GLOSSARY 
OF BOTANICAL TERMS USED IN THIS 
BOOK 
Acuminate.: tapering to a sharp point. 
Alpine: on high mountains above the forest limit. 
Amentaceous : like an ament or catkin, Fig. 20. 
Anther: top of the stamen, containing the pollen, Fig. 12, b. 
A petalous - without petals. 
Apex. top of leaf, petal or sepal. 
A ppressed.: lying parallel with and close to stem. 
Awl-shaped: pointed, and with broad base. 
Beaked ; surmounted by a slender, stem-like growth. 
Bloom. white, powdery coating, which rubs off. 
Bract; minute leaf, often at base of flower-stem, single or clustered. 
Bristly - \ong-stiff-hairy. 
Calyx. outer circle of green leaves in a blossom, Fig. 9. 
Cathkin: long, slender cluster of minute stemless flowers, Fig. 20. 
Compound leaf: a leaf divided into several leaf-like parts, Figs. 
2, 3- 
Cordate.: rather heart-shaped. 
Corolla: inner circle of leaves in a blossom, Fig. 9. 
Corymé. a flat- or round-topped flower-cluster, Fig. 18. 
Crenate. with rounded teeth. 
Crowded leaves: growing too closely to be distinctly alternate or 
opposite, Fig. 4, d. 
Cyme. flattish-topped flower-cluster, the central ones developing 
first. 
Deciduous. of foliage, falling in autumn. 
Dissected of leaves, cut into numerous deep lobes. 
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