GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED. 



Accrescent, increasing in size. 

 AcROCAurous, fruit terminating the stem 



or axis. 

 AcROGENOUs, from the growth of the 



stem taking place at the summit. 

 Acuminate, tapering gradually to a 



point. 

 AcuTATE, slightly pointed. 

 Acute, terminating at once in a point. 

 Adnate, joined together, adhering to 



the face of anything. 

 Adventitious, developed in an unusual 



position. 

 -^ruginose, verdigris-green. 

 Aggregate, crowded. 

 Albescens albicans albidus, whitish. 

 Alternate, one after another, but 



not opposite. 

 Alveolate, studded with cavities, 



somewhat resembling the cells in 



a honeycomb. 

 Amentula, the catkins of (^ inflores- 

 cence. 

 Amplexicaul, clasping the stem. 

 Andrcecium, the male inflorescence. 

 Antheridia, the male reproductive 



organs. 

 Antical, the upper face of a stem, 



branch or lobe of a leaf. 

 Apical, belonging to the apex or point. 

 Apiculate, having an apiculus. 

 Apiculus, an abrupt very short point 



continued from the lamina. 

 Applanate, flattened out or horizon- 

 tally expanded. 



Apprkssed, applied closely to the stem. 

 AppiiOxiMATE, close together. 

 Archegonia. .S'ee Pistillidia. 

 Arcuate, bent like a bow. 

 Areolation, the network formed by the 



outline of the cells. 

 Aroma, the flavour peculiar to any plant. 

 Aromatic, having a spicy taste or 



smell. 

 Articulate, jointed. 

 Ascending, directed upwards. 

 Aspekulous, slightly rough,'?with little 



points. 

 Assurgent, ascending upward. 

 Attenuate, narrowing gradually. 

 Auricles, earlike appendages. 

 AuRicuLATE, having auricles or small 



lobes at the base. 

 AuTOicODS, male and female inflores- 

 cence on the same plant. 

 Axil, the angle between the axis and 



any part produced from it. 

 Axillary, in the basal hollow or axil 



of a leaf or branch. 



I Basal, at the base or lowest part. 

 IJiDEXTATE, with two teeth. 

 BiFARious, two ranks or in two opposite 



rows. 

 Bifid, cleft into two, halfway down. 

 Bifurcate, two-forked. 

 HiLAiiiATE. two-lipped. 

 BiLOiiED, two-lobed. 



Bipartite, divided nearly to base into 

 two parts. 



