GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TEEMS. 



*** The numbers annexed to the names, or their definition, refer to the paragraphs of the 

 preceding Sketch ; but those preceded by " Flora, p." refer to the pages of the Flora. 



Abortive : not fully developed. 



Abruptly pinnate, 43. 



Accumbent: Flora, p. 24. 



Achenium, 95. 



Achlamydeous : without floral envelopes. 



Acrogens: Flora, p. 585. 



Acuminate : tapering into a slender point. 



Acute : pointed. 



Adherent : growing fast to another 

 body. 



Adnate : same as Adherent. 



Adnate Anthers, 72. 



Aerial Roots, 10. 



^Estivation, 68. 



Air-Plants, 11. 



Aggregate : crowded together. 



Albumen, 101. 



Alburnum, 30. 



Alternate : scattered ; one after another. 



Alveolate : deeply pitted. 



Ament, 53. 



Amentaceous : bearing aments. 



Amphitropous, 83. 



Anatropous, 83. 



Androgynous : containing both staminate 

 and pistillate flowers. 



Angiospermae : Flora, p. 1. 



Annual : lasting only one year. 



Annular : disposed in, or forming, a ring 

 or circle. 



Anterior: applied to that part of an axil- 

 lary flower which is farthest removed 

 from the main axis. 



Anther, 71. 



Apetalous : without petals. 



Apiculate : tipped with a short abrupt 

 point. 



Appendage : something added to a part. 



Appressed : lying near to ; pressed against. 



Aquatic : growing in water. 



Arborescent: tree-like. 



Areolation : spaces between the leaf-veins. 



Aril, 100. 



Arilled: covered with an aril. 



Armed: furnished with thorns, prickles, 

 &c. 



Articulated: divided into joints; connect- 

 ed by a joint. 



Ascending: ) curving outward and up- 

 Assurgent: } ward. 

 Attenuated : gradually narrowed. 

 Auriculate: eared; bearing small lateral 



lobes. 



Awl-shaped : narrow and sharp-pointed. 

 Awn : a rigid bristle-like appendage. 

 Awned : bearing an awn. 

 Axil : the point where the upper surface 



of the leaf joins the stem. 

 Axillary : borne in the axil. 

 Axis : the central line of a body; the part 



around which others grow. 



Baccate : berry-like ; juicy. 



Barbed: bearing rigid points which are 



directed backward. 

 Bark, 31. 



Basal : belonging to the base. 

 Beaked : ending in a stout point. 

 Bearded : bearing tufts or lines of hairs. 

 Bell-shaped : expanding from a short and 



rounded base, into a spreading border. 

 Berry, 93. 



Bidentate : two-toothed. 

 Biennial : lasting two years. 

 Bifid : two-cleft. 



Bifoliolate : bearing two leaflets. 

 Biglandular : bearing two glands. 

 Bilabiate : two-lipped. 

 Bipinnate : twice pinnate. 

 Biternate : twice ternate. 

 Bladders : small sacs filled with air. 

 Blade : the expanded portion of a leaf,&c. 

 Boat-shaped: see Carinate. 

 Brachiate : with pairs of opposite branches 



spreading at right angles. 

 Bract, 45. 



Bracted: furnished with bracts. 

 Bractlet, 45. 

 Bristle : a rigid hair. 

 Bristly: beset with, or like, bristles. 

 Brush-shaped: divided at the apex into 



numerous hairs or filaments. 

 Bud, 14. 

 Bulb, 21. 



Bulbous: shaped like a bulb. 

 Bulblet, 21. 



