GLOSSARY 



OF ENGLISH BOTANICAL TERMS, EMPLOYED IN BOTANICAL 

 DESCRIPTIONS, COMBINED WITH AN 



INDEX. 



[The numerals without any prefix refer to the pages of the work : those preceded by fig. to 

 figures.] 



A, privative, as the initial in many | 

 words of Greek derivation, signifies ' 

 the absence of the organ men- 

 tioned ; as, apetalous, destitute of 

 petals ; aphyllous, leafless. In 

 words beginning with a vowel this 

 prefix is changed to an ; as, amin- 

 thous, flowerless; unantherous, des- 

 titute of anthers. 



Abbreviations. The customary ones 

 are mentioned on p 518. 



Aberrant (wandering) : applied to spe- 

 cies, genera, &c. which differ in 

 some respect from the usual or nor- 

 mal character of the group they 

 belong to. 



Ahicti'neoc, 480. 



Abnormal : differing from the normal or 

 usual stiucture. 



Aboriginal: strictly native ; indigenous. 



Aboition: the non-formation or imper- 

 fect formation of an organ, 255. 



Abortive organs, 258. 



Abrupt: terminating suddenly. 



Abruptly pinnate, 1 63, fig 290. 



Absorption, 80. 



AcanthaccsE, 447. 



Acantlwc/adots: with spiny branches. 



Acantliophoious: spine-bearing. 



Acaulescent : stcmless, or apparently so, 

 i e. without a proper caul is; 91. 



Accessor//: something additional. 



Accessory buds, 98. 



Accessory fruits, 318. 



Accrescent : increasing in size after flow- 

 ering, as the calyx of Physalis. 



44* 



Accrete: grown together. 



Accumbent: lying against, especially 



edgewise against another body; 



.326, 390, fig. 700. 

 Acephalous : headless 

 Accraceas, or Accrinca?, 410 

 .4eero.se: needle-shaped, like the leaves 



of Pines, &c. ; 166, fig. 212, 213. 

 Aceld bidiform or acetabulous ; saucer- 

 shaped. 

 Achenium (pi. achenia). a one-seeded 



seed-like fruit ; 313, fi? 566-573. 

 Achlanajdeous : destitute of calyx and 

 „ corolla, 261. 

 Acids, 56, 195. 

 Acicu/ar : slender needle-shaped or 



bristle-shaped. 

 Acies : the edge of a thing. 

 Acindciform : scymitar-shaped, like 



some bean-pods. 

 Acines (acini) : the separate grains or 



carpels of an aggregate fleshy fruit, 



like the raspberry, as the term is 



now generally used ; classically, the 



dcinus meant the whole bunch of 



such fruits 

 Acoti/le'donous : destitute of cotyledons. 

 Acrobri/ous: budding from the apex 



only ; same as 

 Aodr/enous: growing from the apex, 



'370. 

 Acrogens, Acrogenous plants, 370. 499. 

 Acramp/iibri/ous : growing from botli 



ends and over the surface. 

 Aculeate : prickly ; beset with prickles 



(aculei) ; 52. 



