INDEX TO PART I. 



AND 



DICTIONAEY OF THE BOTANICAL TERMS 

 USED IN THIS BOOK. 



*** The numbers refer to tlie page where the term is explained or illustrated. 



Abortire : imperfectly formed. 



Abortive Flowers, 69. 



Abruptly pinnate, 52. 



Absorbing, 85. 



Accessory Fruits, 81 . 



Achlamytleous Flower: without calyx or co- 

 rolla, 68. 



Acorn, 79. 



Acrogens, 98. 



Aculeate : bearing prickles. 



Acuminate : taper-pointed, 48. 



Acute : ending in a point, 48. 



Adherent : naturally united to. 



Adnate : naturally gixjwn fast to. 



Aerial Roots and Rootlets, 34, 35. 



Aggregated Fruits, 81. 



Air-Plants, 35. 



Akene : a seed-like fruit, 78. 



Albumen, of the seed, 14, 83. 



Albuminous : having albumen. 



Alternate (leaves or branches), 25, 54. 

 " in the parts of the flower, 70. 



Ament : a catkin, 61. 



Angiospermous, 76. 97. 



Animal Kingdom, 2. 



Annual : living only one year or season. 



Annuals, 27. 



Anther, 7, 64. 



Antheriferous : bearing an anther. 



Apetalons : without petals, 67. 



Apple-Fniit, 77. 



Appressed: close pressed together, or pressed 

 against another body. 



Aquatic : growing in water. 



Arboreous or Arborescent : tree-like or relating 



to a tree. 37. 

 Aril: an additional covering of a seed, 83. 

 Aristate : same as awned, 49. 

 Arrow-shaped, or Arrow-lieaded, 48. 

 Artificial System of Classification, 96. 

 Ascending : rising gradually upwards, 37. 

 Assimilation, 87. 

 Auvicled or Auriculate : bearing ears (auricles), 



or small appendages, 48. 

 Awl-shaped : very narrow and pointed, 53. 

 Awned, Awn-pointed, 49 

 Axil ; the angle between a leaf and the stem on 



the upper side, 24. 

 Axillary : situated in an axil. 

 Axillary Buds, 24. 



" Flowers, 59. 

 Axis : the trunk or stem, or a line through the 



centi'e of any organ, 6. 



Baccate : berrv-like (from Bacca, a berry). 



Bark, 42. 



Base : that end of any body by which it is at- 

 tached to its support. 



Beak : a long and narrow tip to a fruit, &c. 



Bearded : beset or fringed with strong hairs or 

 beard. 



Bell-shaped, 72. 



Berry : a pulpy simple fmit, 77. 



Biennial : living only two years. 



Biennials, 27. 



Bifid : two-cleft or split. 



Bilabiate: same as two-lipped, 72, 178. 



Bipinnate : same as twice pinnate, 52. 



