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Glossary of Terms. 



Apocarpous. Carpels separate from 



each other. 

 Arbor. A tree, a plant with a distinct 



stem and branches. 

 Arenarius. Growing in sandy soil. 

 Argenteus. Silvery. 

 Aristatus. Awned or bearded. 

 Articulatus. Jointed. 

 Arvensis. Growing in cultivated 



grounds. 



Asper. Furnished with harsh hairs. 

 Ater. Deep black. 

 Atratus. Becoming black. 

 Attenuatus. Tapering, slender. 

 Auratus. Golden yellow. 

 Awn. A stiff or flexible bristle. 

 Auriculatus. Provided with ear-like 



lobes or processes. 



Axis. The stem and root of a plant. 

 Axil. The angle formed between the 

 leaf and stem, or between other 

 organs. 

 Axile. Proceeding from the centre or 



axis. 

 Axillary. Produced in the axils of the 



leaves or other organs. 

 Azurcus. Sky-blue. 

 Baccate. Having a more or less suc- 

 culent or pulpy seed-vessel or berry. 

 Barbatus. Bearded, having tufts of 



soft hairs. 



Bi, in compounds, signifies twice. 

 Blade. The lamina or flat part of a 



leaf. 



Bracts. The foliaceous appendages of 

 a plant between the normal leaves 

 and the floral envelopes. 

 Bracteatns. Furnished with bracts. 

 Bulb. A leaf-bud, with fleshy scales, 

 which perpetuates and propagates an 

 individual. 

 Bulb, naked. Having loose scales like 



the Lilies. 



Bulb, solid. See Corm. 

 Bulb, tunicatcd. Having the outer 



scales membranous, e.g. Tulip. 

 Bullatus. Blistered or puffed up. 

 Caducous. Dropping off. 

 C&rulcus. Pale blue. 

 CeesiuA. Ash-grey. 

 Calyx. The outer floral envelope 



(where there are two), composed of 

 separate or connate sepals. 

 Campestris. Growing in fields. 

 Candidus. Pure white. 

 Camscens. Greyish white. 

 Capitate. Terminating in a knob, as 

 the pistil of many plants ; or clus- 

 tered, as the florets of the Coni- 



positse. 

 Capituhtm or Capitule. A dense head 



of flowers. 



Capsule. A dry dehiscent seed-vessel. 

 Carneus. Flesh-colour. 

 Carpel. One of the rolled-up leaves 



forming the gynsecium or pistil, 



whether separate or combined. 

 Cartilaginous. Tough and hard. 

 Catkin. A deciduous spike of flowers. 

 Cauline. Belonging to or produced 



from the stem. 

 Centrifugal. Applied to those forms 



of inflorescence whose terminal or 



central flowers expand first. 

 Centripetal. Flowering from the base 



or circumference towards the centre 



or tip. 



Cernuus. Drooping, pendent. 

 Chryso, in compounds, signifies golden 



yellow. 



Ciliate. Having marginal hairs. 

 Circmate. Eolled up, like the young 



fronds of many Ferns. 

 Clavatus. Club-shaped. 

 Claw. The narrowed stalk-like por- 

 tion of a petal, as in most Crviciferse. 

 Coccineus. Scarlet or carmine tinged 



with yellow. 

 Comose. Furnished with hairs at the 



end, as some seeds. 

 Compound. Of several parts, as a 



paniculate inflorescence or pinnate 



leaf. 

 Connate. Parts of the same whorl 



grown together, as sepals. 

 Connective. The rib or part between 



the anther-cells. 

 Contorted. In aestivation, when one 



edge of a petal or sepal is covered 



and the other free or exposed ; 



twisted. 

 Convolute. In aestivation or vernation, 



