GLOSSARY 



OF 



BOTANIC TEEMS 



a, privative ; in Greek compounds = 

 without, as apetalous, without 

 petals ; modified into an- or am- 

 for euphony. 



ab (Lat.), from; as abnormal, a 

 deviation from rule. 



abax'ial (ab, axis, an axle); (1) ap- 

 plied to an embryo which is out of 

 the axis of the seed by one-sided 

 thickness of the albumen ; (2) the 

 side of a lateral organ away from 

 the axis. 



abbre'viated, abbrevia'tus, shortened, 

 as when one part is shorter than 

 another ; Abbreviation, a selection 

 of those most frequently used will 

 be found in the Appendix. 



aber'rant, aber'rans (aberro, I go 

 astray), differing from usual struc- 

 ture, departing from the type. 

 Aberra'tion, non-typical structure. 



abiet'ic (Abies, a fir-tree), used of 

 certain coniferous products which 

 are not exclusively from Abies ; ~ 

 Anhy'dride, the resin in turpentine ; 

 ~ Add, a compound of the last with 

 water, forming a large proportion 

 of the constituents of frankincense : 

 Ab'ietin, resin from Abies pectinata, 

 DC., and Ab'ietite, a sugar from 

 the leaves of the same species ; 

 abieti'nus (Lat., made of fir), ap- 

 plied to cryptogams which (1) 

 grow on firs, or (2) resemble a 

 fir-tree in habit, as Alsia abietina, 

 Sulliv. 



Abiogen'esis (a, not ; /3/os, life ; yfreeis, 

 beginning), spontaneous genera- 

 tion ; the assumed origin of living 

 organisms from non-living matter. 



Abjec'tion (abjectio, throwing away), 

 casting off spores from a sporo- 

 phore. 



abjoint' (ab+ joint), to delimit by 

 septa or joints ; a hybrid word. 



Abjunc'tion (abjunctus, unyoked), 

 cutting off spores on portions of 

 growing hyphae by septa. 



Ablacta'tion (ablacto, I wean), in- 

 arching. 



Ablaquea'tion, Ablaquea'tio, loosening 

 the soil round trees. 



ablast'ic (a, not ; jSXaaTds, a bud or 

 shoot), applied to parts of a flower 

 or other organ which have not been 

 developed ; ablas'tous, without germ 

 or bud. 



Abnoda'tion (abnodo, to clear of knots), 

 cutting away knots from trees. 



abnorm'al, abnorma'lis (abnormis, ir- 

 regular), deviating from rule, as 

 when stamens are opposite the 

 petals instead of being alternate. 



aboriginal (ab, from ; origo, a source), 

 indigenous ; not introduced. 



Abor'tion (abortio, a miscarriage), 

 non-formation or incompletion of 

 a part ; abort'ive, aborti'vus, im- 

 perfectly developed, as abortive 

 stamens when filaments only ; 

 abort'iens, becoming abortive. 



abra'ded, abra'sus, rubbed or scraped 

 off. 



abrupt', abrup'tus, suddenly ending 

 as though broken off; abrupt'ly- 

 acu'minate, having a point arising 

 from abroad extremity; ~ pin'nate, 

 a pinnate leaf ending with a pair 

 of leaflets. 



Ab'sciss-lay'er, a layer of separation, 

 especially with reference to the 

 phenomena of defoliation. 



Abscission (ahscissva, cut off), detach- 

 ment of spores from a sporophore 

 by the disappearance of a connect- 

 ing zone, 



