A GLOSSARY 



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THE TERMS USED IN THE MANUAL. 



Accumbenf; used to express tlie application of the edges of the 

 cotyledons to the radicle in the seeds of Orucifera, 



Achens ; a hard dry one-seeded superior pericarp. 



Aootyledonous ; without distinct cotyledons. 



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

 slightly hollowed. 



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

 tip. 



Adhering ; uniting together of two different parts, as a calyx to 

 an ovary. 



Adnate ; attached throughout their whole length. Adnate an- 

 thers have their lobes so attached to the filament. Stipules 

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



Adpressed ; pressed close to any thing. 



Ad^essed-serrate ; serrate with the teeth lying closely on each 

 other or to the edge of the leaf. 



JEstival ; produced in summer. 



Albumen ; nutritious matter contained in the seed to feed the 

 young plant: more correctly caWei perisperm. 



Alternate ; placed successively on the opposite sides of an axis, 

 as in the case of leaves ; or opposite to the spaces between 

 the parts of the next whorl in flowers. 



Amplexicaul ; clasping the stem with their base. 



Anastomosing ; veins combining with each other at their ends. 



Annual plants rise from the seed, flower, and die in the same 

 year. 



Annular ; forming a ring. 



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



Anther ; the part of the stamen which contains the poUen. 



Apex ; the end furthest from the point of attachment. 



Apical; at or relating to the apex. 



Apiculate ; having a very small hard point at the end, ixsually 

 formed by the tip of the midvein. 



Apocarpous ; fruit formed of carpels which are quite separate. 



Approximate ; close together. 



Arching ; curved into the form of an arch. 



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