120 INDEX AND GLOriSAKY. 



Apocarpous: applied to pistils when the carjiels are free iroir; 



each ether. 

 Appendage : anything attached or added. 

 Appressed : in contact, but not uuitinl. 

 Aquatic : growing in the water, whether completely, or only 



partially, immersed. 

 Arborescent : resembling a tree. 

 Aril, 157. 



Arrow-shaped, Fig. 120. 

 Ascending : rising ujjward in a slanting direction ; applied chiefly 



to weak stems. 

 Ascending axis : the stem of a plant. 

 Ascidium : a pitcher-shaped leaf, Fig. 134. 

 Ashes of plants, 176. 

 Assimilation, 165. 

 Auriculate : same as auricled, having rounded lobes at the base ; 



applied mostly to leaves. 

 Awl-shaped, Fig. 112. 

 Awn : a bristle, such as is found on the glumes of many Grasses, 



Barley for example. 

 Axil, 3. 



Axile : relating to the axis. 

 Axillary : proceeding from an axil. 

 Axillary buds, 88. 

 Axillary flowers, 120. 

 Axis : the stem and root. 



baccate : like a berry. 



Bark, 169. 



Bast, 167. 



Bearded: furnished with hairs, like the petals of some Violets, 

 &c. 



Bell-shaped, 130. 



Berry, 149. 



Biennial : a plant which grows from seed in one season, but pro- 

 duces its seed and dies in the following season. 



Bifoliolate : having two leaflets. 



Bilabiate: two-lipped. Fig. 142. 



Bipinnate: twice pinnate. Fig. 132. 



Bipinnatifid : twice pinnatifid, Fig. 123. 



Blade : the broad part of a leaf or petal. 



Bracts, 19, 123. 



Bracteate : subtended by a bract. 



Bractlets : Bocondary bracts growing on pedicels, 125. 



Branches : growths from the sides of a stem, originating in axil- 

 lary buds, 3. 



Breathing-pores (stomatos), 173. 

 Bud : an undeveloped stem or branch. 

 Bulb, 92. 



