GLossary oF TECHNICAL TERMS. 
GLossary—continued. 
CotyLEpon, the first seed leaf of the embryo plant. 
Cumann, the volatile odoriferous principle giving Melilotus the scent of new mown hay. 
Cyctic, occurring in cycles. A term used when a weed waxes and wanes in numbers. 
at intervals of years. ; ¥ Fi 
CyMz, a group of flowers in which the main axes are short and end in terminal flowers. 
Daturin, the poisonous alkaloid of the Thorn Apple. 
DEHIScENT, splitting open to shed the seeds. 
DEFLECTED, bent back. : 
DitateEp, swollen or distended. 
Diso, the central portion of the flower head of a Composite. 
Disc-FLorets, the small central flowers of a Composite head. 
Diuretic, increasing the production of urine. 
DUBOISIN SULPHATE, the compound of the poisonous alkaloid, duboisin, with sulphuric 
acid, sometimes used by oculists. 
Economic, having a useful, or utilitarian, value. 
Ercorttiy, the poisonous principle of ergot. 
Exortc, not native to this country. 
Ferip, having a bad smell. 
Firz-weep, a weed which springs up after fires. 
Fuaccrp, drooping or not tense or turgid. 
Fuora, the plants of a country or district. 
Frorets, the small flowers of a Composite head. 
FLoweErine Axis, the stem on which flowers are borne. 
FLowerine Giumr, the outer scale-like bract enclosing a single grass flower, several 
of which usually form each small “ spikelet.” 
Futvovs, reddish yellow. 
Funiouz, the stalk of a seed. 
Fonevs, plants belonging to the group of the moulds, mushrooms, and puff ‘balls. 
Foner, plural of fungus. 
GASTRO-ENTERITIS, inflammation of the stomach and intestine. 
GirHacin, the poisonous principle of the purple Corn Cockle. 
GLaBRous, without hairs. 
GLANDULAR, having organs or glands capable of excreting liquids or dissolved solids. 
GLOBOSE, rounded. 
Giumes, the scaly bracts of a grass spikelet. 
Hamarurtia, a discase characterized by the escape of blood pigment in the urine. 
Homocennovs, all alike. 
Homus, decayed animal and vegetable matter, mainly the latter. 
HypoprERmic, beneath the skin. 
InctsED, cut or deeply indented from the margin. 
INDEFINITE, numerous, or more than twelve. 
INFLATED, swollen or distended. 
INFLORESCENCE, a cluster of flowers. 
Innocvots, harmless, not poisonous or injurious. 
Invotvorg, the bract or bracts enclosing an inflorescence (group of flowers or Composite 
head). 
Kut, the two lowest united petals in a flower of the pea type. 
paNenOL ary, lance shaped. 
ARYNX, the voice organ of mammals, the ‘“ Adam Apple ” of the throat. 
Larryrism, 4 paralytic affection due to eating the Indian Pea. 
Lzarvets, the segments of a compound leaf. 
Lear-sHnatu, the basal part of the leaf which sometimes wraps round the stem. 
Lzaumg, the pod-like fruit of the pea family, which splits into two halves lengthwise 
when ripe. 
Lzauminovs, belonging to the pea family and having the same type of fruit. 
Luruarcio, lazy, sleepy, disinclined to exertion. 
Linnar, narrow, and of nearly equal breadth throughout. 
Losgs, the free projecting segments of a calyx, corolla, or leaf. 
Locoxp, affected by a poison usually causing more or less complete paralysis or 
madness. 
Luprinotoxine, the poisonous principle of lupins. 
Margvstn, the fragrant medicinal principle of the Horehound. 
Mipriz, the central vein of a leaf. 
