GLOSSAUY. 20i> 



Andnl/terous : without anthers. Andnlhons : destitute of flowers ; flowerlcss. 



Aiidstoniosinij : foriuin;; a iiet-woriv (anuslomosis), as tlie veins of leaves. 



Aiidlmjioiis or Aiidtivjial ovules or seeds ; p. 12.3, (i;;. 273. 



Anci/tiud (aiicfjis) : two-edj^ed, as tlie stem of Blne-t-yed Grass. 



Aiuliucliiin : a name for the stamens taken tofjetlier 



Aiulniifi/iiotis : having botli staminato and pistillate flowers in the same chistcf 



or iiilloreseenec, as many speeies of Carex. 

 Androp/iore: a eolumu of united stamens, as in a Mallow ; or the support on 



whieli stamens are raised. 

 Aii/rdctiiose : bent hither and thither, as tlie anthers of the Sciiia>li, See. 

 Aiu/iosperma-, Angiospe'rmous Plants: with their seeds formed in an ovary or peri- 



earp, p. 183. 

 Amjular direiyence of leaves, p. 72. 

 Aninnd (])lant) : flowering and fruiting the year it is raised from the seed, and 



then dying, p 21. 

 Aninditr: in the form of a ring, or forming a circle. 

 Aumdate : marked hy rings ; or furnished with an 

 Anmdus, or ring, like that of the spore-ease of most Ferns (Manual Bot. N. 



States, plate 9, fig. 2) ■ in Mosses it is a ring of cells placed between the 



mouth of the spore-case and the lid, in many speeies. 

 AnlL-rior, in tiie blossom, is the part next the bract, i. e. external : — while the 



j)osterior side is that next the axis of inflorcseenee. Thus, in the Pea, &e. 



the keel is anterior, and the standard poxlerior. 

 Anther: the essential part of the stamen, which contains the pollen ; p. 86, 113. 

 Ant/ieruliuin (plural antheridia) : the organ in Mosses, &c. which answers to 



the anther of Flowering plants. 

 Antherifivous : anther-bearing. 



Anlhe'sis : the period or the act of the expansion of a flower 

 Ant/iocdrpous (fruits) : same as multiple fruits ; p. 133. 

 Anticous: same as anterior. 

 Antrdrse: directed upwards or forwards. 

 Ape'talons: destitute of jjetals ; p. 90, fig. 179. 

 Ap/iff/loiis : destitute of leaves, at least of foliage. 

 Apical : belonging to the apex or point. 

 Apictdate: pointletted ; tij)ped with a short and abrupt point. 

 Apocdr/ious (pistils) : when the several pistils of the same flower are separate, 



as in a Buttercup, Sedum (fig. 168), &c. 

 AixSplti/sis : any irregidar swelling; the enlargement at the base of the sporc- 



casc of the Umbrella-Moss (Manual, plate 4), &c. 

 Ap/iendin/e • any superadded part 

 Apprndtiulatp : provided witii appendages. 

 Ajipressed: where branches are close pressed to tho stem, or leaves to tlio 



branch, &c. 

 Apterous : wingless. 

 Aquatic: living or growing in water: applied to ])lants whether growing uiulcr 



water, or witii all but the base raised out of it. 

 Ardchnoid: cobwebl)y ; clothed with, or consisting of, soft downy fibres. 

 Aii)drcou$, Arborescent : tix'e-like, in size or form ; p. 36. 

 18 



