GLOSSARY 



DICTIONARY OF TERMS USED IN DESCRIB- 

 INO PLANTS, 



COMBINED WITH AN INDEX. 



A, at the bcginnin;^ of words of Greek derivation, commonly signifies a negatire, 

 or the absence of somethuig ; as apetalous, without petals ; aphyllous, leaf- 

 less, &c. If the word begins with a vowel, the prefix is an ; as awanther- 

 ous, destitute of anther. 



Ahnonniil: contrary to the usuiil or the natural structure. 



Ahorkjinal: original in the strictest sense; same as iiuligenous. 



Abortive: imperfectly formed, or rudimentary, as one of the stamens in fig. 195 

 and three of them in fig. 19G, p. 95. 



Abortion: the imperfect formation, or non-formation, of some part. 



AbriijU: suddenly terminating; as, for instaiu'C, 



Ahruptlii pinnule: pinnate without an odd leaflet at the end; fig. 128, p. 65. 



Acanlescent {(icaulis) : apparently stemless ; the projier stem, bearing the leaves 

 and Howers, being very short or subterranean, as in Bloodroot, and most 

 Violets; p. 3G. 



Acce'ssori/: something additional ; as Acccsson/ buds, p. 26. 



Accrescent: growing larger after floWering, as the calyx of Physalis. 



Acciiinbmt : lying against a thing. The cotyledoi\s arc aceumbent when they 

 lie with their edges against the radicle. 



Acprosc: needle-shaped, as the leaves of Pines ; fig. 140, p. 72. 



Acetnhnliform : saucer-shaped. 



Acheniiim (plural achenia) : a one-seeded, seed-like fruit; (ig. 28G, p. 129 



Achlami/droun (flower) : without floral envelopes; as Li/.ard's-tail, p. 90. fig. 18U. 



Acicular: needle-shaped ; more slender than acerose. 



Acinmiform : scymitar-shaped, like some bean-pods. 



Acines: the separate grains of a fruit, such as the raspberry; ilg. 289. 



Acorn: the nut of the Oak : fig. 299, p. 130. 



Acoli/lciloiions .- destitute of cotyledons or seed-leaves. 



Acrdr/cnoiis : growing from the apex, as the stems of Ferns nnd ^fo«;os. 



Acro(/enx, or Acroycnous Plunts: the higher Cryptoganious plants, such a* 

 Ferns, &c., p. 172. 



