APPENDIX. 



No. I. 



GLOSSARY OF THE BOTANICAL TERMS USED THROUGHOUT 

 THE WORK. 



A, in composition signifies without, as Aphyllous without leaves ; Apeta- 

 lous, destitute of petals. 



Abortion, signifies an imperfect development of any organ. 



Abrupt, truncated ;— applied to the extremity of a part which is apparently 

 cut off transversely. 



Abruptly-pinnate, when a compound leaf has no terminal or odd leaflet. 



Accrete, fastened to another body and growing with it. 



Accumbent, lying on ; — this term is employed when speaking of cruciferous 

 plants, to signify a radicle which lies upon the edges of the cotyle- 

 dons. 



Acerose, needle-pointed ; —applied to a leaf when it is linear, very sharp 

 and rigid. 



Achenium, an indehiscent, one-seeded, one-celled pericarp, with the integu- 

 ments distinct, commonly called seed ;— applied to the fruit of Syngene- 

 sious plants, or Composites ; also to that of the Borage tribe. 



Acinaciform, scimitar-shaped. 



Acini, the little berries of compound fruits, as of Strawberry and Mulberry. 



Aculeate, furnished with aculei or prickles. 



Aculei, prickles ;— sharp hard processes of the epidermis, falling off when 

 old, and thus differing from spines, which are persistent. 



Acuminate, taper-pointed ;— terminating very gradually in a point, as the 

 leaves of Horse-Chestnut, Willow, &c. 



Acute, sharp-pointed ;— terminating at once in a point. 



Adnate, adhering ; — applied to anthers which are attached to the filament 

 by the back, that is, by their whole length : sometimes applied to leaves 

 which are attached at the base by their upper surface to the stem. 



Aestivation, the state of the flower when folded up in the bud. 



Aggregate, collected together ;— applied to the inflorescence. 



Akenium, see Achenium. 



AIcb, wings ; — the two lateral petals of papilionaceous flowers. 



