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GLOSSARY 



-androus, incomposition, having 

 stamens. 



Anemophilous, wind-loving; pol- 

 lination brought about by 

 wind. 



Angiospermous, having the 

 seeds borne within a peri- 

 carp or closed ovary. 



Annual, of only one year's dura- 

 tion. 



Annular, in the form of a ring. 



Anterior, on the front side of a 

 flower and next the bract, 

 remote from the axis of 

 inflorescence ; equivalent to 

 inferior and (less properly) 

 exterior. 



Anther, the polliniferous part 

 of a stamen. 



Antheriferous, anther-bearing. 



Anthesis, the time of expansion 

 of a flower. 



Apetalous, having no petals. 



Apocarpous (pistil), when it is 

 composed of one carpel, or 

 more carpels than one but all 

 free. 



Aquaphilous, water-loving; pol- 

 linated by water. 



Arborescent, tree-like. 



Aril, an appendage growing at 

 or about the hilum of a seed, 

 wholly or partially covering it. 



Arillate, having an aril. 



Articulate, jointed; having a 

 node or joint. 



Ascending, rising somewhat 

 obliquely, or curving vipward. 

 Ascending ovule, one that is 

 attached above the base of 

 the ovary and is directed up- 

 ward. 



Ascidia, pitchers, utricles. 



Asymmetrical (flower). Inca- 

 pable of being divided into 

 equal and symmetrical halves 



by any plane of symmetry. 



Auriculate, furnished with auri- 

 cles. 



Awl-shaped, tapering upward 

 from the base to a slender or 

 rigid point. 



Awn, a bristle-shaped appen- 

 dage, as the awned palea of 

 some rice. 



Axil, the angle formed by a leaf 

 or branch with the stem. 



Axile, situated in the axis ; 

 placenta in the axis of the 

 ovary, also called central. 



Axillary, situated in. an axil. 



Axis, the central line of any 

 organ or support of a group 

 of organs ; a stem, &c. 



Baccate, berry-like; pulpy 

 throughout. 



Basifixed or innate anther, one 

 attached to the filament by 

 the base, so that the connec- 

 tive is the direct prolongation 

 of the filament. 



Bast, the fibrous portion of the 

 inner bark. 



Berry, a fruit the whole peri- 

 carp of which is fleshy or 

 pulpy, with many seeds. 



Bi- or bis-, a Latin prefix sig- 

 nifying two, twice, or doubl)'. 



Biennial, of two years' duration. 



Bifid, two-cleft. 



Bilabiate, two-lipped. 



Bilocular, two-celled. - 



Bisexual, having both stamens 

 and pistils. 



Blade, the expanded portion of 

 a leaf, &c. 



Bract, a more or less modified 

 leaf subtending a flower or 

 belonging to an inflorescence. 



Bracteate, having bracts. 



Bracteole, bractlet. 



