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GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Acdhohite : diminutive of the last : i. c. 

 beset Avith small or few prickles. 



Acuminate: ending in a narrowed or 

 prolonged and tapering point; 1G2, 

 fig. 2G8, 239. 



Acutangular : sliarp-anglcd ; as the 

 stems of Scirpus pungens. 



Acute: merely sharp-pointed; ending 

 liy an acute angle ; 162, fig:. 269. 



Adelplmtis (stamens) : joined by their 

 filaments or clustered into a brother- 

 hood (adilpliia). 



Adherent: sticking to, or, commonly, 

 growing fast to, another body, 252. 



Adnate: giown fast to, or formed in 

 union with, another body, as the 

 calyx-tube of the Gooseberry and 

 Cranberry (fig. 391) to the ovary, 

 251, 252. Attached by its whole 

 length, as the anther of Liriodcn- 

 dion, 282, fig. 470, and of Asaruni, 

 fig. 472. 



Adnation : the union of heterogeneous 

 parts, 250. 



Adpressed, or appi eased: brought into 

 contact or nearly, but not united 



Adscendent, or ascending : rising gradu- 

 ally upwards, 102. 



Adsurrjmt, orassmijeiit: rising upwards 



Adventitious, advent ve : found out of 

 the natural place. 



Adventitious buck. 82, 98. 



sEquilateial : equal-sided ; opposed to 

 oblique. 



Aerial: growing in the air. 



Aeital loots, 85 



Aerophi/te : same as Air-plant. 



sEstival: relating to summer. 



yEstivation ; arrangement of floral or- 

 gans in the bud, 2G9. 



Affinity: true and near relationship ; 

 i c species have affinity when they 

 resemble each other in their prin- 

 cipal points of structure, or, in other 

 words, arc constructed throughout 

 upon the same particular plan or 

 . type. (Sec Analo./i/.) 



Agamous or Aijdmic : destitute of sexes 



Agglomerate or aggregate : heaped or 

 crowded into a cluster. 



Aggregate fruits, 317. 



Air-cells, a'r-passages, 50. 



Air-plants, 87. 



Akeniuin or akene : Pec achenium. 



Ala (pi. aire) ; a wing ; the side petals 

 of a papilionaceous flower; 253, 

 fig. 392, b. 



Ahhdstrum: a flower-bud. 



Alar ; borne in the forks of a stem. 



Alate : winged ; i c. furnished with any 

 broad and thin adherent appendage, 

 as the seeds of Trumpet Creeper, 



fig. G01, Ihc leafstalks of the Or- 

 ange, Rhus Copallina, &c , and 

 the stem of the common Thistle. 



Albescent: whitened, or hoary-white. 



Albumen, a vegetable product, 198. 



Albumen of the seed, 7G, 322 



Albuminous (seeds) : furnished with 

 albumen, 323. 



Alburnum: sapwood, 126. 



Alga;, 509. 



Alijologi/ : the science relating to Algae. 



Alismacca:, 487. 



Alkaloids, 57. 



Alliaceous: like the garlic or onion. 



Alliances : natural groups of nearly re- 

 lated orders, 374. 



Allspice. 418. 



Almond, 415, 417. 



Alpine: growing on the higher parts 

 of the Alps, and in general on 

 mountains above the limits of trees. 



Aloes, 493. 



Alsi'ncai, 395. 



Alternate, (leaves) : situated one after 

 another, 78, 97, 133. Petals, sta- 

 mens, &c arc said to alternate w ith 

 adjacent organs, when they stand 

 over the intervals between them, 

 235 



Alternation of parts, 235. 



Alveolate: honeycombed; having deep 

 angular cavities separated by thin 

 partitions, as the receptacle of Cot- 

 ton-Thistle, fig. 898. 



Amarantaceas. 4G5. 



Amaryllidaceoc, 491. 



Anient: a catkin ; a peculiar scaly spike ; 

 213. fig 312. 



Amentaceous : rescmblingor bearing cat- 

 kins. 



Amnios: the embryo-sac. 304. 



Amorphous : shapeless, i. c. of no defi- 

 nite or regular form. 



Ampliibrjons : growing by additions 

 over the whole periphery. 



Amphicdrpous, or amphic&rpic: produc- 

 ing two kinds of fiuit; as in the 

 genus Amphicarpoea, so named on 

 this account. 



Am phiga stria : the peculiar stipule-like 

 leaves of certain Hcpatieaj, 504 



Ampltitiopons,ov amphitropal, ovule or 

 seed, 30 J, fig 528. 



Amp/ectant : embracing. 



Ample'xuaul (leaves, &c.) : clasping the 

 stem by a broad base or insertion. 



Ampulldceous: shaped like an ampulla 

 or flask-shaped vessel ; swelling out 

 at the base or middle. 



Amvgdalcoa, 415. 



Amylaceous: composed of starch (dmy- 

 lum), or resembling starch. 



