GLOSSARY 



A, as a prefix in (impounds, usually signi- 

 fies a negative, or the absence of some- 

 thing; as, a-petcdous, without petals; 

 Or-phyUouSt leafless, etc. If the word be- 

 gins with , a vowel, ., the prefix is an; as, 

 artr-aniheroua^ destitute of an anther. 



Abnormal. Contrary to the usual structure. 



Abortive, Imperfectly formed or ru^di- 

 mentary. 



Abruptly pinncUe, Pinnate without an odd 

 leaflet at the end. 



Acavlesc&tU, Apparently stemless; the 

 prpper stem, , bearing the leaves and 

 flowers, being very short or subterranean. 



Accrescent. Growing larger after flower- 

 /ing, as the calyx of Fhysalis. 



Accumbeni (embryp). Cotyledons with tjbe 

 edges against thq hypocotyl. 



Aceroae, Needle-shaped, as the leaves of 

 pines, 



Achene. A STiall, dry, hard,, l^-celledt 1- 

 seeded, indehiscent fruit.' 



AchlaTnydeous (flower). Without floral en- 

 velopes. 



Acicidar. Needle-shaped; more slender 

 than acerose. 



Acrogenous, Growing from the apex, as 

 the stems of ferns and mosses. v 



Acideate, Armed ivith prickles iaculei)^ as 

 the rose aii^d brier. 



Acideolate. Arined with small prickles, or 

 slightly prickly. 



^^?»iTwife. Taper-pointed. 



Acute. Merely sharp-pointed, or ending in 

 a point less than a right angle. 



Adnate. United in growth; the anther is 

 af^atfs when fixed by its whole length to 

 the filament. i 



Adscendent, Ascendent, Ascending. Rising 

 gradually upwards. 



Adsurgent, Assurgent. Same as adscendent, 

 etc. ■ • , 



Adventitious. Out of the usual place. 



Adveniive. Imperfectly naturalized. 



A&iwUateral. Equal-sided; opposed to ob- 

 lique (in foliar organs). 



Aestivation. The arrangement of parts in 

 a flower-bud. 



Ato (plural .aloe). Awing; the side-petal of 

 a papilionaceous corolla. 



Alate. Winged. 



A'R}U7n&n. An old general name for nutri- 

 tive tissue in the seed. 



Alliaceoua. Having the smell or taste of 



garlic, 

 Alpine. Belonging to high mountains 



above the limit of forests. 

 Alternate (leaves, branches, etc.). Occur- 

 ring singly "at the nodes of the axis. 

 Alveolate. Honeycomb-like, as the recep^ 



tacle of the cotton-thistle, 

 Ament. Same as catkin. 

 Amentaceoibs. Catkin-like, or catkin-bear> 



ing. 

 AmorphoiLs. Without any definite form. 

 Ampkitropotis (ovule or seed). Half- 

 inverted and straight, with the hilum 

 lateral. 



Amplexicaul (l€^yes). Clasping the axis by 

 the l^as^. , 



Ampidlaceoits. Swelling out like a bottle 

 or bladder. 



Anastomosing. Forming a net-work (and, 

 tomosis), as the veins of leaves^ 



Anatropoits (ovule). Inverted and straigh 

 with the n^icropyle next the hilum. 



Andpiial. Two-edged, as the stem oi 

 blue-eyed grass. 



Afidroecium. The whole set of stamens. 



Androgyno-us. Having both staminate and 

 pistillate flowers in the same infloresr 

 cence. 



Arigiosperms. The great group of seed- 

 plants with ovules (and seeds) inclosed 

 by an ovary. 



■Annual. Of only one year's duratipn. 

 Winter annual, a plant from autumn- 

 sown seed which blooms and fruits in 

 the following spring. 



Annular. In the form of a ring, or forming 

 a circle. 



Annulate. Marked by rings. 



Annulus., A ring, like that of the spore- 

 case of most ferns. 



An^rior^ in the flower, is the side towards 

 the bract (external); while posterior is 

 the side towards the axis. 



Anther, l^he essential part of the stamen, 

 which contains the pollen. 



Antkeriferous. Anther-bearing. 



Anthesis. The opening of the flowier. 



Apetalous (flower). Without ' petals. 



Aphyllous. Destitute of leaves, at least of 



green leaves. 

 : Apiculate. Tipped with a short and abrupt 

 point, * 



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