326 GLOSSARY. 



An'giosperm. A plant having its seeds within a pericarp. 184. 



An'nual. Living one year only. 21. 



An'nular. In rings. 



An'ther. The thickened pollen-bearing head of a stamen. 81-87. 



Antherid'ia. Organs of cryptogamous plants that correspond to the 

 anthers of flowering plants. 180. 



Apet'alous. Without petals. 



Apical. Relating to the apex. 7. 



Apocar'pous. Having separate carpels. 52. 



Append'age. Any superadded part. 89. 



Appendic'ular. Furnished with an appendage. 89. 



.Appressed'. Pressed closely together but not adherent. 



Aquat'ic. Living in water. 



Arach'noid. Like cobweb. 



Archego'nium or archegone. The same as pistillidia. 180. 



Aril. A false or extra coat of a seed. 



Armed. Bearing prickles, stings, etc. 



Ascending ovules. Rising upward obliquely. 103. 



Atten'uate. Becoming slender. 



Auric'ulate. With ear-like lobes, n. 



Awn. Any bristle-like appendage. 174. 



Axial. Situated in or belonging to the axis. 



Axil (leaf). The space just above the point where the leaf is joined 

 to the stem. 21. 



Ax'illary. Starting from the axil of a leaf. 21. 



Baccate. Berry-like ; pulpy. 



Banner. The upper petal of a papilionaceous corolla. 39. 



Barb. A hooked or appendaged bristle. 



Ba'sal. Belonging to the base. 93. 



Bas sifixed. Attached by the base. 



Beak. A prolonged tip. 



Bearded. Having long, stiff hairs. 174. 



Berry. A thin-skinned, indehiscent, juicy fruit, having its seeds imbed- 

 ded in a pulpy mass. 109. 



Biden'tate or bicus'pid. Two-toothed. 5. 



Bien'nial. Living two years. 21. 



Bi'fid. Two-cleft to about the middle. 



Bila'biate. Two-lipped. See Labiate. 42. 



Biloc'ular. Two-celled. 



Bi'nary. Arranged in twos. 44. 



Bisect'ed. Completely divided into two parts. 



Biter'nate. Twice ternate. 



Bladdery. Thin and inflated. 



