INDEX. 



PRONOUNCING, GLOSSARIAL AND REFERENTIAL 



A. 



A (in composition) prefixed to a Greek 



word, signifies without; as apetalous, 



without petals. 

 Abies, 218. 



Abortive, not developed, imperfect. 

 Abortion, non-development of a part. 

 Abrupt at base, truncate 

 Absinthe, 147. 

 Acacia, a-ka-shi-a, 124. 

 Acaulescent, apparently stemless, 54, 66, 



143. 



Accessory, something superadded. 

 Accrescent, growing after flowering ; sc. 



calyx. 

 Accumbent, lying against the edge, 103. 



See Cotyledons. 

 Acer, 192. 



Acerous, needle-shaped, 214. 

 Achenium (a-ke"n-i-um), plu 



achenia, 48, 147, 178. 

 Aconite, 64. 

 Acorns, 209, 210. 

 Aculeate, armed with prickles. 

 Acuminate, extended into a point. 

 Acute, ending in a sharp angle. 

 Adam-and-Eve (Aplectrum), 236. 

 Adherent, growing to, 87. _A/V* 

 Adherent Ovary. Current. Iffi 



110, 233. 



Adiantum, 27. W 



Adnate, growing fast . 



to, 74, 184. A^W 



Adnate stipules, ll f / 



Rose. I// 



Addnis v 64. 

 Adventitious, out of the normal position, 



Aerial region, 20. 



^culus, 194. 



^Estivation, 42. 



Affinity, resemblance in essential organs 



African Hemp, 258. 



Agapanthus, 238. 



Agave, a-ga-ve, 263. 



Aggregate, assembled close together. 



Aglumaceouis, without glumes. 



Air plants, 239. 



Ala, pi. Alae, wings, 118. 



I Albtlmen,33,42.111. 



Albuminous. 186. 



Alburnum, the sap-wood (p. 107). 



AlfillirSa or Alfilaria. the " Pin Grass " of 

 the Pacific Coast (Erodiuui cicutarium), 

 87. 



Algae, seaweeds, 27. 



Allium, 258. 



Aloe, American, 263. 



Aloes, 258. 



Alpine Primrose, 168. 



Alternate generation, 22. 



Alternate leaves, 193. 

 ! Alternating stamens, 33. 



Alveolate, with pits, as a honeycomb. 



Alyssum, 108. 

 i Amaryllis. 263. 

 i Amaryllidacea;, 262. 



Ainent, a deciduous spike, 208. 



Am6rphous, without definite fo m. 



Amplexicaul, stem-clasping, . m 



Amygdalns, 116. 

 Anagallis, 168. 

 Analysis, 13. 

 Anatropous ovule. 56. 

 Ancipital, two-edged, 



244. 

 Androgynous, staminate and pistillate 



flowers together in a cluster, 266. 

 Anemdne, 61. 

 Angiosperme, 220. 

 Anise, 136. 



Annual, living one year ; yearly, 68. 

 Annular cells, cells distended with rings 



225. 



Antennaria, 139. 

 ' Anterior, facing outward. 

 j Anthe-mis, 147. 

 Anthelmintic, expelling or killing 



worms. 



! Anther, innate, attached by base. 

 Anther, adnato } attached by back. 

 Anther, versatile, attached 



by middle. 

 Anther, valvate, dehiscing 



by valves. 



Anthesii*, the act of flowering. 

 j Antheridia, staminate organs 

 | Mosses, etc., 14. 



