A GLOSSAEY 



OF 



THE TERMS USED IN THE MANUAL. 



Accumlent ; used to express the application of the edges of the 



cotyledons to the radicle in the seeds of Crucifers. 

 Achene ; a hard dry one-seeded superior pericarp. 

 Acicular ; needle-shaped ; very slender from a slightly broader 



base. 



Acotyledonous ; without distinct cotyledons. 

 Acuminate ; drawn out into a long point, but with the sides 



slightly hollowed. 

 Acute ; sharp ; forming an angle less than a right angle at tha 



tip. 

 Adhering ; uniting together of two different parts, as a calyx to 



an ovary. 



Adnate ; attached throughout their whole length. Adnate an- 

 thers have their lobes so attached to the filament. Stipules 



are often adnate to the petiole by one of their edges. 

 Adpressed ; pressed close to any thing. 

 Adpressed-serrate ; serrate with the teeth lying closely on each 



other or to the edge of the leaf. 

 JEstwal ; produced in summer. 



^Estivation ; the arrangement of the floral organs in the bud. 

 Albumen ; nutritious matter contained in the seed to feed the 



young plant ; more correctly called perisperm. 

 Alternate ; placed successively on the oppo.-ite sides of an axis, 



as in the case of leaves ; or opposite to the spaces between 



the parts of the next whorl in flowers. 

 Amplexicaul \ clasping the stem with their base. 

 Anastomosing-, veins combining with each other at their ends. 

 Annual plants rise from the seed, flower, and die in the same 



year. 



Annular j forming a ring. 



Anterior ; the part of a flower next the bract or in front. 

 Anther ; the part of the stamen which contains the pollen. 

 Apex ; the end furthest from the point of attachment. 

 Apical; at or relating to the apex. 

 Apiculate ; having a very small hard point at the end, usually 



formed by the tip of the midvein. 



