GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 
Acute. — Sharp-pointed. 
Alternate. — Not opposite or paired, 
but arranged singly at different 
heights on either side of the 
stems. 
Annual. — Of one year’s duration. 
Anther.— That part of the stamen 
which contains the pollen. 
A petalous. — Without petals, like the 
Anemone. Secondary flowers. 
Apex. — The outer tip of a leaf or 
petal. 
Axil, — The angle formed by a leaf 
or branch with the stem. 
Basal. — Rosettes or tufts of leaves 
clustered near the ground, 
Bearded. — Bearing tufts of hairs. 
Biennial. — Of two years’ duration. 
Usually flowering and fruiting 
the second year only, and then 
perishing. | 
Bract. — Asmall, modified leaf at the 
base of, or upon 1 the flower stem. 
Bractlet. a) secondary bract, usu- 
ally upon the stem of a flower. 
Bulb. — An underground leaf-bud 
with fleshy scales. 
Bulbous. — Having the character of 
a bulb, 
Calyx. — The outer lower set of 
leaves at the base of the flower. 
Usually green, and sometimes 
brightly coloured. In some 
instances acting in the place 
of petals. 2 
Carpel. — —A simple pistil or a sin- 
gle part of a compound pistil. 
Chlorophyll.— The green colour- 
tog matter of plants. 
Cleistogamous. — Small, _ inconspic- 
uous flowers which never opea 
but fertilize themselves in the 
bud, and usually grow near 
the ground. 
Composite. — A floral head composed 
of few or many florets gathered 
in a dense head like the Daisy, 
Clover, and Dandelion. 
Compound. —- Composed of two or 
more similar parts united into 
a whole. Compound-leaf, is one 
divided into separate leaflets. 
Corm.—A solid, fleshy, bulb-like 
enlargement at the base of the 
stem. 
Corolla. — The flower leaves stand- 
ing next within and above the 
calyx. : 
Cross-fertili: —Is produced by 
the pollen, which has been trans- 
ferred from the anther of one 
flower to the stigma of another, 
by bees, moths, butterflies, 
insects, and the wind. 
Deciduous. — Not evergreen. Fall 
ing away. 
Deflexed.— Bent or turned sharply 
or abruptly downward. 
Disc Flowers. — The tubular florets 
composing the central ‘button” 
of an Aster or similar com- 
posite flower, and usually sur- 
rounded with a circle of ray 
flowers. 
Entire, — Without toothing or divi- 
_ Sion. 
Evergreen. — Bearing green leaves 
throughout the year. 
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