A GLOSSARY 



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THE TERMS USED IN THE MANUAL. 



Accumbent ; used to express the application of the edges of the 



cotyledons to the radicle in the seeds of Grucifers'. 

 Achene; a hard dry one-seeded superior pericarp. 

 Acotyledonous ; without distinct cotyledons. 

 Acuminate ; drawn out into a long point, but ' with the 'sidtis 



slightly hollowed. ' ' 



Acute; sharp; forming an angle less than a right' ang'le at the 



tip. 

 Adhering ; the uniting together of diiferent parts, as a calyx to 



an ovary. ■ ) , . ^ 



Adnate; attached throughouttheir whole length. Adnateaiithers 



have their lobes so attached to the filament. ' Stipules are 

 . often adnate to the petiole by one of their edges. 

 ABp^essed; pressed close to anything. '■■>>' 



Adpressed-serrate ; serrate with 'the teeth Ijing closely'' oyer 

 ■-'' 'each other or to the ed^e of the leaf. . v-n . 



JEstival ; produced in summer. ' 



Albfimen ; nutritions matter contaitled. in the seed to feed thu 



young plant. ' ' 

 Alteniate ; placed successively on the opposite sides of an axis, as 

 ■ ''^' in the case of leaves; or opposite 'to the Spaces between the 



part3 of the next whorl in flowers. 

 Amplexicaul ; clasping the stem with their base; • ■ 

 Anastomosing ; vems combining with each other at their' ends. 

 Ammal plants rise from the seed, flower, and ' die in the same 



yeai\ , . , . 



Annular ; forming a ring. 



Anterior ; the part of a flower next the bract or in front. 

 Aidher ; the part of the stamen which contains the pollen. '' 

 Apex ; the end furthest from the point of attachment. 

 Apical; at or relating to the apex. 

 Apieidate ; having a very small hard point at the end, usually 



formed by the tip Of the midvein. 

 Approximate ; close together. 

 Arching ; curved into the form of an arch. ' ' 



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