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GLOSSARY 



Basal, Basilar. At or pertaining to the 

 base. 



Basifixed. Attached by the base. 



Bast. The fibrous portion of the inner 

 bark. 



Beaked. Ending in a, beak or prolonged 

 tip. 



Bearded. With long or stiff hairs of any 

 sort; awns of grasses are sometimes 

 called beard. 



Berry. A fruit with pericarp wholly 

 pulpy. 



Bi- or Bis-. A Latin prefix signifying 

 two, twice, or doubly. 



Biconvex. Convex on both sides; lens- 

 shaped. 



Bidentate. Having two teeth. 



JBidentulate. Diminutive of bidentate. 



-Biennial. Of two years' duration. 



Bifid. Two-cleft. 



Bilabiate. Two-lipped. 



Bilocular. Two-celled. 



Binaie. Two together. 



Bipinnate (leaf). Twice pinnate. 



JBipinnatifld. Twice pinnatifld. 



Biserial, Biseriate. Occupying two rows, 

 one within the other. 



Bisexual. Having both stamens and 

 pistils. 



Siternate. Twice ternate (principal divi- 

 sions 3, each with 3 leaflets). 



Bivalvular. Two-valved. 



Bladdery. Thin and inflated. 



Blade. The flat expanded part of a leaf. 



Bract. A leaf, usually small, subtending 

 a flower or flower-cluster, or a sporange. 



Bracteaie. With bracts. 



Bracteolate. Having bractlets. 



Bracteose. With numerous or conspicu- 

 ous bracts. 



Bractlet. A secondary bract, borne on a 

 pedicel, or immediately beneath a 

 flower; sometimes applied to minute 

 bracts. 



Bristle. A stiff hair or any similar out- 

 growth. 



Bulb. A subterranean leaf-bud with 

 fleshy scales or coats. 



Bulbiferous. Bearing bulbs. 



Bulblet. A small bulb, especially one 

 borne upon the stem. 



Bulbose, Bulbous. Bulb-like in form. 



■Caducous. Dropping off very early. 

 Calcarate. Produced into or having a 



spur. 

 ■Callus. An extension of the inner scale 



of a grass spikelet; a protuberance. 

 ■Calyculate. Having bracts aroimd the 



calyx imitating an outer calyx. 

 ■Calyptraie. Furnished with a calyptra, 



or coming off as a Ud or extinguisher. 

 •Calyx. The outer of two series of floral 



leaves. 

 Campanulate. Bell-shaped. 

 ■Campylotropous (ovule or seed). So 



curved as to bring the apex and base 



nearly together. 

 ■Canaliculate. Channelled; longitudinally 



grooved. 

 ■Cancellate. Reticulated, with the meshes 



sunken. 

 ■Canesceni. With gray or hoary fine 



-pubescence. 

 ■Capillary. Hair-like in form; as fine as 



hair or slender bristles. 

 Capitate. Shaped like a head; collected 



into a head or dense cluster. 

 Capitellate. Diminutive of capitate. 

 'Capitulum. A little head. 



Capsular. Belonging to or of the nature 

 of a capsule. 



Capsule. A dry deliiscent fruit, composed 

 of more than one carpel. 



Carinate. Keeled; with a longitudinal 

 ridge. 



Carpel. The modified leaf forming the 

 ovary, or a part of a compoimd ovary. 



Carpophore. The slender prolongation of 

 the floral axis which in the UmbelUferae 

 supports the pendulous ripe carpels. 



Cartilaginous. Of the textiire of cartilage; 

 firm and tough. 



Caruncle. An appendage to a seed at the 

 hilum. 



Carunculate. With a caruncle. . 



Caryopsis. The grain; fruit of grasses, 

 with a thin pericarp adherent to the 

 seed. 



Catkin. A scaly deciduous spike of flow- 

 ers; an ament. 



Caudate. With a slender tail-like ap- 

 pendage. 



Caudex. The persistent base of an other- 

 wise annual herbaceous stem. 



Caudicle. Stalk of a pollen-mass in the 

 Orchid and Milkweed famiUes. 



Caulescent. Having a manifest .stem. 



Cauline. Pertaining to the stem. 



Cell. A cavity, of an anther or ovary. 



Chaff. Thin dry scales. 



Chaffy. Furnished with chaff, or of the 

 texture of chaff. 



Channelled. Deeply grooved longitudin- 

 ally, like a gutter. 



Chartaceous. Papery in texture. 



Chlorophyll. Green coloring matter of 

 plants. 



Choripeialous. AppUed to a corolla whose 

 petals are distinct. 



Chorisepalous. Applied to a calyx whose 

 sepals are distinct. 



Ciliate (foliar organs). Beset on the 

 margin with a fringe. 



Ciliolate. Minutely ciliate. 



Cinereous. Ash-grayish; the color of 

 ashes. 



Circinate. Coiled downward from the 

 apex. 



Circumsdssile. Transversely dehiscent, 

 the top falling away a,s a lid. 



Clavate. Club-shaped. 



Claw. The narrow or stalk-like base of 

 some petals. 



Cleft. Cut about half-way to the midvein. 



Cleistogamous. Fertilized in the bud, 

 without the opening of the flower. 



Coalescence. The union of parts or or- 

 gans of the same kind. 



Cochleate. Coiled or shaped like a snail 

 shell. 



Cohesion. The \mion of one organ with 

 another. 



Columella. A term applied to the per- 

 sistent axis of the capsule. 



Columnar. Like a column. 



Coma. Tuft of hairs at the ends of some 



Commissure. The surface by which one 

 carpel joins another, as in the Umbel- 

 liferae. 



Composite. A plant belonging to Cardu- 

 aceae, Cichoriaceae, or Ambrosiaceae 

 (constituting the old Oompositae). 



Concave, Witn the surface curved in. 



Conduplicate. Folded lengthwise. 



Conglomerate. Densely clustered. 



Coniferous. Cone-bearing. 



Connate. Similar organs more or less 

 united. 



