INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



** The figures refer to paragraphs. 



A ; (, privative) in composition signifies 

 without. 



Abortion; an imperfect development of 

 any organ. Abbreviations, 138. 



Absorption, 157, 158, 272, 273, 274. 



Acaulescent, 184. 



Accessory ; something added to the usual 

 parts. 



Accretion ; the growing of one thing to 

 another. 



Accumbent; lying upon. In the Cru- 

 ciferai it denotes the radicle lying upon 

 the edges of the cotyledons. 



Acerose, 234, 26. 



Achenium, 116, 9. 



Achlamydeous, 54. 

 . Aciculaf ; needle-shaped. 



Acine ; a separate grain or carpel of a col- 

 lective fruit. 



Acotyledonous, 48. 



Acrogens, 351. 



Aculeate ; armed with prickles. 



Acuminate, 236, 3. 



Acute, 236, 1. 



Adherent, 97. 



Adnate ; growing to or upon, 69, 2. 



^Estivation, 108. 



Aggregate ; assembled closely together. 



Aglumaceous, 350. 



Ala, 105, 5. 



Alburnum, 203. 



Albumen, 122. 



Alternative, 108, 5. 



Alveolate ; with partitions like a honey- 

 comb. 



Ament. 299. 



Amplexicaul, 222, 3. 



Anastomosing; the uniting of vessels; 

 inosculating. 



Anatropous, 121. 



Ancipital ; two-edged. 



Andrcecium, 57, 65. 



Androgynous; with both stamens and 

 pistils. 



Angiosperrns, 349. 



Anthelmintic ; expelling or killing worms. 



Animal, definition of, 11. 



Antiseptic; efficacious against putrefac- 

 tion. 



Anther, 68. 



Apetalae, 354. Apetalous, without petals. 



Appressed; pressed closely upon some- 

 thing else. 



Apterous ; without wings (or margins). 



Aquatics ; growing in or belonging to the 

 water. 



Arachnoid ; 41, a. 



Arboreous; tree-like. 



Arborescent ; belonging to a tree. 



Areolse ; having the surface divided into 

 little spaces, or areas. 



Ariditv; dryness. 



Aril, 119. ' 



Aristate ; bearded, as in the glumes of 

 barley. 



Armed, 235, 7. 



Aroma ; the spicy quality of a thing. 



Articulation; a joint; the place where 

 one thing is joined to another. 



Artificial Classes, 73. 



Artificial Orders, 80. 



Ascidia, 245. 



Ascending; arising obliquely, assurgent. 



Assurgent; arising in an oblique direc- 

 tion. 



Attenuate ; rendered slender or thin. 



Auriculate, 232, 9. 



Awn, 256. 



Axil (arm-pit); the angle between the 

 petiole and branch, on the upper side 



Axillary ; growing out of the axils. 



Axis, ascending, 19. 



Axis, descending, 19. 



