128 A GLOSSARY OF 



ANNUAL. Flowering and fruiting in the same year in which 



it is raised from seed. 

 ANTHER. The case which contains the Pollen (or farina) of a 



plant. 

 APETALOUS. Having no Petals; also applied to plants having 



no Corolla or Calyx. 



APPENDAGES. A name applied to any parts, which grow on 

 another part. Hairs and Prickles are appendages to the 

 stem, &c. 

 APPRESSED. Hairs, &c. pressed upwards against the Stem, or 



part they grow on. 

 AQUATICUS. Living in water. 

 AQUATILIS. Living under water. 

 ARBOR. A Tree, having a distinct trunk from which the main 



branches, grow. 



ARBUSTUM. A Shrub, having no distinct trunk, but only a 

 collection of woody stems, which do not die down in 

 winter. 

 ARIL. A gelatinous body, which rises from the placenta, and 



encompasses the seeds. 

 ARTICULATED. Jointed. 

 ARVENSIS. Living in open fields. 

 AWN. The beard of Corn, or any such slender process from 



the seed. PI. II. 7 A. S. Awn formed of the Style. 

 Axis. Any centre, round which leaves, and other organs are 



arranged. 

 AXIL. The angle formed between the axis and any organ that 



grows from it. 



AXILLARY. Growing in the axil of any parts. 

 BACCA. Berry. A succulent seed-vessel filled with pulp, in 



which the seed nestles ; as in a currant. 

 BACCA CORTICOLA. A Berry having a rind, as in an Orange. 

 BARBS. Hooked hairs, &c. 



