GLOSSARY. 205l 



Andntherous : without anthers. Uninthisus': destitute of flowers ; flowerless. 



Andstomosing : forming a net-worii (anastomosis), as the veini of leaves. 



Andtropous or Andtropcd ovules or seeds ; p. 123, fig. 273. 



Ancipital {anceps) : two-edged, as the stem of Blue-eyed Grass. 



Andrcecium : a name for the stamens taken together. 



Andrdgi/nous : having both staminate and pistillate flowers in the Same cluster 



or inflorescence, as many species of Carex. 

 Andropkore: a column of united stamens, as in a Mallow J 0t the.sup,port on 



which stamens are raised. . , - , ; ; , 



Anfrdctuose : bentbither and thither, as the anthers of the Squash, &c. 

 AngiospirmtB, Angiosp^rmous Plants : with their seeda formed. in an ovs^rj or peri-, 



carp, p. 1 83. j , . , : ' 



Angular divergence of leaves, p. 72. . , 



Annual (plant) : flowering and; fruiting the year it is raised from the seed, and 

 ;, then dying, p. 21. , ^ , 



Annular: in the form of a ring, or forming a circle. 

 Annulate : marked by rings ; or furnished with an , , 



Annulus, or ring, like that of the spore-case of most J"enjs (Manual Bot. ,N.. 



Stutes, plate 9, fig. 2) : in Mosses it , is a ring pf cells placed between the 



mouth of the spore-case and theijid, in many spSicies. 

 Anterior, in the blossom, is- the part next the bract, i.ei external '—rwlule the 



posterior side is that next the axis of inflorescence. Thus, in ,t)ie P^a, &c.. 



the keel is anterior, and the standard posterior. 

 Anther: the essential pa;^ of the stamen, which coutaip;, the. poUcii ; p. 86,. 113. 

 Anthertdium. (plural antheridia) : the organ in Masses, &c. which answers to 



the anther of .Flowering plants.;, 

 AntherC/erous : anther-bearing; 



Anthesis: the period or the act of the expansion, of a flower, 

 Anthocdrpoya (fruits) : same as multiple fruits ; p. 133. 

 Anticaus : same as anterior. 

 Antrdrse: directed upwards or forwards. 

 Ape'talous: destitute of petals; p. 90, fig. 179. 

 Aphyllous : destitute pf leaves, ^t least pf foliage. 

 Apical : belonging to the apex or point. 

 ApCculate: pointletted ; tipped with a short and abrupt point. 

 Apocarpous (pistils) : when the several pistils of the same flower are separate, 



as in a Buttercup, Sedum (fig. 168), &c. 

 Apdphysis : any irregular swelling ; the enlai^ement at the base of the spore- 

 case of the Umbrella^Moss (Manual, plate 4), &c. 

 Appendage : any superadded part 

 Appendiculate : provided with appendages. 

 Appressed: where branches are close pressed to the stem, or leaves to the 



branch, &c. ' 



Apterous: wingless. ; 



AquaXic : living or growing in water ; applied to plants whether growing aiider 



water, or with all but the base raised out of it. 

 Ardchnoid: cobwebbjc; clothed with, or consisting of, soft downy fibres. 

 Arbdreous, Arborescent ; tree-like, in size or form ; p. 36. 



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