GLOSSARY 



A. in composition has tho force of not, 

 or without, as apetalous, loWiout 

 petals. 



Abortion ; 860. 



Abortive ; wanting by abortion. 



Acaulescent; destitute of a caulis, 

 (326) or proper stcih. 



Accent; tbe grave accent, thus ("" ), 

 denotes tliat the vowel over which 

 it is placed is long ; the acute accent, 

 thus ('), denotes that the vowel is 

 short. 



Acerose; 275, at (15). 



Achenium ; 4S1. 



Achlamydeous; destitute of both calyx 

 and corolla. 



Acotyledonous; 121. 



Aculeate; prickly. 



Acuminate; 234, at (8). 



Acute; 2y-t, at (1). 



Adherent: 833, at (2). 



Adnate; 292, at (I) ; 363; form of the 

 anther, 428, at (2). 



Aerial-roots ; 152. 



Aggregate; densely clustered. 



AJbumen; 68; 501. 



Alburnum; 201. 



Alternate; 260, at (1). 



Alveolate ; presenting the appearance 

 of a honeycomb. 



Ament; 342. 



Ancipital ; flattened, so as to appear 

 2-edged, 



Andrcecium; 434. 



Androgynous; having staminate and 

 pistillate flowers in the same clus- 

 ters. 



Annual ; abbreviated An., 144. 



Anterior; that part or side of any or- 

 gan which is furthest from the main 

 axis is said to be anterior. 



Anther; 416. 



Apetftlous ; without petals. 



Appressed ; pressed down closely upon 

 something else. 



Aquatic; 151. 



Arborescent; attaining the size of a 

 tree. 



Aril; 503. 



Armed; furnished with thorns, pric- 

 kles, or some such appendage. 



Arrow-form ; 2T5, at (1). 



Articulation ; 277. 



Aseendina ; 237, at (1). 



Asfiurgent; same as ascending. 



Auriculate— Auricled ; 276, at (13). 



Awn ; 385. 



Awned ; furnished with an awn. 



Axil ; the angle between a leaf or its 

 petiole and the branch or stem on 

 which it grows. 



Axillary ; growing in an axil. 



Axis; 112. 



Baccate; berry-like. 



Bark; 213. 



Banner; 872; 408. \ 



Barbed; furnished with stiff, 'hooked 

 hairs. 



Barren; 373. 



Beak; a stifi" terminal point. , 



Bearded; furnished with lon{^, tufted 

 hairs. 



Berry ; 47T. 



Biennial; abbreviated Bien. 



Bifid ; two-lobed or two-parted. 



Bilabiate; two-lipped; in application 

 equivalent to Labiate; 396. 



Bipinnate ; 279, at (5). 



Bipinnatifid ; twice pinnatifid, as when 

 the segments of a pinnatifid leaf, 

 275 at (20) are again pinnatifid. 



Biternate : 281, at (1). 



Bracted — Bracteate ; fnrnished with 



Bracteoles; 850; ;'.^4 



Bracts; 296. 



Branches; 175. 



Branchlets; subdivisions of the 

 branches. 



Bristles ; 81, at (1). 



Bud; 172. 



Bulb ; 241. 



Bulblet; 242, 



Bulbifcrous; bulb-bearing. 



Caducous ; 411, at (1). 



Ciespitose ; growing in tufts. 



Calyptra; 99. 



Calyx ; 881. 



Cambium ; 44. 



Cambium Layer ; 202. 



Campanulate ; 394. 



Canescent ; clothed with a silvery- 

 white pubescence. 



Capillary; very slender— as fine as 

 hairs. 



Capitate ; clustered in heads ; 845. 



Capsule; 471. 



Carinate; shaped like the keel of a 

 ship. 



Carpel ; 455. 



Carpellary ; 458. 



Carpophore; Order LYIL, page 114. 



Caryophyllaceous ; 401. 



Caryopsis; 484 



Catkin ; 843. 



Caudate ; tipped with a tail-like ap- 

 pendage. 



Caulescent; possessing a caulis (226), 

 or proper stem. 



Caulescent ; belonging to the caulis 

 (226), or stem. 



Cells— of the ovary, 455— of the an- 

 ther, 422. 



Cell-growth; 83. 



Cellular; 26. 



Cellular tissue; 29. 



Centrifagal — inflorescence ; 884. 



Centripetal; 834. 



Chafi'y ; clothed with chafP-like scales. 



Channelled ; deeply furrowed or 

 grooved. 



Ciliat6 ; 81. 



Circinate; 258, at (6). 



Clrcumsessile ; opening all round, as 

 in the pyxis, 487. 



Cirrhose; 279, at (4). 



Clasping; 275, at (14) ; 285, at (4). 



Clavate; club-shaped; enlarged up- 

 ward toward the apex. 



Claw; 393, at (2). 



Cleft; same as lobed, 276. 



Colored; not green. 



Column ; Order CXXT., page 126. 



Coma; a tuft of silky hairs attached 

 to a seed ; 497. 



Comose; furnished with such a tuft 



Commissure ; 482. 



Complete— flower ; 854; 370. 



Compound leaf ; 277. 



pistil: 413; 454. 



Compressed ; flattened. 



Concave ; hollowed out 



Conduplicate ; 258, at (1). 



Cone; 491. 



Confluent; growing together. 



Conical— root ; 139. 



Connate; 2T5, at (17). 



Oonnectiler 422. 



Connivent; converging toward each 

 other. 



Continuous; uninterrupted; without 

 joints or divisions. 



Contracted; drawn together ; scarcely 

 spreading, as a panicle with ap- 

 pressed branches is contracted. 



Convex; swelling outward. 



Convolute: 878. 



Cordate ; 275. at (7). 



Coriaceous ; thick ; leathery. 



Corm ; 2-13. 



Corolla; 351; 883. 



Corymb; 338. 



Corymbose ; arranged in a corymb. 



Cotyledon; 117. 



Creeping — stem; 245. 



Crenate ; 2S3, at (5). 



Crest; a ridge-like process somewhat 

 resembling the crest of a helmet. 



Crown ; an appendage of the disk, as 

 in the thin cup-like expansion of the 

 Narcissus. 



Cruciform : 400. 



Ciyptogamous; 103. 



Cucnllat(^; hooded; resembling a hood. 



Culm; 223. 



Cuneiform, or cuneate; like a wedge. 



Cut; 283, at (T). 



Cylindric ; shaped like a cylinder. 



Cyme; 347. 



Cymose; arranged in a cyme. 



Dash ( — ) between two numbers signi- 

 fies tliat any number between those 

 given including the numbers them- 

 selves will be correct, as stamens 

 1 — 8, which is thus expressed, sta- 

 mens from 1 to 8; that is either 1, 2, 

 or 3. 



Decandrous; 435. 



Deciduous; 315, at (1) ; 411, at (2). 



Declinate and declmed ; bent down- 

 ward. 



Decompound; 282. 



Decumbent ; 237, at (2). 



Decurrent— leaf; 275, at (28). 



Decussate ; crossing at right angles. 



Definite ; few in number and not sub- 

 ject to variation. 



Deflexed ; bent downward. 



Dehiscence— of the anther, 422 ; of 

 the fruit, 467. 



Deltoid ; shaped like the Greek letter A 



Dentate; 283, at (3). 



Depressed ; pressed down. 



Diadelphous; 437. 



Dichotomous; regularly forked ; 182. 



Dicotyledonous; 119. 



Diclinous; flowers not perfect; 374. 



Didymous; composed of 2 equal, sep- 

 arable carpels, as in Umbelliferie. 



Didynamous ; 436, at (1). 



Diffuse ; widely-spreading. 



Digitate; 280. 



Dicecious; 437. 



Discoid ; 407, at (1). 



Disk; 345, 854; also in the radiate 

 CompositDS ; 407, at (2). 



Dissected ; 283, at (8). 



Dissepiment; 455. 



Distinct; not united. 



Divaricate ; widely diverging or sepa- 

 rating from one another. 



Divided ; same as lobed and lobes, 

 276. 



Dorsal — suture; 458. 



Downy, same as pubescent; 81, at (3). 



Drupaceous; drupe-Ilke. 



Drupe; 480. 



Ducts; 43. 



Echinate ; covered with minute pric- 



Elaters; 97. 



Elliptical ; shaped like an ellipse ; 

 nearly the same as oval, 275, at (5), 

 but often narrower and acute at the 

 ends. 



Emarginate ; 288, at (6). 



Embryo; 502. 



Emersed; out of water. 



Endocarp; 466. 



Endosmose ; 167. 



Ensiform ; 275, at (27). 



Entire ; 283, at (1). 



Epicarp; 468. 



Epidermis; 77 — of leaves, 254 



Kpigyuous; situated on the ovary. 



Epiphytes; 159. 



Equitant; 259, at (8). 



Erose ; 2S3, at (11). 



Exosmose; 163. 



Exotic; not native; of foreign origin. 



Exsert; projecting out of tho flower 

 or other envelope. 



Exstipulate; 294 



Extrorse; ^4. 



Falcate ; curved like a cutlass blade. 



Farinaceous; having the consistence 

 of grains of meal. 



Fascicle; 848. 



Fascicled— root; 142. 



Fastiglate; flat-topped, as in corymbs 



Feather-veined ; 271. 



Fertile; 378. 



Fibrils; 127. 



Fibrous — root; 135. 



Filament; 418. 



Filiform; very slender; thread-form. 



Fimbriate ; fringed. 



Fistular, or fistulous; hollow. 



Fleshy; having nearly the consistence 

 of flesh. 



Flexuous; zig-zag. 



Floral envelopes; 351. 



Florets; 407. 



Flower; 351. 



Flowering plants; 108. 



Flowerless plants ; 103. 



Foliaceous; leafy; leaf-like. 



Follicle ; 476. 



Forked; separating into 2 diverging 

 branches; 182. 



Free ; 883, at (1). 



Free central placenta; 462, 



Frilled ; 283, at (9). 



Fringed ; bordered by a fringe. 



Frond; 98; a leaf-like expansion, as in 

 flgs. 8 and 15, Plate III. 



Fruit; 465; 466. 



Fugacious ; 315, at (2). 



Funiculus ; 500. 



Funnel-form; 895. 



Furcate ; somewhat forked. 



Fusiform ; 187. 



Genus; plural genera. 



Germ; old name for ovary. 



Germination ^ 122. 



Gibbous; 887. 



Glabrous; destitute of hairs, glands 

 and prickles ; smooth. 



Glands; 82. 



Glandular ; 82. 



Glaucous; of a pale sea-green color. 



Globose; shai)ed like a ball or globe. 



Glumaceous ; composed of glumes; 

 285. 



Glume; 885. 



Granular; made up of little grains, re- 

 sembling grains of sand. 



Grain ; same as caryopsis ; 484 



GyncEcium; 444 



Hairs; 80. 



Halbert-form ; 275. at (12). 



Hastate; 275, at (12). 



Head; 845. 



Heart-shaped; 275, at (7). 



Heart-wood; 201. 



Herbaceous; 148. 



Herb; 216. 



Hilum; 500. 



Hirsute ; 81, at (2). 



Hispid ; 81, at (1). 



Hoary ; clothed with short white hairs. 



Hooded; shaped like a hood. 



Hypiicraterifurm ; 392. 



flypogynons; inserted below the ova- 

 ry, usually on the receptacle. 



Imbricate ; parts overlapping one 

 another like shingles on a roof. 



Imbricated-prefloration ; 259, at (4"^; 

 377. 



Incised; 283, at (7). 



