INDEX AND GLOSSAKY: 



Containing Definitions of Botanical Terms, together with references to Ihost 

 paragraphs in which they are defined in the foregoing Lessons. 



A (in composition) signifies without; as 

 apetalous, destitute of petals. 



Abbreviations, p. 131 



Abortive, imperfect, useless. 



Acuulescent, i'35. 



Act-rose, needle-shaped. Fig. 9. 



Aehenium, 163. 



Aculeate, armed with prickles. 



Acuminate, pointed, 83. 



Acute, sharp-angled, 33. 



Adherent, 82. 



Adhesion, 79. 



Adnnte, growing to or upon, 105. 



Aduate stipules, 46. 



JSstivation, 134, 185. 



Aggregate, assembled close together. 



Aggregated fruits, 183. 



Albumen, Albuminous, 189, 192. 



Alburnum, white-wood or sap-wood ; 

 outer layers of the trunk. 



Alternate," 49. 



Ameut, 149. 



Amplexicaul, stem-clasping, 41. 



Analysis 2t>3. 



Anc'ipitut, two-edged. 



AiitfiosMrma, 256, 257. 



Annual, yearly, 211. 



Anther, 100. 



Apetalse, 258. 



Aptt<iLous, without petals. 



Apex. Fig. 5ri. 



Apex of the leaf, 2. 



Appendage, some unusual part added. 



4ppressed, pressed closely to something 

 * else. 



Aquatic, growing in water. 



Arborescent, tree-like. 



Arid, dry. [ley. 



Arisiate, bearded; as the glumes ofbar- 



Arnud, furnished with spines or thorns, 

 as if in self-defence, 56. 



ArotHotic, strong-scented, spicy. 



Arrangement of leaves. Lesson 9. 



Ascending, arising obliquely. 



Ascending axis. Lesson 28. 



Attenuate, made slender or thin. 



Auriculate, ear-shaped, 20. Fig. 28. 



Awned, tipped with a bristle-shaped ap- 

 pendage, as the beard of Barley, &c. 



Axil, 53. 



Axillary, growing out of the axils, 53. 



Axillary buds, 53. 



Axis, tfie stem or central column, about 

 which the organs are arranged, 216. 



Bacaite, berry-like; covered with pulp. 



Banner, 89. 



Burh, the external covering of woody 



steins. 

 Beak, \\ hard, short point, like that of i 



bird. 



Bearded, with long, stiff bristles or haira 

 Berry, 174. 



Bi (in composition), twice; as in 

 i-cuspidate, with 2 points. 

 Hi-dentate, with 2 teeth. 

 Biennial, of 2 years' duration, 212. 

 Bifid, 2-cleft. 

 Bifoliate, 2-leaved. 

 Bifwate, 2-forked. 

 Bl-labiatt, 2- lipped. 

 B'-nate, 2 grown togethnr. 

 Bi-fiinnate, twice pinnate, 39. 

 Bi,-irinnati,fid, twice pinnate-cleft, 24 



Fig. 31. 



Bi-saccate, with 2 tumors or sacs. 

 Bi-ternate, twice ternate, 39. 

 Bi-v<dved, 2-valved. 

 Biography of the plant. Lesson 26. 

 Blade of the leaf, 2. 

 xiotanica. analysis, 264. 

 Bracteate or Bracted, having bracte. 

 Bractlets, little bracts. 

 Bracts, 147. 



