DEFINITIONS 



Alternate leaves. Arranged on the stem, or branch, otherwise 

 than opposite or whorled. 



Annual. Lasting only one year. 



Anther. The pollen-bearing part of the stamen. 



Axillary. In the angle between a leaf, or branch, and the stern. 



Berry. A small, wholly fleshy fruit. 



Bloom. A waxy surface, as on the plum. 



Bract. A modified leaf. 



Calyx. The outer part of the floral envelope, made up of sepals, 

 separate or joined together, generally green (see illustration 

 in "Directions"). 



Cleft. Cut about half way. 



Cluster. An assemblage, or bunch, of flowers or leaves (the 

 term is not applied to the spike, raceme, head, or definite 

 umbel, but includes corymbs, cymes, panicles, and com- 

 pound racemes). 



Composite. The name of a large family in which apparently 

 single flowers are made up of many florets. The central 

 ones (usually tubular) may form a disk, the outer forming 

 rays, as in the daisy, or all may be strap-shaped, as in the 

 dandelion, or all may be tubular. 



Compound leaf. A leaf made up of leaflets (see illustration in 

 "Directions"). 



Corolla. The inner part of the floral envelope, made up of 

 petals, separate or joined together. It is generally the 

 part which gives the flower its color (see illustration in 

 "Directions"). 



Corymb. A flat or convex cluster with the outer flowers blos- 

 soming first. 



Cyme. A cluster with the inner flowers blossoming first. 



Disk. The centre of a composite flower-head. 



Dissected. Finely cut up (see illustration of Yarrow, White 38). 



Divided. With lobes reaching to the base. 



Drupe. A fleshy fruit with stony centre, as the cherry. 



Filament. The part of the stamen bearing the anther. 



Flower-head. A collection of florets joined into an apparently 

 single flower, as in the Composite family. 



Head. A thick, close cluster of flowers practically, or quite, 

 without separate stalks, as in the clover. 



Herb. A plant without lasting woody stem. 



Involucre. A whorl of modified leaves (bracts) around a flower. 



Lance-shaped. Long-pointed, with widest part nearer the base. 



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