DICTIONARY. 



abietina : like Abies, the fir genus, 

 absoida ; unfinished, abridged, 

 aoerosa : sharp, keen leaves, 

 acetosella : sour tasting, 

 achene : a small, dry, unopening, seed-like 



fruit, containing one seed, 

 acicular : like a needle, 

 aculeata : priclsily, pointed, 

 acuminate : gradually narrowing into a 



point . 

 Adder-tongue : Ophioglossum. 

 adpressa : pressed close to — (usually the 



leaves to the stem), 

 adscendens : branches ascending towards 



the ends, otherwise a depressed habit. 

 !«mula : emulating, rivalling, 

 sequata : equal, similar, 

 ^thiopicum : Northern Africa, 

 agrestis : rural, rustic, wild, 

 albidiflora : white-flowered, 

 alpigenum : alpinus, alpine ; genus, 



origin, 

 amara : bitter, 

 amygdalina : like the Almond (amygda- 



lus), refers to the leaves, 

 anceps : two-sided ; two-natured ; amphi- 



bius. 

 andicola : occurring in the Andes, 

 androecium : sec stamens. 

 anemonifolia : leaves like Anemone, 

 angustifolia : narrow-leaved, 

 antennaria : resembling Antennaria, a 



genus in Compositse. 

 antennifera : perianth with prolonged 



members resembling the antennae of 



insects, 

 anthemoides : like Anthemis, a genus in 



Compositse. 

 antipoda : an antipodean species of a 



northern genus. 

 Ant Orchis : Chiloglottis sp. 

 aphylla : without leaves, 

 aquilina . leaf-outline like the beak of an 



eagle, 

 arbuscula : a small tree or shrub, 

 argophylla : leaves boa't^shaped. 

 arguta : neatly shaped, 

 anstata : the beard of a head of wheat or 



barley, but often used to indicate any 



erect prolongation of a member. 

 Artichoke : Astelia alpina. 

 arundinacea : resembling Arundo, a 



genus of reeds, 

 arvensis : of a field. 



ascending : not decumbent, but nearly so. 

 aspera : rough, 

 auriculata : leaves shaped like an ear. 



aviculare : a bye-way ; an unfrequented 



spot, 

 axil : the angle of junction of a leaf to the 



stem, 

 axiflora, axillaris flowers growing in the 



axils. 

 Banyalla : Pittosporum bicolour. 

 barbata : bearded. 



Bathurst burr : Xanthium spinosum.. 

 Bauera : Bauera rubioides. 

 Bauera, yellow : Hibbertia billardieri.. 

 Bedstraw : Galium sp. 

 bellidioides : like Bellis, the Daisy, 

 berry : a succulent fruit, with few or 



many seeds immersed in fleshy matrix, 

 betonicsefolia leaves shaped like those of 



Betony. 

 bicaloarata : two-spurred, 

 bicolour : two-coloured, 

 bicuspidata : to have two protuberances 



on a member, as on the valves of a 



fruit, 

 bidens : two-toothed, or ending in two 



prolongations. 

 Bidgee-widgee : Aceena sanguisorba. 

 billardiera : La Billardier, a French 



botanist who worked in Tasmania in 



the early part of the last century. 

 Bindweed : Convolvulus sp. 

 Birch, native : Dodonsea visoosa. 

 bitterleaf : Daviesia latifolia. 

 Black boy : Xanthorrhsea australis. 

 Black fern : Athyrium australe. 

 Blackman's potatoes : Wurmbea dioica. 

 Blackwood : Acacia melanoxylon. 

 Black orchid : Lyperanthus nigricans. 

 Blinks : Montia fontana. 

 Blueberry : Dianella sp. 



,, climbing : Billardiera longi- 



flora. 

 Blue creeper : Oomeaperma volubile. 

 Bottlebrush : Melaleuca sp. ; also often 



applied to Callistemon. 

 Boobialla : Myoporum insulare ; also some- 

 times (erroneously) Acacia sophorse. 

 Box : Bursaria spinosa. 

 brachiatus :] short, 

 brachystachium : short-spike, in allusion 



to the mass of flowers. 

 Bracken : Pteris aquilina. 

 bract : scales on a flower-stalk. 

 j bracteole : a bract close under or on the 



calyx, usually a pair and opposite. 

 I bracteatum : with conspicuous bracts. 

 Bramble : Rubus fruticosus, and oftem 



parvifolius. 

 breviculmis : short stemmed. 



