Alternate Leaves 



Ament or Catkin. 



Leaf with auricu- 

 late base. 



Axillary Bud. 



Labiate or Bilabi- 

 ate Corolla. 



BOTANICAL GLOSSARY. 



ABORTIVE : Imperfectly developed. 



ACHENIUM : A small, hard, seed-like fruit. 



ACULEATE : Furnished with prickles. 



ALA : A wing ; plural al<z ; the side petals of a papilio- 

 naceous flower. See Wing. 



ALATE : Winged ; as the seeds of the Maple, Elm, &c. 



ALTERNATE : Leaves are said to be alternate when they 

 are situated first on one side then on another of the 

 stem or branch, but not opposite to each other. 



AMENT : A scaly spike, as the Willow : a catkin. 



ANTHER : The head and essential part of the stamen, 

 containing the pollen. 



APETALOUS : Destitute of petals. 



AURICULATE : Having lobes or appendages like the ear, 

 as at the base of some leaves. 



AXIL : The angle or upper side between a leaf and stem. 



AXILLARY (buds, &c.) : Situated in the axil. 



BELL-SHAPED : Having a bell-form. 



BERRY : A fruit, pulpy or juicy throughout ; as the 

 Gooseberry, Cranberry, Tomato, &c. 



BILABIATE : Two lipped ; as the corolla of the Salvia, &c. 



BRACT : A small leaf or scale, from the axil of which a 

 flower or its pedicel proceeds. Bracts in general, are 

 the leaves of an inflorescence more or less different 

 from ordinary leaves. 



BRACTLET : A bract on the pedicel or flower-stalk. 



BULB : A roundish body produced by a plant either above 

 or below the ground, (usually the latter,) and which is 

 really a bud. It consists of a cluster of partially de- 

 veloped leaves, and as it grows it produces a stem and 

 roots ; as the Tulip, Lily, &c. 



CALYX : The outer covering or leaf-like envelope of a 

 bud or flower, as shown at A in the engraving. 



CAMPANULATE : Bell-shaped. 



CAPSULE : Any dry seed vessel or pod which opens by 

 seams in a regular way. 



CARPEL : A simple pistil, or one of the parts of a com- 

 pound pistil. 



CATKIN : A scaly, deciduous spike of flowers; an ament. 



ClLlATE : Having the margin furnished with a fringe of 

 hairs or bristles like the eyelashes fringing the eyelids. 



CLAW : The narrow base of some petals. 



CORDATE: Heart-shaped; as a cordate leaf. 



Campanulate or 

 Bell-shaped. 



Bracts 



Bulbs. 



Calyx. 



Capsule. 



Petal of Pink ; C, 

 Claw. 



Cordate Leaf. 



Flower of Fuchsia. 

 B is the Corolla. 



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C, C, Cotyledons, 

 or Seed Leaves of 

 a young plant. 



Corymb. Phlox. 



