GLOSSARY. 



ApStalous: destitute of petals. 



Aphifllous: destitute of leaves, at least of foliage. 



Apical: belonging to the apex or point. 



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



Apocarpous (pistils) : when the several pistils of the same flower are sep- 



arate. 

 Appendage : any superadded part. 

 Appendlculate : provided with appendages. 

 Appresseds where branches are close pressed to the stem, or leaves to the 



branch, &c. 

 Aquatic : living or growing in water ; applied to plants whether growing 



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

 Arachnoid : cobwebby ; clothed with, or consisting of, soft downy fibres. 

 Arb&reous, Arborescent : tree-like, in size or form. 

 Arcuate : bent or curved like a bow. 

 Areolate : marked out into little spaces or areolae. 

 Arilbxte (seeds) : furnished with an 

 Aril or Aril ius: a fleshy growth forming a false coat or appendage to a 



seed. 

 Artstate : awned, i. e. furnished with an arista, like the beard of Barley, &c. 

 Aristulate: diminutive of the last; short-awned. 

 Arrow-shaped or Arrow-headed : same as sagittate. 

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



or inclines to do so. 

 Ascending (seeds or ovules), directed obliquely upward. 

 Assurgent: same as ascending. 



Auriculate : furnished with auricles or ear-like appendages. 

 Awl-shaped : sharp-pointed from a broader base. 

 Awn: the bristle or beard of Barley, Oats, &c. ; or any similar bristle-like 



appendage. 

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

 Axil: the angle on the upper side between a leaf and the stem. 

 Axile : belonging to the axis ; &c. 

 Axillary (buds, &c.) : occurring in an axil. 



Axis: the central line of any body ; the organ round which others are at- 

 tached ; the root and stem. 



Baccate : berry-like, of a pulpy nature like a berry (in Latin bacca). 



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 of the pappus of some Compositse (species of 

 Liatris, &c), when beset with short stiff hairs, longer than when dentic- 

 ulate, but shorter than when plumose 



Barbellulate : diminutive of barbellate. 



Bark : the covering of a stem outside of the wood. 



Basal: belonging or attached to the 



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



Beaked: ending in a prolonged narrow tip. 



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