

GLOSSARY. 



same root ; as the oak and Indian 

 corn : class Monoecia. 



Angiospermal. Plants whose seed are 

 enclosed or covered. 



Annual. A plant living but one year 

 The herbage is often annual, while 

 the root is perennial ; the plant is 

 then perennial. 



Annulus.. A ring, annular, ringlike. 



Anomalous. (From a, without, and 

 nomos, law.) Irregular, whatever 

 forms an exception to a general 

 rule. 



Anther. (From anthos, a flower) part 

 of the stamen which contains the 

 pollen ; it is of various forms. 



Anthei'iferous. Flowers bearing an- 

 thers without filaments. 



Antiscorbutic. Curing eruptions or 

 scurvy. 



Antacid, remedy for acidity or sour- 

 ness. 



Apetalous. (From a, without, and. pet- 

 alum, a petal.) Having no petals or 

 corollas ; flowers incomplete; desti- 

 tute of stamens or pistils ; they are 

 imperfect. 



Aphyllous. (From a, without, and 

 phyllon, a leaf.) Destitute of leaves. 



Appendaged. Having bracts, thorns, 

 prickles, etc. 



Aquatic. (From aqua, water.) Grow- 

 ing in, or near water. 



Arenarius. Growing in sand. Arid. 

 dry. 



Argillaceous, consisting of clay or alu- 

 mine. 



Arms, (arma.) Plants are armed when 

 furnished with prickles, thorns, 

 etc. 



Aromatic. Sweet-scented. 



Aroma, odour, purfume. 



Arrow- form. Shaped like an arrow- 

 head, hind lobes acute, saggitate. 



Artificial Manure, (Daniel's,) is wood 

 in powder saturated with bituminous 

 and animal matters of any kind, and 

 then mixed with soda and quick- 

 lime. 



Articulated. Jointed ; as in the culm 

 or stem of the grasses. 



Arvensis. Growing in cultivated fields. 



Assimilation, the act by which orga- 

 nized bodies incorporate foreign 

 substances and convert them into 

 their own substance. 



Awn. A short stiff bristle. 



Axil. Angle between a leaf and stem 

 on the upper side. 



Axillary. Growing out of the axils ; 

 leaves are axillary when they pro- 

 ceed from the angle formed by the 

 stem and branch. 



Axis. The elongated part of a petiole, 

 on which are many flowers. A 

 centre. 



Sase in chemistry, applied to metalic 

 oxides or the leading constituents of 

 compounds ; thus soda is the base 

 of sulphate of soda, (Glauber's salts) 

 and of sulphate of magnesia, (Ep- 

 som salts.) 



Bacca. (Berry.) A pulpy pericarp, 

 enclosing seeds without cupsules. 

 A berry is proper when formed of 

 the pericarp or seed vessel; improper 

 when formed of other parts. In the 

 mulberry and rose, a large fleshy 

 calyx becomes a berry. In the 

 strawberry, a berry is formed of the 

 common receptacle ; in the rasp 

 berry, of a seed. 



Bacciferus. Bearing berries. 



Barb. A straight process, armed with 

 teeth pointing backwards. Barbatus. 

 Bearded. 



Bark. Coverings of vegetables, con- 

 sisting of as many layers as the tree 

 has years : a new layer being formed 

 from cambium, or alburnum. The 

 newest layer is liber. 



Barren. Producing no fruit ; contain- 

 ing stamens only. 



Baryta, oxide of barium, called an al- 

 kaline earth, composed of seventy 

 barium and eight oxygen : it is of a 

 grey color and poisonous. 



Benzoin, a poisonous gum of the tree 

 benzoe, combination of the resin 

 with benzoic acid. 



Bi, from bis, signifying two. 



Bicarbonate, see salts. 



Biennial. Living two years ; in the 

 second the flower and fruit are pro 

 duced ; as in wheat. 



Bilabiate. Corolla with two lips. 



Binate. Two growing together. 



Bipinnate. Twice pinnate 



Biternate. Twice ternate 5 petiole 

 supporting 3 ternate leaves. 



Bivalve. Two-valved. 



Bolus, a pill rolled and taken ; a ball. 



Brachilate. Branches opposite; each 



