A GLOSSAEY OF BOTANICAL TEEMS. 1 



ACAULIS. A plant with a very short stem. 



ACCUMBENT. Lying against anything : in distinction to in- 

 cumbent, lying upon. 



ADNATE. Grown to anything by the whole surface ; when an 

 Ovary is united to the side of a Calyx, it is adnate. 



ACHENE. Fruit, formed of one Carpel, closed. PI. II. 6. 9 a. 



ACUTE. Sharp-pointed. 



^EQUALIS. Equal, or similar in size : uniform. 



ESTIVATION. The manner in which the parts of a flower are 

 folded up before they expand. 



AGGREGATE. Several things collected together into one body ; 

 as the seeds in the fruit of a Strawberry. 



ALATUS. A thin wing or expansion to stem or seed, &c. PI. 

 II. 7. S. 



ALBUMEN. That portion of some seeds, which lies between 

 the Embryo, and the Testa. 



ALBURNUM. The white wood of a tree. PL I. 



ALTERNATE. Placed on opposite sides, of a stem, or axis ; on 

 a different line ; or, where Stamens are between the Pe- 

 tals, in turn. 



AMPLEXICAUL. Clasping : when a Leaf clasps a Stem at its 

 base. 



ANALOGY. Eesembling a thing in many points, but differing 

 in more important. 



* Taken chiefly from Dr.Lindley's "Glossary of Botanical Terms, with 

 wood-cuts." 



