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GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 



iVitld. Enum. See JVilldenow's Enumeration, 

 4-c. 



JVilid. Enum. Suppl. Id., Enumeratio Pianta- 

 rum Horti Berolinensis. Supplementum post- 

 humum addidit Schlechtendal. 



JVilld. Herb. Willdenow's Herbarium. 



m/ld. Hort. Ber. See Willd. Enum. 



Willd. MSS. WiUdenow in Manuscript. 



V/illd. Sp. See Wil/d. Sp. PI. 



Willd. Spec. See ibid. 



IVilid. Sp. PI. Id., Linn.-ei Species Plantarum. 

 Berol. 1797. 5 vols. Svo. 



fVilldenow's Bawnzuclit. Id., Berlinische Baum- 

 zucht. Berol. 1811. Svo. 



WiUdenoiu's Enumeration of the Plants of the 

 Berlin Royal Garden. Id., Enu\neratio Planta- 

 rum Horti Berolinensis. Berol, 1809. 2voIs.8vo. 



Wilden's Vegetation of Dalmatia. Reviewed in 

 Gard. Mag. vol, xiv. p. 13. 



Winch Geogr. Distrib. An Essay on the Geo- 

 graphical Distribution of Plants througli the 



Counties of Northumberland, Cumberland, and 

 Durham. By N. J. Winch. Newcastle. Ed. 

 2. 1825. Paraph. Svo. 



Withering's Botany. A Systematical Arrange- 

 ment of British Plants. By W. Withering, M.D. 

 Birmingham, 1776, 2 vols. Svo ; ed. 7. with ad- 

 ditions, London, 1830, 4 vols. Svo. 



Woodville's Med. Bat. Medical Botany; con- 

 taining Systematic and General Descriptions, 

 with Plates, of all the Medicinal Plants, indi- 

 genous and exotic, &c. By W. Woodville, 

 M.D. London, 1790. 3 vols. 4to. 



WoodvilWs Med. Bot. Suppl. See Woodvillcs 

 Med. Bot. 



Zticc. Flora. Siebold (P. F. de) and Zuccarini 

 (J. G.), Flora Japonica. ' fol. 



GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 



A. 



Accessory, something added to the usual number 



of organs. 

 Accumbent, reclining or lying on. 

 Accrose, slender, or needle-shaped, as in the 



leaves of some of the cone-bearing trees. 

 Achenittm, a dry fruit, which does not open when 



ripe, and contains ono seed not adhering to the 



pericarp. 

 Acicular, needle-shaped. 

 Acuminated, having a taper point. 

 Acute, sharp-pointed. 

 Adnate, grown to for its whole length. 

 JEstivaliun, the folding of the parts of a flower m 



the bud. 

 Aggregate, clustered. 

 Albumen, the solid farinaceous part of the seed, 



destined to nourish the embryo. 

 Albuminous, furnished with albumen. 

 Alburnum, the sap-wood of trees. 

 Alveolate, honeycomb.like. . . 



Ame/it, a catkin, or inflorescence consistmg of 



chaffy scales, arranged along a thread-like re- 

 ceptacle. 

 Amentaceous, producing or bearing aments. 

 Anaslomosing, uniting of nerves and veins. 

 Androgynous, producing flowers of both sexes on 



the same plant. 

 Angidaie, liaving acute angles. 

 Annulated, ringed, exhibiting circular promi- 

 nences. 

 Anthcriferous, furnished with anthers. 

 Anther, the part of tlie stamen wliicli contains 



the pollen. 

 Apex, the end, or termination. 

 Apicarp. See Epiearp. 

 Apiculated, terminated in a little pouit, or 



prickle. 

 Appendicled, having an additional small leaf at 



the base of the pi'tiole. 

 Approx-imate, near to. 



Arborescent, having a tendency to become a tree . 

 Arguteli/, sharply. 



Aril, '} an enlargement of the placenta adher- 



Arillus, 5 ing to the liilum of seeds, and sometimes 



enveloping thi-m ; exemplified in the outer 



orange-coloured coat of the seed of Z;u6ny- 



mus europs'us. 



Arrou'-shuped, lobed so as to resemble a barbed 



arrow. 

 Articulate, jointed. 

 Assurgent, becoming erect. 



Attenuate, > gradually tapering to a point. 

 Attenuated, S j r o 



Auricle, an ear-like appendage. 



Awl-shaped, narrow pointed. 



Awn, a long bristly appendage, as the beard of 



corn, &c. 

 Axillary, situated in the axils, or angles formed 



by the union of the leaf and stem. 



B. 



Baccate, berry-like ; that is, with the seeds buried 

 in a Ceshy substance, enclosed in a thin outer 

 skin. 



Beaked, ending in a hard curved point. 



Bellying, swelling unequally on one side. 



Bia'ristate, doubly awned. 



Bibracteate, furnished with two bracteas. 



Bicallose, having two small callosities, or protu- 

 berances. 



Bicuspidate, having two points. 



B'fid, two-cleft. 



Bilabiate, having two lips. 



Bilamellate, divided into two flat parts. 



Bilocular, two-celled. 



Bipartite, two-parted. 



Bipinnate, twice pinnate. 



Bisetose, having two bristles. 



Bilernate, twice ternate. 



Bladdery, swelled out, hollow. 



Bossed, convex, and having a projecting point in 

 the centre. 



Bractea, the floral leaf, situated immcdi.-xtely 

 under the flower. 



Bracteatc, furnished with bracteas. 



Bracteole, a small bractea. 



Bran-like, having a scaly scurfy appearance. 



Bristle-pointed, terminating in a bristle. 



C. 



j Caducous, falling off soon : a calyx which fallz 

 1 off before the expansion of the corolla is said to 

 lie caducous. 



Calyculate, having bracteas so disposed as to re. 

 semble an additional calyx. 



Calyptra, a thin extinguisher-shaped covering, 

 or hollow cone. 



Calyx, the outer envelope of a flower. 



Cambium, elaborated sap. 



Campanulale, bell-shaped. 



Canaliculate, channeled, furrowed. 



Canescent, somewhat white, hoary. 



Capillary, hair-like, very slender. 



Capitate, growing in a head ; round and blunt. 



Capitulate, 1 knobbed : growing in small heads. 

 I Capitellate, i 



