GLOSSARY. 



Abortion. Inipt'ifcct or iioii-cU>vol()|)iiuMit of a 



part. 

 Acliene or akenc A dry, lianl. l-ti-llcd and 



1-seeded indeliiscciit fruit. 

 Acuminate. Tapering to a rather long point. 

 Acute. \\'ith a short sharp point. 

 Adnate. Closely united or growing to (liter- 

 ally " born with ") . 

 ^Estivation. The arrangement of the parts of 



a ilower in the bud. 

 Albumen. Nutritive material surrounding 



the embryo in some seeds. 

 Albumenous. Furnished with albumen. 

 Alternate. Xot opposite: applied to leaves 



and Ho\\ers. 

 Anient. A spike of unisexual flowers, each 



subtended by a bract; a catkin. 

 Amphitropous. Said of a straight ovule or 



seed when half inverted. 

 Anatropous. Said of straight ovules or seeds 



when inverted, the micropyle being near the 



liilum. 

 Androgynous. Said of an infloresence com- 

 posed of both staminate and pistillate 



flowers. 

 Angiospermous. Having seeds borne in a 



closed jiericarp. 

 Anther. The portion of a stamen which con- 

 tains the pollen. 

 Anthesis. The time of the opening of a 



flo\\'er. 

 Apetalous. Without petals or corolla. 

 Apiculate. With a short pointed tip. 

 Arciuite. Curved. 

 Aril. An appendage growing a,l)out tlie hilum 



of a seed. 

 Aristate. Terminating in an awn or bristle. 

 Articulated. Joined by a more or less easily 



separable joint. 

 Ascending. Growing upward. 

 Auriculate. Furnished at base with ear-like 



lobes. 

 Attenuate. Long-tapering. 

 Awn. A bristle-like a])pendage. 

 Awned. Furnished with awns. 

 Axil. The upper angle l)etween the leaf and 



the stem or branch which l)ears it. 

 Axillary. Of or from the axil. 

 Axile. Situated in the axil. 

 Baccate. Berry-like with llcsliy pulp. 

 Berrv. A fruit with wholI\ puipv pcritarp. 

 Bifid. 2-cleft. 



Bipinnate. Twice pinnatcly C()m|)oui)d. 

 Bract. Altered scale-like leaf of an infir- 



escence. 

 Bractlet. Diminutive of bract, a secondary 



bract. 



Bract eatc. Furnished with bracts, 

 liracteolate. Furnished with bractlets. 

 Caducous. Falling \ery early — ^ earlier than 



deciduous. 

 Calyx. The outer of the two series of lloral 



envelopes. 

 Calyx-tube. Tiie tube formed by the union 



of the sepals. 

 Canipamilate. Ik'll-sliapcd. 

 Campylotrojjous. Said of an ovule or seed 



which is curved, so that the micropyle and 



hilum are near together. 

 Canescent. Hoary with a whitish pubescence. 

 Capitate. Forming a head. 

 Capsular. Pertaining to a capsule. 

 Capsule. A dry dehiscent fruit formed from 



two or more carpels. 

 Carinate. Having a keel-like medial ri<lge. 

 Carpel. A simple pistil or element of a com- 

 pound pistil. 

 Carpellary. Of or belonging to a carpel. 

 Caruncle. An appendage at the hilum of a 



seed. 

 Catkin. An anient. 

 Caudate. With a tail-like appendage. 

 Chalaza. The point of attachment of an 



ovule or seed with its coats. 

 Chartaceous. Having a paper-like texture. 

 Ciliate. Fringed with small hairs on margin 



like miniature eye-lashes. 

 Ciliolate. ISIinutely ciliate. 

 Cinereous. Of an ash-gray color. 

 Circinate. Coiled from the top down. 

 Clavate. Club-shaped. 

 Cleistogamons. Fertilized in the bud. 

 Claw. The narrow stalk-like l)ase of petal, 



sepal, etc. 

 Cleft. Cut about to the middle. 

 Coccus, (pi. cocci) One of the portions into 



which a lobed fruit with 1-seeded cells 



splits. 

 Cochleate. Spiral; like a snail-shell. 

 Columella. The persistent axis of some cap- 

 sules, etc. 

 Coma. The hairs at tlu' end of some seeds. 

 Comose. Furnished with a coma. 

 Cmnpound. Composed of two or more similar 



parts. 

 Compressed. Flattened laterally. 

 Condiiplicate. Folded together lengthwise. 

 Connate. United or grown together. 

 Connective. The portion of a stamen which 



connects the anther-cells. 

 Connivent. Coming in contact. 

 Convolute. Rolled together lengthwise. 

 Cordate. Heart-shaped. 

 Coriaceous. Leather-like in texture. 



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