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A FLORA OP MANILA 



Amorphous; shapeless, the form not regular or 

 uniform. 



Anastomosing; forming a net-work, as the 

 veins of leaves. 



Androecium; the stamens as a vphole. 



Androphore; a column of united stamens. 



Androus; in Greek compounds for male, or 

 ' stamens, as monandrous, with one stamen. 



Angiospermae; plants with ovules in a closed 

 ovary. 



Annual; a plant living a year or less, produc- 

 ing flowers and seeds, and then dying. 



Annular; ring-like. 



Annulate; marked by rings. 



Ansulus; a ring of thickened tissues like that 

 of the spore-ease of most ferns. 



Anterior; the part- of a flower next to the 

 bract, that is, external. The side next 

 to the axis of inflorescence Is the posterior 

 one. 



Anther; the part of the stamen which con- 

 tains the pollen. 



Anthesis; the period of the expansion of a 

 flower. 



Apetatous; without petals. 



Apex; the summit or tip of on organ. 



Aphyllous; without leaves. 



Aploal; 'belonging to the apex or tip of any 

 organ. 



Aplculate; tipped with a small point. 



Appendage; any added part. 



Appendiculate; supplied with an appendage. 



Appressed; pressed to the stem. 



Aquatic; living or growing in water. 



Arcuate; bent like a bow. 



Areola; a small area marked out on a surface; 

 a small pit. 



Aril; a fleshy growth from base of and envelop- 

 ing a seed. 



Arlllate; furnished with an aril. 



Arlstate; awned. 



Articulated; jointed. 



Ascending; directed upward. 



Attenuate; narrowed gradually. 



Aurlculate; furnished with auricles or ear-like 

 appendages. 



Awn; a bristle or bristle-like appendage. 



Awned; furnished with an awn or a bristle- 

 shaped tip. 



Axil; the angle on the upper side between a 

 leaf and the stem. 



Axlle; belonging to the axis. 



Axillary; occurring in an axil. 



Axis; the central line of any body. 



Baccate; berry -like, a fleshy, few- to many- 

 seeded, indehiscent fruit, the seeds im- 

 bedded in pulp. 



Barbate; bearded, that is bearing tutts,' spots, 

 or lines of hairs. 



Basal; belonging or attached to the base. 



Baslfixed; attached by its base. 



Beaked; ending in a prolonged narrow tip. 



Bell-shaped; tubular below, Inflated above, like 

 a bell. 



Berry; a fleshy, indehiscent, few- to many- 

 seeded fruit. 



BI-, Bis.; in compound words meaning twice, 



Blaurlculate; having two ears. 



Bloallose; having two callosities or harder 

 spots. 



Bicarinate; two-keeled. 



Biennial; a plant living two years only, produc- 

 ing flowers and Seeds the second year. 



Bifid; two-cleft to about the middle. 



Bifollolate; a compound leaf of two leaflets. 



Bifurcate; twice forked. 



Biplnnate; twice pinnate. 



Biserrate; doubly serrate, as when the teeth of 

 a leaf are themselves serrate. 



Bisexual; having both stamens and pistil. 



Biternate; twice temate. 



Bladdery; thin and inflated like a bladder. 



Blade; the expanded part of a leaf. 



Bloom; the whitish waxy powder on some 

 fruits and leaves. 



Blunt; ending in a rounded point. 



Boat-shaped; shaped like a small boat. 



Bony; of hard, bone-like texture. 



Bract; the small leaf or scale from the axil of 

 which a flower or its pedicel proceeds. 



Bracteate; furnished with bracts. 



Bracteolate; furnished with bractlets. 



Bractlet or Braoteole; a bract seated on tlie 

 pedicel or flower-stalk. 



Branch; a division of a stem or axis. 



Branchlet; a small or ultimate branch. 



Bristle; a stiff, sharp hair, or any slender body 

 of similar appearance. 



Bristly; supplied with bristles. 



Bulb; an underground stem composed of scales. 



Bulbifsrous; bearing or producing bulbs. 



Bulbils; small bulbs, borne above ground, 

 usually axillary. 



Caducous; falling off very early. 



Caespito.se; growing in turf-like patches or 



tutts. 

 Calyx; .the outer envelopes of the flower. 

 Campanulate; shaped like a bell. 

 Canescent; grayisli-white. 

 Capillary; hair'like in shape. 

 Capitate; having a globular apex. 

 Capsule; a dry, 1- to many-celled seed-vessel of 



a compound pistil. 

 Capsular; like a capsule. 

 Carina; a keel; the two. anterior petals of a 



papilionaceous flower. 

 Carlnate; keeled, funiishcd witli a sharp ridge 



or projection. 

 Carpel; a simple pistil. 

 Caryopsis; the one-seeded fruit or grain of 



gras6<ft. 

 Cartilaginous; firm and tough in texture. 

 Caudate; tailed, or tail-pointed. 

 Caullne; of or belonging to a stem. 

 Cell; the cavity of an anther, or of an ovary. 

 Cernuous; nodding. 

 Chaff; small membranaceous scales- or bracts 



on the receptacles of Compoaitae, the 



glumes or scales of grasses, etc. 



