SOS GLOSSARY. 



Archeg&iaum (plural oreif^onio)': theorgan in Mosses, &c., which is anatt^o* 

 to tha pistil of Flowering Plants. 



Arcuate: bent or curved like a bow. 



Ar^olate : marked out into little spaces or aredce. 



AriUate (seeds) r furnished with an 



Afil or Arillits: & fleshy growth forming a false Coat or appendage to a seed;- 

 p. 135, fig. 318. 



Aristate: 'awned, i. e. furnished with an aristBj like the beard of Barley, &c. 



Arislulate: diminutive of the last ; short-awned. ' 



Arrow-shapid or Arrow-headed: same as sagittate ; p. 59, fig. 95, 



Articulated: jointed ; furnished with joints or articulations, where it Separates oi 

 inclines to do so. Articulated leaves, p. 64. 



Artificial Classification, p. 196. 



Ascending (stems, fee.), p. 37 ; (seeds or ovules), p. 122. 



Asperg^liform : shaped like the brush used to sprinkle holy water ; as the stigmas 

 of many Grasses. . < ■ 



Assimilation, p. 162. 



Assurgent : same as ascending, p. 37. 



Atropous or AtrOpal (ovules) : same as orthotrOpons. 



Auriadate : furnished with auricles or ear-like appendages, p. 59. 



Aid-shapiit sharp-pointed from a broader base, p. 68. 



Avm I the bristle or beard of Barley, Oats, &c. ; or any similar bristle-like ap- 

 pendage. 



Aumed: furnished with an awn or long bristle-shaped'' tip. 



AxU : the angle on the upper side between a leaf and the stem, p. 20. 



Axile: belonging to the axis, or occupying the iixis; p. 119, &c. 



Axillary (bads, &c.) : occurring in an axil, p. 21, 77, &c. 



Axis: the central line of any body ; the organ round which bthers are attached'; 

 the root and stem. AscMmg Axis, p. 9. Descending Axis, j>. 9. 



Baccate : beny-like, of a pulpy nature like a berry (in Latin hacca) ; p. 127. 



Barbate : bearded ; bearing tufts, spots, or lines of hairs. 



Barbed : furnished with a barb or double hook ; as the apex of the bristle on the 

 fruit of Echinospermum (Stickseed), &c. 



Bdrbellate: said of the bristles ot the pappus of Some Compositte (species of 

 liiatris, Ac), when beset with short, stiff hairs, longer than when denticulate, 

 but shorter than when plumose. 



Barb^Mate : diminutive t)f barbellate. 



Bark : the covering of a stem outside of the wood, p. 150, 152. 



Basal: belonging or attached to the 



Base : that extremity of any organ by which it is attached to its support. 



Bast, Bast-fibres, p. 147. 



Beaked: ending in a prolonged narrow tip. 



Bearded: see barbate. Beard is sometimes used popularly for awn, more com- 

 monly for long or stiff hairs of any sort. 



Bell-shaped: of the shape of a bell, as the corolla of Harebell, flg. 207, p. 102. 



Berri/ : a fruit pulpy or juicy throughout, as a grape ; p. 127. 



B(- (or Bis), in compound words : twice ; as 



