GLOSSARY OF BOTANIC TERMS, 



EXPLANATION AND APPLICATION, 



FUNCTIONS OF THE VARIOUS ORGANS, Etc., AND HINTS ABOUT 

 PLANT LIFE IN GENERAL. 



A — Aa a prefix, denotes absence of an organ, 

 as Aphyl'lds, withoutleaves ; Aoau'lis, 

 stemless; AcEPH'AtODS, Aobph'alus, 

 headless. 



Aber'bant— Applied to species or genera 

 that deviate from the usual characters 

 of their neighbours. 



Abnok'mal— Dilfering from the usual 

 growth or structure. 



Abob'tion — Signifies an imperfect develop- 

 ment of any given organ. 



Abobi'ginal — The same as indigenous ; 

 plants which appear to be the spon- 

 taneous production of any country. 



Abba'dbd — Roughly rubbed off ; used in des- 

 cribing Lichens. 



Abstee'obnt — Cleansing, havingaoleansing 

 quality, as the fruit of the Sapindus, 

 the skin and pulp of which is used as a 

 substitute for soap, for washing linen. 



Agobs'sobt — Something superadded to the 

 usual condition of an organ. 



Acanth'ophobus — Thorn-bearing; fur- 

 nished with spines or large stiff bristles. 



AcoEEs'ctBNS— Persistent and increasing in 

 size, as the calyx, of the Cape Goose- 

 berry^ 



A'CBaiOSUS, AOEKOSE — Linear and sharp- 

 pointed, needle-shaped, as the foliage 

 of many Sakeas. 



Aceb'vuli — Little heaps of clusters. 



AcBTAB'nLOSUS— Shaped like a cup or 

 saucer. 



Aoeta'eius— Suited for salads. 



AohAscoph'ttdm — A plant which has an 

 indehiscent fruit. 



AcHEKE' — A dry one-seeded indehiscent 

 fruit. The term Achenium is applied, 

 by different atithors, to two distinct 

 kinds of fruit. 1. Where the fruit is 

 superior, and consequently the pericarp 

 is not invested by the calyx. It is dry, 

 hard, single-seeded, and indehiscent. 

 This is otherwise termed a Nut. 2. 

 Where the pericarp is inferior, and 

 consequently invested by the calyx, in 

 other respects resembling the last, i)ut 

 usually not so hard. " The seed of Com- 

 positse are the best samples. For 

 example, see Cosmos fruit. 



Aohlamyd'bous — Flowers without any dis- 

 tinct perianth. 



Aohbo'matio— Colourless. 



Acio'uLAE— Needle-shaped. 



Aoiocla'ei — Basilliform, needle-like and 

 somewhat club-shaped, 



Acido'tus — When the branches or other 

 organs terminate in a spine or hard 

 point. 



Acid'ula — Acid or sour, as the fruit of the 

 ' Sour PluTO, Owenia aeidula. 

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Acinacifoe'mis — Formed like a scymiter. 



AciNO'sus— Shaped like a grape-seed. 



Aoeooae'Pi — Mosses having their fructifi- 

 cation terminating the axis. 



Ao'eogen— A name given to cellular or 

 cryptogamic plants, in reference to the 

 manner in which their stems increase, 

 by additions to the extremity merely. 



AOBO'NTOHIDS— Referring to organs having 

 the summit curved like the claw of an 

 animal. (See flowers of Acronyohia. ) 



Actinophtl'lus — Rayed-leaf. (See leaves 

 of Brassaia aotinophylla, the Umbrella- 

 tree.) 



Acd'leate — Furnished with prickles. 



Aon'MiNATE — Tapering to a point. 



Acute', Acc'tbs— Sharp-pointed. 



Aotinen'chyma — The cellular "tissue which 

 forms the medullary rays. 



Aotinooae'pus — Where the placentse are 

 arranged in a radiated manner. 



Actinosto'mus — The radiated structure 

 sometimes observable round the little 

 opening? termed ostiola, on the frond 

 of Algae, the thallus of Lichens, &c. 



AoTiNOMTOo'sis — A disease in animals and 

 man characterised by the development 

 of tumours in the jawbone, vertebrae, 

 lymphatic glands, and other places 

 within which sulphur-yellow bodies 

 like sand-grains occur, each consisting 

 of an aggregate of an organism Actino- 

 myces, which is supposed to be a fungus. 



AonTius'oULns — Somewhat acute. 



Adducto'ees — The young state of the 

 Theose of mosses. These being crowded 

 together are mostly abortive, whilst 

 one only is usually developed, at least, 

 at the same spot, 



Adel'phia — A brotherhood. Stamens are 

 monadel'phous, diadel'phous, or poly- 

 adel'phous, according as they are 

 iirranged in one, two, or several dis- 

 tinct groups or bundles. (See the 

 bundles of stamens in a flower of the 

 "Brisbane Box," Tristcmia confyrta.) 



Adenoph'oeus — Gland-bearing, as culenps- 

 teinon, where there are glands on the 

 stamens. These glands may be fre- 

 quently met with upon the anthers of 

 the Queensland "Sensitive plant," 

 Neptumia gracilis. 



Adnas'cens (To be born)— Synonym for 

 "Young bulb" ; also for suckers of some 

 monocotyledons. 



Adna'tus, Adnatb — One organ consoli- 

 dated or united to another. 



Adventi'tious — When some part or organ 

 is developed in an unusual ppsition. 

 (See roots upon the stems of .ifigf^ees. ) 



