GLOSSAEY 



OF ENGLISH BOTANICAL TERMS, EMPLOYED IN BOTANICAL 

 DESCRIPTIONS, COMBINED WITH AN 



INDEX. 



[The numerals without any prefix refer to the pages of the work : those preceded by fig. to 



figures.] 



A, privative, as the initial in many 

 words of Greeic derivation, signifies 

 the absence of the organ men- 

 tioned ; as, apotalous, destitute of 

 petals ; aphyllous, leafless. In 

 words beginning with a vowel this 

 prefix is changed to an ; as, anan- 

 thous, flowerless ; anantherous, des- 

 titute of anthers. 



Abbreviations. Tlie customary ones 

 are mentioned on p. 518. 



Aben-aiit (wandering) : applied to spe- 

 cies, genera, &c. which differ in 

 some respect»from the usual or nor- 

 mal character of the group they 

 belong to. 



Abioti'nese, 480. 



Abnormal : differing from the normal or 

 usual structure. 



Aboriginal : strictly native ; indigenous. 



Abortion : the non-formation or imper- 

 fect formation of an organ, 25.5. 



Abortive organs, 258. 



Abrupt : terminating suddenly. 



Abruptly pinnate, 1 63, fig. 290. 



Absorption, 80. 



Acanthacese, 447. 



Acdnthdcladous : with spiny branches. 



Acanthdphorous : spine-bearing. 



Acaulescent : stemless, or apparently so, 

 i. e. without a proper caulis; 91. 



Accessory : something additional. 



Accessory buds, 98. 



Accessory fruits, 318. 



Accrescent : increasing in size after flow- 

 ering, as the calyx of Phy sails. 



44* 



Accrete : groWn together. 



Acaimbent: lying against, especially 



edgewise against another body; 



326, 390, fig. 700. 

 Acephalous : headless. 

 Accraceaj, or Acerineaj, 410. 

 Acerose : needle-shaped, like the leaves 



of Pines, &c. ; 166, fig. 212, 213. 

 AcetdbuUform or acetabulous : eaucer- 



shaped. 

 Achenium (pi. ackenia): a one-seeded 



seed-lilte fruit; 313, fig. 566-573. 

 AcJilamydeous ; destitute of calyx and 



corolla, 261. 

 Acids, 56, 195. 

 Acicular : slender needle-shaped or 



bristle-shaped. 

 Acies : the edge of a thing. 

 Acindciform : scymitar-shaped, like 



some bean-pods. 

 Acmes (acini) : the separate grains or 



carpels of an aggregate fleshy fruit, 



like the raspbeny, as the term is 



now generally used ; classically, the 



dcimis meant the whole bnncli of 



such fruits. 

 Acotyle'donous : destitute of cotyledons. 

 Acrdbryous: budding from the apex 



only ; same as 

 Acrdgenous ; growing from the apex, 



370. 

 Acrogens, Acrdgenous plants, 370, 499. 

 Acramphibryous : growing from both 



ends and over the surface. 

 Aculeate : prickly ; beset with prickles 



(aculei) ; 52. 



