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GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Acute Terminating in a sharp point. 



Adventive. Not perfectly naturalized. 



Alternate Not opposite, but singly at different 



heights on the stem. 

 Annual Of only one year's duration. 

 Anther That part of a stamen containing pollen. 

 Appressed Lying close and flat against. 

 Axil Angle formed by a leaf and stem. 

 Basal Leaves springing from the stem at the 



ground. 



Biennial Of two years duration. 

 Bilabiate Two-lipped. 

 Bract A small, modified leaf usually at the base of 



a flower stem. 

 Bulbous Having underground leaf-buds with fleshy 



scales or coats. 



Calyx The outer perianth, or "cup" of a flower. 

 Campanulate Bell-shaped. 

 Cleistogamous Fertilized in the bud, without the 



opening of the flower. 

 Composite A compound flower head containing 



many tubular or ray florets seated in a bracted, 



or scaly cup or involucre. (As daisy, thistle, etc.) 

 Compound Composed of several similar parts, or 



a leaf made up of several leaflets. 

 Cordate Heart-shaped with the point upwards. 

 Corm The enlarged, solid bulb-like base of a stem. 

 Corolla The inner perianth of a flower, usually of 



petals as opposed to sepals of the calyx. 

 Corymb A flat topped cluster of flowers. 



