GLOSSARY 



BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Aj in composition, signifies witliout, as AphyUttSy with- 

 out leaves; Acaulis^ witliout stem. 



AUn-eviate {cdjbreviare, to sliorten). Used in compara- 

 tive descriptions, to indicate tliat one part is shorter 

 than anotlier. 



Aberrant J deviating from the natural or direct way; 

 applied in Natural History to species or genera tliat 

 deviate from the usual characters of their neighbours. 



Ahortion signifies an imperfect developement of any 

 given organ. 



Abraded, rubbed or worn off. 



Abstergent, cleansing, having a cleansing quality. 



Accessory, something added to the usual number of 

 organs, or their parts. 



Accretion, the growing of one thing to another. 



Accumbent, lying on, prostrate, supine; this term is 

 employed in Cruciferae, to signify a radicle, which 

 lies upon tlie edge of the Cotyledons. 



Acerose, needle-pointed; fine and slender, with a sharp 

 point. 



Acescent, sour, tart, acid. 



Acetarious, any thing belonging to the salad tribes of 

 vegetables. 



Acetoiis, something that produces acidity. 



Acicular, needle-shaped. 



Acinaciform, scimitar-shaped. 



Adni, the small stones in grapes, strawberries, &c. 



Aculeate, being furnished with aculei or prickles, as 

 distinguished from spines. 



AcJilet, prickles, sharp hard processes of the epidermis 

 falling off when old; by which character they are 

 distinguished from spines, which do not fall off. 



AeumiTiate^ taper-pointed. 



Acviangular, having sharp angles. 



Adnate, adhering to a thing. Anthers are called adnate 

 when they arc attached to the filament by their 

 whole length. 



Adult, the full-grown of any thing: full-grown leaves 

 are adult leaves. 



JEruffinous, having a colour like that of serugo or ver- 

 digris. 



Agglomeraied, collected in a heap or head. 



Aggregate^ gathered together ; usually applied to a dense 

 sort of mflorescence, 



Akenium, a hard pcricarpium, containing a single seed, 

 which does not adhere to it; it is the same aa the 

 Linna^an nux. 



AViumcn, the substance under the inner coat of the testa, 

 surrounding the embryo; it is sometimes absent. 



Akjcipliarviic, that which counteracts poisons, antidotal. 



Alkalescent, having the properties or effects of alkali. 



Alveolate, resembling a honeycomb. 



Amentum, a catkin; mode of inflorescence. 



Ampleaicaul, stem-clasping; the base of the leaf sur- 

 rounding the stem. 



Amylaceous, havinjj the properties of starch. 



Anastomosing, uniting, or inosculation, of vessels. 



Androgynous, producing both male and female sexes on 

 the same root, or in the same flower. 



Anfractuose^ full of turnings and winding passages. 



Angular, composed of, or fumisbed with, angles. 

 Angulo- dentate, angularly toothed, or angular And 



toothed, 

 Annulations, rings or circles. 

 A^iterior, growing in front of some other thing. 

 Antltelminiic, capable of killing worms. 

 Antheriferous, bearing anthers. 

 Anti-scrophulous, antiscorbutic ; efi&cacious against 



scurvy. 

 Antiseptic, efficacious against putrefaction. 

 Aperient, having a slight purgative quality, 

 Apctatous, being without petals. 



Aj>e,T, the summit; generally applied to any thing ter- 

 minating in a point. 

 Aplitlious, resembling something covered with little 



ulcers. 

 Apiculate, terminating in an apienlous or little point. 

 Apiculous, a small point. This term is generally used 



when the midrib projects beyond the leaf, forming a 



little point, or when a small point is very suddenly 



and abruptly formed. 

 Apophysis, a swelling beneath the theca of a moss. 

 Appendix, that whicli is attached. 

 Appressed, i)l.aced close upon something else : when 



hairs lie flat upon the surface of a plant, they are 



said to be apprcssed. 

 Approaimated^ near together. 

 Apterous, without wings, or the membranous margins 



which botanists call wings. 

 Aquatics^ growing in or belonging to water. 

 Arboreous, being a tree, as distinguished from frutes- 



cent or shrubby. 

 Arborescent, having a tendency to become a tree. 

 Arcuate, curved or bent like a bow. 

 AreolcB, little spaces or areas on the surface of a thing: 



the surface of crustaceous lichens ia often cracked in 



every direction; the spaces between the cracks are 



the areolae. 

 Areolated, the adjective of the last term. 

 Aridity, dryness. 

 Aril/ate, having that peculiar appendage called the 



Arillus. The term is only applied to seeds. 

 Arillus, a process of the placenta adhering to the hiluni 



of seeds, and sometimes enveloping them. 

 Aristate, bearded, as the glumes of barley. Many 



grasses. 

 Aroma, the spicy quality of a thing. 

 Articulation, the place wliere one thing is joined with 



another, another word for joint. 

 Asci, small tubes in which the sporules of Cryptogamio 



Xdants are placed. 

 Ascigcroits, bearing asci. 

 Assurgent, rising upward. 

 Attenuate, made thin or slender. 

 Auriculatcd, having an ear-like base. 

 Awns, the beard or arista of corn. 

 Axil-flowering, flowering in the axilla. 

 Axilla, literally the armpit; in plants applied to the 



angle formed by the union of t)ie leaf and stem. 

 AxiUai-y, placed in the axilla. 

 Axis, the line, real or imaginary, that passes through 



any thing. 



