GLOSSARY. 



Acute 

 Alternate 



Annual 



Apex- 

 Appendage 



Appressed 

 Ascending 

 Awn 

 Axil 

 Bacteria 



Barren 

 Basal 

 Base 



Biennial- 



Bristle 

 Compound- 

 Compressed 

 Corneous 

 Cotyledon- 

 Creeping 



Sharp at the end; pointed. 



(of leaves, etc.) Not opposite each other but dis- 

 tributed at different heights along the stem or 

 branch. 



Of only one year's duration. Winter annual, a 

 plant which sprouts in the fall, blooms the following 

 spring, fruits and then dies. 



The top or tip of the leaf, flower, etc. 



Something added to or accompanying a principal or 

 greater thing though not necessary to it. 



Lying close and flat against. 



Curving upward. 



A bristle-like appendage. 



The angle formed by a leaf or branch with the stem. 



A class of extremely small plants visible only by the 

 aid of a microscope. 



Fruitless; incapable of bearing seeds. 



Connected with or belonging to the base. 



That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is 

 attached to its support. 



A biennial plant requires two seasons to complete its 

 growth. The first is spent in collecting and storing 

 up nourishment and the second in producing flowers 

 and seeds, after which the plant dies. 



A stiff, sharp, roundish hair. 



Composed of two or more similar parts united into 

 one whole. Compound leaf, one divided into sepa- 

 rate leaflets. 



Flattened. 



Horny; horn-like. 



See pages 8 and 13. 



Running along at or near the surface of the ground 

 and rooting. 



Cross-fertili- The fertilization of a plant by poller, from another 

 zation individual. 



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