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GLOSSARY. 



Axil. The angle formed by a leaf or 



branch with the stem. 

 Axile or Axial. Situated in the axis or 



relating to it. 



Axillary . Situated in an axil. 

 Axis. The central line of a body in the 



direction of its length. 

 Baccate. Berry-like ; pulpy. 

 Banner. A name often applied to the 



uppermost petal of a papilionaceous 



flower. 



Barb. A sharply reflexed point upon an 



awn, etc., like the barb of a fish-hook. 

 Barbellate. Beset with very short stiff 



hairs. 

 Barbellulate. Sparsely beset with short 



very fine hairs. 

 Bark . The outer covering or rind of a 



stem. 



Basal. At, from, or relating to the base. 

 Basifixed. Attached by the lower end. 

 Beak. A. prolonged tip. 



Berry. A simple fruit of which the 



whole substance, excepting the seeds, 



is pulpy. 



Bifid- Two-cleft. 

 Bipinnate. Twice pinnate. 

 Bladdery. Thin and inflated. 

 Blade. The expanded portion of a leaf 



or petal. 

 Bract. A leaf or modification of a leaf 



subtending a flower or flower-cluster. 



Bracteate. Having bracts. 

 Bracteolate. Having bractlets, 

 Bractlet.A. secondary bract upon the 



pedicel of a flower. 

 Branch, A division of a stem. 

 Brandhlet. A secondary or ultimate 



division of a stem. 

 Bristle. A stiff hair or bristle-like 



appendage. 

 Budscales. The scales which form the 



outer coats of a leaf -bud. 

 Bulb A. subterranean roundish body, 



formed of fleshy scales or coatings ; 



essentially a rudimentary stem or 



leaf-bud, and at length developing a 



flowering stem and often leaves. 

 Bulbiferous. Bulb-bearing. 



Bulbilliferous. Bearing 1 many small 

 bulblets. 



Bulblet.A. small bulb formed in the 

 axil of a leaf or bract. 



Bulbous. Producing bulbs ; bulb-like. 



Caducous. Falling very early ; not at all 

 persistent. 



Calcarate. Spurred. 



Ca ly cu late. Having an involucre re- 

 sembling a second external calyx. 



Calyptra.ln. mosses, the hood which at 

 first covers the capsule. Otherwise, 

 the lid-like deciduous calyx of some 

 flowers. 



Calyx. The outer envelope of a flower. 



Campanulate. Bell - shaped or cup- 

 shaped, with broad base. 



Canescent. Hoary with a grayish pubes- 

 cence or puberulence. 



Capillary. Very slender and hair-like. 



Capitate Snbglobose and terminal, like 

 a head ; collected in a head. 



Capitellate. Diminutive of capitate. 



Capsular. Relating to or like a capsule. 



Capsule. A. dry dehiscent fruit formed 

 from a compound pistil. 



Car inate. Keeled. 



Carpel. A simple pistil or one of the 

 several parts of a compound one. 



Cartilaginous. Firm and tough like 

 cartilage. 



Caruncle. An outgrowth at the base of a 

 seed ; sometimes applied to an en- 

 largement of the rhaphe. 



Catkin. The scaly unisexual soft-silky 

 ament of willows. 



Caudate. Having a tail or slender tail- 

 like appendage . 



Caudex. The trunk of a palm or other 

 arborescent endogen ; or the persist- 

 ent base of any herbaceous perennial. 



Caulescent. Having a manifest stem. 



Cauline. Belonging to the stem. 



Centrifugal. Developing from the cen- 

 tre outward, as in the cyme. 



Centripetal. Developing from the mar- 

 gin toward the center, or from below 

 upward, as in the corymb, raceme, 

 etc. 



