

GLOSSARY. 



Atonic. Relaxing to the body. 



Awn. A short stiff' bristle. 



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. 



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. 



Biennial. Living two years ; in the 

 second the flower and fruit are pro- 

 duced ; as in wheat. 



Bolus. A pill rolled and taken, a ball. 



Bulbs. Called roots ; sometimes grow- 

 ing on the stem j bulbs are buds, or 

 winter residences of future plants. 

 Annual plants have no bulbs ; they 

 are preserved by seeds. 



Calcareous. Containing lime j as shells 

 of oysters, etc. 



Calyx. (Greek) signifying a flowercup; 

 in most plants it encloses and sup- 

 ports the corolla. 



Capillary. Hair-like. 



Capsule. Little chest ; kind of hollow 

 seed vessel which becomes dry and 

 opens when ripe. 



Cordate. Heart-shaped, side lobes 

 rounded. 



Cardiac. Superior opening of the sto- 

 mach ; belonging to the heart. 



Carbonic Acid. A gas formed by the 

 combination of carbon with oxygen, 

 Carbureted hydrogen, carbon with 

 hydrogen. Carminative. A medicine 

 used to dispel wind. 



Cataplasm. A poultice, soft plaster. 



Cellular. Made up of cells or cavities 



Cerealia. Grain from which bread is 

 made. (From Ceres, goddess of 

 corn.) 



Chaffy. Made up of short membranous 

 portions, like chaff. 



Chronic. Long continued. 



Chyle. The white nutritive fluid secre- 

 ted by the lacteal vessels and con- 

 veyed to the blood. 



Claw. The narrow part by which a 

 petal is inserted. 



Climbing. Ascending by tendrils, as 



grapes ; by leaf stalks, as the Cle- 

 matis, by caulino radicles or fibrous 

 roots, as the creeping ivy. 



Cleft. Split, or divided less than half 

 way. 



Coherent. Sticking together, adhering, 



lollinus. Growing on hills. 



Coloured. Different from green ; in 

 botany, green is not a colour. White 

 in reality is not a colour, but is so 

 called in botany. There are 16 

 primary and intermediate colours- 

 in botany White is most common 

 in roots, sweet berries, and petals 

 of spring flowers. Black, in roots 

 and seeds. Yellow, in anthers, and 

 petals of compound flowers. Red, 

 in the petals of summer flowers and 

 acid fruits. Blue and violet, in the 

 petals. Green, in leaves and calyxes, 



Compound. Made up of similar sim- 

 ple parts. Flowers are in the class 

 Syngenesia, having florets with 

 united anthers. 



oncentric. In layers around a com- 

 mon centre. 



Constirpated. Costive, bound, crowded. 



Condiment. Seasoning food, a relish, 



Connate. Opposite, with the bases, 

 united or growing into one, forming 

 the appearance of one leaf. Anthers 

 are sometimes connate. 



Convolute. Rolled into a cylindrical 

 form, as leaves in the bud. 

 oi'olla, or corol. (from corona, a 

 crown.) Usually enclosing the sta- 

 mens. 



Crisp. Brittle, curled. 



Crenate. Scalloped j notches on the 

 margin of a leaf pointing towards 

 neither the apex nor base. 



Cryptogamous. Plants which have 

 stamens and pistils concealed. 



Culinary. Suitable for preparations 

 of food. 



Cuticle. The outside skin of a plant, 

 commonly thin, resembling the 

 scarf or outer skin of animals. 



Cuttings, branches or sprigs of trees 

 or plants. 



Cylindrical. Circular shaft of nearly 

 equal dimensions. 



Deciduous. Falling off* in the usual 

 season ; opposed to persistent and 

 evergreen ; more durable than cadu- 

 cous. 



