GLOSSARY. 



Acuminate. Tapering to a long 

 point. 



Acute. Pointed. 



Alternate (leaves). Placed al- 

 ternately on either side of 

 stem. 



Annual. Living for one year. 



Anther. Part oi stamen. 



Awn. A terminal bristle. 



Axil. Place of attachment to 

 stem. 



Basidium. A. specialized, re- 

 productive cell, in Fungi. 



Berry, A fruit having all layers 

 of pericarp fleshy and suc- 

 culent. 



Biennial. Living for two years. 



Bract. A leaf in whose axil a 

 flower is placed. 



Calyx. Outer whorl of flower. 



Campanulate. Bell-shaped. 



Capsule. A seed-case. 



Carpel. Part of pistil of flower. 



Chotomous. Divided. 



Clasping. Adhering laterally. 



Cone. Fruit of Conifers. 



Convolute. One margin rolled 

 inwards towards midrib. 



Cordate (leaves). Heart-shap- 

 ed, or with rounded lobes 

 at base. 



Coriaceous (leaves). Dry or 

 leathery. 



Corolla. Inner whorl of flower. 



Corymb. A flattened panicle. 



Cuneate (leaves). Wedge- 

 shaped, tapering towards 

 base. 



Cyme. Two or more peduncles 

 springing beneath terminal 

 flower. 



Deciduous. Falling when ripe 



or withered. 

 Dehisce. To split. 

 Dentate (leaves). Outwardly 



pointing teeth at margin. 

 Digitate (leaves). Leaflets 



radiating from point of stalk. 

 Dicecious. Barren and fertile 



flowers on separate plants. 

 Drupe. A uni- or bilocular 



stone-fruit. 



Elliptic (leaves). See Oval. 

 Endocarp. Innermost layer of 



pericarp 

 Entire. Not lobed or divided. 

 Evergreen (leaves). Persistent. 



Follicle. A unilocular capsule 

 dehiscing only by the ven- 

 tral suture. 



Glabrous. Not shining. 

 Gland. A secreting organ. 

 Glaucous. "Whitish green. 

 Glume. A form of bract. 



Herbaceous. Not woody. 



Hilum. Portion of ovule at- 

 tached to placenta. 



Hispid. Covered with stiff hairs 



Hypothandium. Inflorescence 

 surface hollowed like a 

 pitcher. 



