XIV GLOSSARY. 



Apocarpous ; fruit formed of carpels which are quite separate. 



Approximate ; close together. 



Arching ; curved into the form of an arch. 



Arcuate ; curved so as to form a considerable part of a circle. 



Aril j an aftergrowth from the placenta or seedstalk surrounding 

 the seed. 



Arillode ; an aftergrowth from the lips of the foramen (or ter- 

 minal opening of seed). 



Ascending ; curving upwards into a vertical position. 



Asperous ; rough with short raised points. 



Attenuate ; narrowing gradually to a point. 



Auricled; having auricles, or appendages at the base of tire 

 leaves. 



Awn ; a long-pointed bristle-like appendage, as the beard of 

 Barley. 



Awned ; having awns. 



Axil ; the upper angle formed by the union of the stem and 

 leaf. 



Axillary ; placed in an axil. 



Axis ; the line passing through the centre of any thing ; the 

 common stalk of the flowers in a spikelet of Grasses. 



Baccate ; pulpy like a berry. 



Base ; the end nearest the point of attachment. 



Beak ; a long pointed projection. 



Bearded ; having long hair like a beard. 



Berry ; a pulpy fruit containing several seeds ; a true bacca 



when inferior, a uva when superior. 

 Biennial plants spring from the seed in one year, flower in the 



following year, and then die. 

 Bifariously ; arranged in two rows, one on each side of any 



thing. 



Bifid ; divided halfway down into two parts. 

 Bipartite ; divided nearly to its base into two parts. 

 Bipinnate ; when the divisions of a pinnate leaf are themselves 



pinnate. 



Bipinnatifid ; when the divisions of a pinnatifid leaf are them- 

 selves pinnatifid. 

 Biternate ; when the divisions of a ternate leaf are themselves 



ternate. 



Boatshaped ; resembling a small boat. 

 Bracteoles ; minute bracts. 

 Bracts ; small leaves somewhat different from the others, seated 



on the inflorescence. 



Bulb ; a leaf-bud with fleshy scales, usually placed underground. 

 Bulbiferous ; bearing bulbs on its stem. 

 Bulblike j resembling a bulb in appearance, but solid. 



