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GLOSSARY. 



jistomotu (-itf). Without a stoma or 

 mouth. 



Atavism (-mas). Ancestral resemblance. 



Ater. Pure black. 



Mhera. Greek for Arista or Awn. 



Atrdtus. Blackened or turning black. 



Mropous (-us), wrongly AtropaL Not 

 turned ; applied to an ovule the same 

 as orthotropous ; 277. 



Attenuate (-atus). Slenderly tapering 

 or narrow. 



Auctus. Same as accrescent; enlarged 

 after flowering ; augmented by an ad- 

 dition. 



Augmentation. Increase beyond the 

 normal number; 179, 200. 



Aurantiacus. Orange-colored. 



Auratus, Aureus. Golden-colored, or 

 yellow with golden lustre. 



Auricle (Auricula). An ear or ear- 

 shaped appendage. 



Auriculate (-aim). Furnished with an 

 auricle; 96. 



Autocarpous. A fruit consisting of peri- 

 carp alone, having no adnate parts. 



Autogamy. Close-fertilization, the fe- 

 cundation of a flower by its own pol- 

 len; 215, 216. 



Avenius. Veinless. 



Awl-shaped. Narrow, terete or some- 

 what so, and attenuate from a broader 

 base to a slender or rigid point 



Awn. A bristle-shaped appendage, such 

 as the beard of Rye and Barley. 



Awned. Furnished with an awn. 



Axil (Axilla). The angle formed on the 

 upper side of the attachment of a leaf 

 with the stem, or the point just above 

 this attachment ; 6. 



Axillary (-dris). In or relating to an 

 axil; 7. 



Axile, Axial (Axitis). Relating or be- 

 longing to the axis. 



Axis. The stem ; the central part or 

 longitudinal support on which organs 

 or parts are arranged ; the central line 

 of any body. 



Bacca. A berry ; 299. 



Baccate (-atus). Berry-like; pulpy 

 throughout. 



Baccetum. An aggregation of berries 

 in one flower ; 300. 



Badius. Chestnut-brown. 



Balausta. Name applied to the fruit 

 of the Pomegranate, with firm rind, 

 crowned with the lobes of an adnate 

 calyx, baccate within, and many- 

 seeded. 



Banner. The vexillum, standard, or 

 upper petal of a papilionaceous co* 

 rolla; 184. 



Barb. A bristle or stout hair, which is 

 hooked or double-hooked, or retrorsely 

 appendaged at the tip. 



Barba. Beard. 



Barbate (-atus). Bearded; beset with 

 long and weak hairs. 



Barbellate (-atus). Beset with shorter 

 and stiffer hairs or barbellce. 



Barbellulate (-atus). Diminutive of the 

 preceding. 



Bark. The rind or cortical portion of a 

 stem, especially of an exogen ; 76. 



Basal (Basilaris). Relating to the base. 



Basal-nerved. With nerves all from the 

 base of the leaf; 92. 



Base (Basis). The extremity by which 

 an organ is attached to its support. 



Basidia. Cells of the fructification of 

 Mushrooms which bear the spores. 



Basifixed (-us). Attached by the base 

 or lower end ; 253. 



Basigynium. Synonym of Carpophore 

 or Thecaphore. 



Basinerved (-ius). When the ribs pro- 

 ceed from the base of a leaf. 



Basipetal. Developing from apex to- 

 ward the base. 



Bast, or Bass. Inner fibrous bark ; 77. 



Bast-cells. The essential components of 

 bast ; long and flexible but thick-walled 

 attenuated cells; 77. 



Beak. A narrowed or prolonged tip. 



Beaked. Ending in a beak. 



Bell-shaped. Same as Campanulate ; 249. 



Berried. Baccate. 



Berry. A fruit, the whole pericarp of 

 which is fleshy or pulpy; 299. 



Bi- or Bis. As a prefix to Latin words 

 (Greek words have Di-), two, twice, 

 or doubly. 



Biacuminate (-atus). Two-pointed, as 

 malpighiaceous hairs, fixed by the 

 middle and tapering to each end. 



Biarticulate (-atus). Two-jointed. 



Biauriculate (-atus). Two-auricled. 



Bibracteate (-atus). With two bracts. 



Bibracteolate (-atus). With two bract- 

 lets. 



Bicallose (-osus). With two callosities. 



Bicdrinate (-atus). Two-keeled. 



Biceps. | With two supports or stalks 



Bicipital. > or two-headed. 



Bicolor. Two-colored. 



Biconjugate (-atus). Twice paired. 



Bicornis. Two-horned. 



Bicomute. Same as preceding. 



