GLOSSARY. 3ii 



Appendiculatus petiolus, a little appendage hanging from 

 the extremity of the foot-stalk. 



Approximata^b//fl, leaves growing near each other. 



Arbor, a tree. 



Arbustiva, a copse of shrubs or trees, an order of plants iu 

 the Fragmenta inethodi naturalis of Linn&us. 



Arcuatum legumeH, arched, a pod that is curved or bent. 



Arillus, the proper exterior coat of a seed that falls off spon- 

 taneously - 



Arista, the beard of corn or grasses. 



Arma, arms, weapons, one of the seven kinds of fulcra of plants* 



Articulatus cauiis, culmus, having knots or joints. 



Articulus culmi, the straight part of the stalk between two 

 joints. ^ 



Asperifoliae, rough-leaved plants, an order of plants in the 

 Fragmenta methodi naturalis of Linn&us. 



Assurgentiayb/za, first bent down, but rising erect towards 

 the apex. 



Attenuatus pedtinculus, when the foot-stalk grows smaller 

 towards the flower. 



Auctus calux, augmented, having a series of distinct leaves, 

 shorter than its own, that surround its base. 



Avfenia /b/fYr, leaves which have no visible veins. 



Auriculatum^/b//M//z, an ear-shaped leaf, when the leaf to- 

 wards the base has a lobe on each bide. 



Axillaria folia, growing out of the angles formed by the 

 branches and the stem. 



B 



Bacca, a berry : or a pulpy pericarpium without valves, in 

 which the seeds are naked. 



Bai ba, a beard, a species of pubescence, sometimes on the 

 leaves of plants, as on the Mesembryanthemum barbatum. 



Barbatum folium, when a bunch of strong hairs terminates 

 the leaves. 



Bicornes, plants whose anthere have the appearance of two 

 horns. Likewise an order of plants in the Fragmenta me- 

 thodi nuturalis of Lhmtcas. 



Biennis radix, a root which continues to vegetate two years? 



Birariayb&z, a leaf pointing two ^ ays. 



Biferae plantcc, flowering twice a year. 



Bifidumyb/wm, divided or cloven into two parts. 



Biflorus peduuculus, bearing two flowers on a foot-stalk. 



Bigeminum folium, a forked footstalk, with two little leaves 

 at the apex of each division. 



z, a winged leaf, bearing two pair of foliola. 



Bilabiate 



