GLOSSAEY FOE VOL. VI. 



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 [The present Glossary contains descriptions of such terms as arc not described in 1 



the other volumes. It must he therefore considered as a continuation of those j 



given in the other volumes.] ! 



Alternate. — "When apparently disposed without regularity; thus ' 



alternate pinnse are whea the pinnae are not opposite to each 



other. 

 Anterior.— 'Placed in front of others, or outwardly with respect to the 



axis about which they are arranged. 

 Arborescent. — The form of a tree. Thus an arborescent caudex has a , 



tree-like stem. I 



Aristate. — Awned. . I 



Bacciform. — Bearing berries, or having a succulent nature like that of i 



berries. ' 



Ciliato- serrate. — When marginal serratures have stiffish hairs. 

 Circlet. — Placed in a ring. 

 Channelled. — Hollowed out, resembling a gutter. 

 Cordate- auriculate. — Having heart-shaped ears. 



Costoeform. — E,ib- shaped. i 



Cuculate. — Hooded. Where the edges are curved inwards, or rolled 



up like the point of a slipper. 

 Decumbent. — Eeclining upon the ground, and rising again from it at 



the apex. 

 Depauperated. — Empoverished. When the branches or segments are , 



almost wanting. 

 Excurrent. — Extending beyond the usual limits. 



Eccentric. — Kot having the same centre. • 



Fascicled. — WTiere several similar parts originate at the same spot, and 



are collected together as in a bundle. 

 Glandular. — Eurnished with glands. 

 Inciso-lobate. — Lobes deeply cut, or divided. 

 Inciso-pinnatifid. — So deeply cut as to approach a pinnate form. 



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