GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Abnormal. — Differing from the usual structure. 



Aboriion. — Imperfect development or non-development of an organ. 



ABORin'E. — Imperfectly developed or rudimentary. 



AcuMINAIic. — Tapering at the end. 



Acu'l'E. — Forming a sharp angle. 



Adhesio.v. — The union of memljers of different floral whorls. 



Ad.N'ATE. — Grown together. 



Adven'TI riotis. — Occurring out of the regular order 



.T^sin'.VTIox. — The arrangement of floral organs in the bud. 



Akene. — A small, dry, hard, one-celled, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit. 



Albumen. --.\ name applied to the food store laid up outside the embryo in 



many seeds ; also nitrogenous organic matter found in animals and 



plants. 

 Alburnum. — Sapwood. 

 Alternate. — Applied to that form of leaf arrangement in which only one 



leaf occurs at a node. 

 AMEiN'f. — A scaly spike or catkin. 



Ang[OSPERMS. — Those plants which loear their seeds within a pericarr 

 Anther. — That part of the stamen which bears the pollen. 

 Apetalous, — Having no petals. 

 Appressed. — Lying close and flat against. 

 ArboresceN'I'. — A tree in size and habit of growth. 

 Aril. — The exterior coat of some seeds. 



AWL-SIIAPED. — Narrowed upward from the base to a slender or rigid point. 

 A.XIL. — The upper one of the two angles formed by the juncture of the leaf 



with the stem. 

 Axillary. — Situated in an axil. 



li,\ST. — A name applied to the inner layer of the bark. 

 IJEAKED. — Ending in a prolonged tip. 

 1)I:rry. — A fruit whose entire pericarp is succulent. 

 Ul-PINNATE. — .Applied to a leaf which is twice compounded on the pinnate 



plan. 

 Bractlets — The smaller bracts borne on pedicels. 

 Bracts. — The modified leaves borne on flower peduncles or at the base of 



flower stems. 



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