GLOSSARY. 



GLOSSARY 



And Index to the Structural Botany Treated in the Foregoing Pages. 



N. B. The numbers refer to paragraphs. 



Abortion, the imperfect or non-develop- 

 ment of a part. 



Achenium, 100. 



Acuminate, 35. 



Acute, 35. 



Adherent, united or growing to, 35. 



Adnate, closely united or growing to 

 (literally "born with"), 72, 88. 



Aestivation, 96. 



Aggregate Fruits, 100. 



Albumen (of the seed), 111. 



Albuminous, furnished with albumen, 

 112. 



Alternate as applied to floral organs, when 

 those of one set stand at the intervals 

 between those of the next set, as applied 

 to leaves, 43. 



Ament, a catkin, 55. 



Amentaceous, furnished with or resem- 

 bling catkins. 



Amphitropous (ovule or seed), 103. 



Anatropous (ovule or seed), 103. 



Andrcecium, the stamens, 68. 



Angiosperm, 83. 



Anther, 68. 



Apetalous, without petals, 65. 



Aril, 113. 



Aristate, 35. 



Articulated, jointed with by a more or less 

 easily separable joint. 



Ash, Percentage of in woods, 116. 



Assimilation, 17. 



Awl-shaped, sharp pointed from a broad 

 base. 



Awn, a bristle as the beard of Barley, 35. 



Awned, furnished with an awn or awns. 



Axil, the upper angle between the stem 

 of a leaf and the branch or stalk which 

 bears it. 



Axillary, growing from the axil, 49. 



Saccate (L. bacca, a berry), berry-like 

 with fleshy pulp. 



Berry, 100. 



Bifoliate, with two leaflets, 42. 



Bipinnate, twice pinnately compound, 42. 



Bract, altered, scale-like leaf of an inflor- 

 escence, 49. 



Bractlet, 49. 



Caducous, falling very early earlier 

 than deciduous. 



C'lli/x, 64. 



Calyx-tube, a tube formed by the union of 

 the sepals, 64. 



Campylotropous (ovule or seed), 104. 



Capitate, forming a head; said of the 

 stigma when enlarged like the head on 

 a pin, or of a flower-cluster when form- 

 ing a dense head. 



Capsule, 100. 



Carpel, 76. 



Carpellary, of or belonging to a carpel. 



Caryopsis, 100. 



Catkin, 55. 



Centimeter (cm.}, a one-hundredth part 

 of a meter, ==.3937 inch. 



Ciiiate (L. cilium, an eyelash), fringed 

 with small hairs like miniature eye- 

 lashes. 



Circumcissile, 99. 



Claw, used of some petals, etc. , to desig- 

 nate a narrow and stalk-like base. 



Cleft, 37. 



Coefficient of Elasticity in woods, 118. 



Compact, as applied to timbers, a non- 

 liability to check in drying, 122. 



Complete flower, 92. 



Compound pistil, 79. 

 leaves, 38. 

 umbel, 54. 



Cone, 84, 100. 



Connate (L. con, with, and natus, born), 

 united or developed with. 



Connective, 72. 



Cordate, heart-shaped, 35. 



Coriaceous, leather-like in texture. 



Corolla, 65. 



Corymb, 53. 



Cotyledon, 109. 



Crenate, 37. 



Cuneate, or Cuneiform, 34. 



Cuspidate, 35. 



Cyme, 58. 



Deciduous, that falls away; said of leaves 



which fall in autumn. 

 Declined, turning to one side or downward. 

 Decompound, more than once compound, 41. 



