GLOSSARY. 



N.B. In compownd terms the first qualifies the second. 



ACUMINATE, tapering off to an acute point. 



ADNATE, joined to that on which it grows by its 

 whole breadth of foliage ; connected. 



ADPRESSED, close to the stem. 



ALTERNATE, branches or leaves succeeding each other 

 interchangeably, first on one and then on the 

 other side. 



ANASTOMOSE, to run one into the other. 



ANNULATE, ferns that have a ring round their seed- 

 cases. 



ANNULUS, the jointed ring of the seed-case. 



ANTHER, the vessel containing the fertilizing pollen at 

 the top of the filament of the stamen. 



ARISTATE, terminating in a bristle ; awned. 



ARTICULATED, jointed. 



ATTENUATED, growing gradually narrower; taper- 

 ing. 



AURICLED, having a kind of ear-shaped projection. 



AWNED, terminating in a bristle ; aristate. 



AXIL, the angle formed by the leaf-stalk, or branch 

 and stem. 



