GLOSSARY. 



Abortion. Failure to grow. Imperfect development. 

 Acaules'cent. With no proper stem. See caulescent. 

 Acces'sory. Something superadded. 

 Accessory fruits. Those formed by the union of many flowers. 



114. 

 Accum'bent. Lying against. Cotyledons are accumbent when the 



radicle is folded against their edges. 123. 

 Ac'erose. Needle-shaped. 9, 162. 

 Ache'nium. A small, indehiscent, seed-like fruit, in. 

 Achlamyd'eous. Without floral envelopes. 45. 

 Acotyled'onous. Without cotyledons. 



Ac'rogens. Growing by the terminal buds only. End-growers. 

 Acu'minate. Ending in a tapering point. 7. 

 Acute'. Ending in a sharp angle. 7. 



Adhe'sion. The growing to each other of different floral whorls. 62. 

 Adnate'. United to. Adnate anther is one grown by its whole length 



to the connective. 16, 85. 

 ^stiva'tion. The arrangement of the parts of a flower in the bud. 



132. 

 Affin'ity. Near relationship among plants shown by resemblances of 



character. 72-76. 



Ag'gregate. Crowded densely together without cohering. 114. 

 Albu'men (of seeds). The tissue in which the embryo is imbedded 



and by which it is nourished. 118. 



Al'gae. Sea-weeds and other cryptogamous water-plants. 183. 

 Alveolate. Honey-comb like. 

 Am'ent. A scaly, deciduous spike. 31. 

 Anat'ropous or anat'ropal. Reversed, so as to bring the micropyle 



to the hilum. 123. 

 Andrce'cium. The stamens of a flower taken coll sctively. 90. 



