76 Illustrations of Conifers. 



GLOSSARY. 



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Acuminate, with a tapering point. 



Adnate, attached the whole length. 



Apiculate, furnished with a short sharp point. 



Apophysis, the swollen upper part of the cone scale. 



Appressed, pressed close against the surface of some other part. 



Bifid, divided into two at the apex. 



Bract-scale, in Coniferae a scale of the cone above which lies the seed-bearing scale. 



Callous, hard and thick in texture. 



Cartilaginous, hard and tough. 



Ciliate, fringed with hairs. 



Coriacious, leathery. 



Cortex, the bark or rind. 



Cuneate, wedge shaped. 



Cuspidate, suddenly contracted into a point. 



Decurrent, prolonged downwards beyond the insertion. 



Decussate, arranged in pairs alternately at right angles. 



Dehiscent, splitting into definite parts. 



Denticulate, minutely toothed. 



Distichous, disposed in two vertical ranks. 



Ellipsoid, shaped like an ellipse. 



Emarginate, notched at the apex. 



Entire, without toothing. 



Erose, as though bitten or gnawed. 



Exserted, protruding beyond. 



Falcate, sickle-shaped. 



Fascicle, a close cluster or handle. 



Filament, a thread-like body. 



Filiform, thread-shaped. 



Fimbriate, fringed. 



Frondose, frond-like. 



Fusiform, spindle-shaped. 



Glabrous, without hairs. 



Globose, nearly spherical. 



Milum, the scar left on the seed where formerly attached to the funicle or placenta. 



Imbricated, overlapping. 



Keeled, with a ridge like the keel of a boat. 



Laciniate, cut into narrow lobes. 



Lanceolate, broadest at or near the middle and tapering to each end. 



Mucro, a sharp short terminal point. 



Mucronate, tipped with a sharp point. 



Obovate, reversed ovate, the distal end the broader. 



Obtuse, blunt or rounded at the end. 



