196 GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



ArUlate (seeds) furnished with an aril. 



Arilliform, aril-like. 



Arillus, or Aril, a fleshy growth from base of a seed, 126. 



Aristate, awned, i, e. furnished with an arista, like the beard of Barley, &c., 54 



Aristulate, diminutive of the last ; short-awned. 



Arreet, brought into upright position. 



Arrow-shaped or Arrow-headed, same as sagittate, 53. 



Articulated, jointed ; furnished with joints or articulations, where it separates or 



inclines to do so. Articulated leaves, 57. 

 Artificial Classification, 181. 

 Ascending (stems, &c), 39; (seeds or ovules) 110. 

 Ascidium, a pitcher-shaped body, like leaves of Sarracenia. 

 Ascus {asci), a sac, the spore-case of Lichens and some Fungi. 

 Aspergilliform, shaped like the brush used to sprinkle holy water ; as the stigmas 



of many Grasses. 

 Asperous, rough to touch. 

 Assimilation, 144, 147. 

 Assurgent, same as ascending, 89. 

 Atropous or Atropal (ovules), same as orthotropous. 

 Aurantiacous, orange-colored. 

 Aureous, golden. 



Auriculate, furnished with auricles or ear-like appendages, 53. 

 Autogamy, self-fertilization, 115. 

 Awl-shaped, sharp-pointed from a broader base, 61. 

 Awn, the bristle or beard of Barley, Oats, &c; or any similar appendage. 

 Awned or Awn-pointed, furnished with an awn or long bristle-shaped tip, 54. 

 Axil, the angle on the upper side between a leaf and the stem, 13. 

 Axile, belonging to the axis, or occupying the axis. 

 Axillary (buds, Sea.), occurring in an axil, 27. 

 Axis, the central line of any body ; the organ round which others are attached; the 



root and stem. Ascending and Descending Axis, 38. 



Baccate, berried, berry-like, of a pulpy-nature like a berry (bacca). 



Badius, chestnut-colored. 



Banner, see Standard, 92. 



Barbate, bearded; bearing tufts, spots, or lines of hairs. 



Barbed, furnished with a barb or double hook ; as the apex of the bristle on the 



fruit of Echinospermum (Stickseed), &c. 

 Barbellate, said of the bristles of the pappus of some Compositse when beset with 



short, stiff hairs, longer than when denticulate, but shorter than when plumose. 

 Barbellulate, diminutive of barbellate. 

 Bark, the covering of a stem outside of the wood, 138, 140. 

 Basal, belonging or attached to the 



Base, that extremity of any organ by which it is attached to its support. 

 Basifixed, attached by its base. 

 Basl, Bast-jibres, 134. 

 Beaked, ending in a prolonged narrow tip. 

 Bearded, see barbate. Beard is sometimes used for awn, more commonly for long 



or stiff hairs of any sort. 

 Belt-shaped, of the shape of a bell, as the corolla of Harebell, 90. 

 Berry, a fruit pulpy or juicy throughout, as a grape, 119. 

 Bi- (or Bis), in compound words, twice; as 



Biarticulate, twice-jointed, or two-jointed; separating into two pieces. 

 Biauriculate, having two ears, as the leaf in fig. 126. 

 Bicaliose, having two callosities or harder spots. 

 Bicarinate, two-keeled. 

 Bicipital {Biceps), two-headed: dividing into two parts. 



