulb-bearing. Producing bulbs above ground. 



Caducous. Falling off quickly. 



Calcarnte. Spurred: having a process resembling 

 a horn, or cock's spur. 



Calceifortn. Shaped like a shoe, or slipper. 



Cahjcandrous. Bearing the stamens on the calyx. 



Calyculate. Having a calyx. A calyculate calyx, 



IS a calyx having acalycle, or little additional ca- 



ly.\ at its base. 



I Calyx. The cup or outer covering of a flower; 



loose I mo.stly green, or in botanical language, not colored' 



spontane- 



Campanulatc. In the form of abeL 

 Canaliculate. Channelled, or grooved. 

 Caneicent. Hoary; covered with a white pubes- 

 cence. 

 Capillaceous, and Capillary. Long and fine, like a 



hair. 

 Capitate. Head-form: growing in a head. 

 Capsule. A dry, membranous, hollow seedvessel, 

 mostly opening by valves, in some determinate 

 manner. 

 Carinate. Keeled: having a ridge resembling the 



keel of a boat. 

 Carnose. Fleshy: more firm than pulp. 

 Cartilaginous. Hard and somewhat flexible: like 

 i gristle. 



; Cauda. A tail. Caudate. Having a tail. 

 , Cauline Belonging to, or growing on the maia 

 ; stem. 



! Cernuous. Drooping, or nodding. 

 I Cespitosa. Many stems growing from the same 

 root; forming a turt, or tussock. 



i"*- T ^'^[.^'"^"ng by a process m the form ol , Chaff. A thin^ dry membrane: mostly applied to 

 a birUs bill. I the glumes, or seed covers of the grasses. 



Beard. Parrallel hairs. \ Chr,ffy. Bearing chaff; or re.sembling chaff 



;!i!;?':„u./"JiT.P^"'^*''P ^'^^°"t valves, contain- | C!iannelk(l. Haying longitudinal grooves 



ing naked seeds 

 Bibracteate. Having twobractes. 

 Bllentate. Having two teeth. 

 Bifid Two cleft, or split into two segments. 

 Bifurcitc. Forked: dividing by pairs. 

 Bilabicte. Having two lips. 

 Bilocvlar. Having two cells 



Ciliate. Fringed; edged wilh parallel hairs, re- 

 sembling eye-lashes. 

 Cirrhose. Terminating in a tendril. 

 Circumseisscd. Cut round; or opening horizontal- 

 ly, like a snuff-bo.\". 

 Class. The highest or primary division of plants, 

 _..„.„...,. ,.„,... a i..^ ^^tii^. or other natural objects, in a sy.«tem 



bipinnate. The common petiole having pmnate 1 Clavate. Club-shaped; growing larger towards the 

 leaves on each side of It. end. r '= o t luc 



Bipinnntifid. Thp common petiole having pinnati- Clam. The lower narrow part of a petal in a 

 silf-wr °K!tiS."tw^ hP.t. polypetalous corolla, by which it is fi.xed ' to the 



mrosivatc- Havmg two beaks receptacle, or calyx. 



