GLOSSARY 



BOTANICAL TERMS. 



A, in compositiorij signifies without, as Apliyllus, witli- 

 out leaves; Acaulis^ without stem. 



Abbreviate (aLbreviare, to sliorten). Us^^d. in compara- 

 tive descriptionSj to indicate that one part is shorter 

 than another. 



Aberrant, deviating from the natural or direct way; 

 applied in Natural History to species or genera that 

 deviate from the usual characters of their neighbours. 



Abortion signifies an imperfect developement of any 

 given organ. 



Abraded, rubbed or worn off. 



Abstergent, cleansing, having a cleansing quality. 



Accessory, something added to the usual number of 

 organs, or their parts. 



Accretion, the growing of one thing to another. 



Accumbent, lying on, prostrate, supine; this term is 

 employed in CrucifcrfE, to signify a radicle, which 

 lies upon the edge of tlie Cotyledons. 



Acerose, needle- pointed; fine and slender, with a sharp 

 point. 



Acescent, sour, tart, acid. 



AcetarioTis, any thing belonging to the salad tribes of 

 vegetables. 



Acetozis, something that produces acidity. 



Acicular, needle-shaped. 



Acinaciform^ scimitar-shaped. 



Aciiii, the small stones in grapes, strawberries, &c. 



Aculeate, being furnished with aculei or prickles, as 

 distinguished from spines, 



Aculei, prickles, sharp hard processes of the epidermis 

 falling off wlien old; by which character they are 

 distinguished from spines, which do not fall off. 



Acuminate^ taper-pointed. 



Acutangular, having sharp angles, 



Adnate, adhering to a thing. Anthers are called adnate 

 when they are attached to the filament by their 

 whole length. 



Adult, the full-grown of any thing: full-grown leaves 

 are adult leaves. 



j^ruginous, having a colour like that of aerugo or ver- 

 digris. 



Agghmerated^ collected in a heap or head. 



Aggregate, gathered together; usually applied to a dense 

 sort of mflorescence. 



Akenium, a hard pericarpium, containing a single seed, 

 which does not adhere to it; it is the same as the 

 Linn ae an nux. 



Albumen, tlie substance under the inner coat of the testa, 

 surrounding tlie embryo; it is sometimes absent. 



Alcseipliarmie, that which counteracts poisons, antidotal. 



Alkalescent, having the properties or effects of alkali. 



Alveolate, resembling a honeycomb. 



Amentum, a catkin; mode of inflorescence. 



AmpUocicaul, stem -clasping; the base of the leaf sur- 

 rounding tile stem. 



Amylaceous, having the properties of starcli. 



Anastomosing^ uniting, or inosculation, of vessels. 



Androgynous, prodacmg both male and female sexes on 

 the same root, or in the same flower. 



Anfraduose^ full of turnings and winding passages. 



Angular, composed of, or furnished with, angles. 

 Angulo- dentate, angTilarly toothed, or ang-ular and 



toothed. 

 Annulations, rings or circles. 

 A?iterior, growing in front of some other thing. 

 Antliebnintic, capable of killing worms. 

 AntJieriferous, bearing anthers. 

 Anti'Scrophdous, antiscorbutic ; efficacious against 



scurvy. 

 Antiseptic, efficacious against putrefaction. 

 Aperient, having a slight purgative quality. 

 Apetaloiis, being without petals. 



Ajt&v, the summit; generally applied to any thing ter- 

 minating in a point. 

 Aphthous, resembling something covered with little 



ulcers. 

 Apiadate, terminating in an apiculous or little point. 

 Apiculous, Bi btclbXI ■point. This term is generally used 



when the midrib projects beyond the leaf, forming a 



little point, or when a small point is very suddenly 



and abruptly formed. 

 Apophysis, a swelling beneath the theca of a moss. 

 Appendix^ that which is attaclicd. 

 Appressed, placed close upon something else; when 



hairs lie fl.at upon the surface of a plant, they are 



said to be appressed. 

 Approodmated, near together. 

 Apterous, without wings, or the membranous margins 



which botanists call wings. 

 Aquatics, growing in or belonging to water. 

 Arboreous, being a tree, as distinguished from frutes- 



cent or shrubby. 

 Arborescent, having a tendency to become a tree. 

 Arcuate, curved or bent like a bow. 

 AreolcB, little spaces or areas on the surface of a thine;: 



the surface of crustaceous lichens is often cracked in 



every direction; the spaces between the cracks arc 



the areolae. 

 Areolated, the adjective of the last term. 

 Aridity, dryness. 

 Arillate, having thnt peculiar appendage called the 



Arillus, The term is only applied to seeds. 

 Arillus, a process of the placenta adhering to the hiluni 



of seeds, and sometimes enveloping them. 

 Aristate, bearded, as the glumes of barley. Many 



grasses. 

 Aroma, the spicy quality of a thing. 

 Articulation, the place Avhere one thing is joined wiih 



another, another word for joint. 

 Asd^ small tubes in which the sporules of Cryptogamic 



plants are placed. 

 Asdgeroits, bearing asci. 

 Assurgent, rising upward. 

 Attenuate, made thin or slender. 

 Aurkulated, having an ear-like base. 

 Awns, the beard or arista of corn. 

 Axil-Jiowering, flowering in the axilla. 

 Axilla, literally the armpit; in plants applied to the 



angle formed by the union of the leaf and stem. 

 Axillary^ placed in the axilla. 

 Aais, the line, real or imaginary, that pas-ees tlirougli 



any thing. 



