GLOSSARY. 



Ibortive and abortion, terms used 

 where the symmetry of the 

 flower is not complete, or im- 

 perfectly developed. 



Acheenium, the fruit of the family 

 of the Compositae, which is one- 

 seeded, and does not open ,but the 

 pericarp of which is separable. 



Acuminate, tapering at top ; sharp- 

 pointed. 



Acute, pointed, not tapering. 



Alternate, placed one above another. 



Amplexicaul, embracing the stem. 



Angular, having angles on the 

 margin. 



Anther, a membranaceous body, 

 borne by the filament, con- 

 taining a dust-like powder. 



Apiculate, having a soft terminal 

 point. 



Articulated, jointed. 



Attenuate, gradually diminishing in 

 breadth. 



Axillary, growing in the axil. 



Baccate, berried, covered with a 



soft flesh. 

 Bipinnate, if a compound leaf is 



divided twice in a pinnate 



manner. 

 Bract, a floral leaf ; a leaf from 



which flowers proceed. 

 Bractlet, a small bract at the base 



of a separate flower. 

 Callous, hardened, indxirated. 

 Calyx, flower-cup, the exterior 



covering of a flower. 

 Campanulate, bell-shaped. 

 Cap, the uppermost part of a 



fungus. 

 Capitate, formed into a head. 

 Capitulum, a head of flowers in 



Compositce. 



Capsule, a membranaceous seed- 

 vessel opening by valves. 



Cartilaginous, hard and tough. 



Catkin, a deciduous unisexual spike, 

 whose flowers are destitute of 

 calyx and corolla, but supplied 

 with bracts. 



Caudate, having a tail or appendage- 



Caudex, the stem of ferns. 



Channelled, concave, so as to re- 

 semble a gutter. 



Ciliated, fringed with short, stiff", 

 marginal hairs. 



Compound, composed of several 

 parts. 



Compressed, flattened. 



Cone, a dry fruit formed by scales, 

 covering naked seeds. 



Connate, united at base. 



Cordate, heart-shaped. 



Coriaceous, leathery. 



Corolla, the inner envelope of the 

 flower, constituting what is 

 commonly called the flower. 



Corona, scaly or petal-like bodies, 

 intervening between the petals 

 and the stamens. 



Corymb, a raceme, in which the 

 lower stalks are longest, and the 

 upper ones so shortened, that 

 the flowers are placed in one 

 horizontal plane. 



Crenate, having rounded marginal 

 teeth. 



Crested, having an elevated ap- 

 pendage, a crest. 



Cylindrical, having a cyliiuiricai 

 shape. 



Deciduous, falling off after having 

 performed its functions. 



Decompound, having compound 

 branchings. 



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