GLOSSARY 



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DICTIONARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



(COMBINED WITH AN INDEX.) 



Antlier, the essential part of the stamen, 

 Figs. 59, 73, 74, p. 32. 



Apetalous, without a corolla, p. 32, 



Aphyllous, destitute of leaves. 



A2')pressed, in close contact but not united. 



Arboreous (or arborescent), tree-like. 



Ai'illus (or aril), a fleshy, false coating to 

 the seed, p. 45. 



Aristate, armed with a bristle-like point. 



Articulation^ the joint at which a part sepa- 

 rates, as the petiole from the stem, p. 

 20. 



Ascending stem, one which arises obliquely, 

 p. 10. 



Assurgent, ascending. 



Awn, a bristle-like appendage. 



Axil, the angle on the upper side between 

 the leaf and stem. 



Axillary bud, a bud placed in the axil of a 

 leaf. Axillary buds often remain dor- 

 mant indefinitely ; when they begin to 

 grow they become terminal buds, i.e., 

 buds terminating growing branches, p. 

 10. 



Alveolate, like honeycomb. Baccate, like a berry. 



Andrcecium, a collective name for the Barbate, bearded. 



stamens. Bark, p. 15. 



Anmial, a plant which germinates from ! 5as<-ce?Zs, the long wood-cells of bark, p. 15. 



the seed, produces flowers and fruit, and | BeaJced, ending in a beak or narrow tip. 



dies the same season, p. 9. Bean, its structure and germinatiou, Figs. 



Annual rings (of wood), Fig. 19, p. 14. 1-5, p. 2, 



Acaulescent, without an apparent stem — 

 the true leaf- and flower-bearing stem 

 being short or subterranean. 



Achenium (or akene), a dry 1-seeded fruit, 

 Fig. 82, p. 41. 



Acicular, needle-shaped. 



Acrogenous, growing only from the sum- 

 mit, as the stems of ferns and mosses. 



Aculeate, armed with prickles. 



Acuminate, taper-pointed. 



Acute, sharp-pointed. 



Adnate (anther), attached by one face to 

 the side of the filament, p. 33. 



Adventitious roots, p. 6. 



Adventitious roots of parasitic plants, Fig. 

 13, p. 7. 



Air-plants, those nourished by aerial roots, 

 p. 9. 



Akene (or achenium), a dry 1-seeded fruit, 

 Fig. 82, p. 41. 



Alate, winged. 



Albwnen, p. 45. 



Alburnum, sap-wood, p, 15. 



Alternate, one after another, as alternate 



