GLOSSARY 



Accessory Additional 



Achene A dry one-seeded fruit 



Acute Sharp-pointed 



Alpine Above timber-line as a 

 rule 



Alternate With a single leaf at 

 each level of attachment 



Amphibious Growing in water or 

 on land, usually in. mud 



Annual Lasting only one growing 

 season 



Anther The upper part of the sta- 

 men containing the pollen 



Apex Tip or upper end 



Apical At the tip 



Appendage An addition or pro- 

 jection 



Appressed Lying close to or 

 against another part 



Aquatic Growing in the water 



Arctic Far northern 



Aromatic Spicy, fragrant 



Attenuate Drawn out gradually in- 

 to a point 



Awl-shaped More or less spine- 

 like 



Awn A slender bristle-like struc- 

 ture 



Axil The angle between leaf and 

 stem 



Axillary Borne in the axil of a 

 leaf 



Axis The part of a stem or branch 

 which bears leaves, flowers or 

 flower parts 



Banner The largest petal of a pea 

 flower 



Barbed Curved like a fish-hook 

 Basal At the base or lower end 

 Beak An elongated tapering 



structure 



Beaked Bearing a beak 

 Bearded With hairs restricted 



more or less to a definite area 

 Berry A fleshy fruit with a thin 



skin or soft rind, the seeds em- 

 bedded in pulp 

 Biconvex Both surfaces rounded 



or convex 

 Biennial Living two seasons and 



flowering once 



Bipinnate With two sets of leaf- 

 lets, primary and secondary 

 Blade The flat part of a leaf 

 Bract A reduced leaf associated 



with a flower or flower cluster 

 Bristle A stiff hair or prickle 

 Bulb A short round stem with 



fleshy scales, usually below ground 

 Bulbil A small bulb, usually a- 



bove ground 

 Bulbous Like a bulb; bearing 



bulbs 

 Calyx The cup- or saucer-shaped 



outer part of the flower, made up 



of sepals and usually green 

 Capitate Head-like 

 Capsule A dry fruit consisting of 



two or more carpels or pistils and 



splitting when ripe 

 Carpel A simple pistil or the unit 



part of a compound pistil 

 Catkin A narrow hanging cluster 



of sessile flowers 



