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GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Aculeolate : diininutiye of the last ; i. e. 

 beset with small or few prickles. 



Acuminate : ending in a naiTowed or 

 prolonged and tapering point ; 162, 

 fig. 268, 239. 



Acutanrjulw : sharp-angled ; as the 

 stems of Seirpus pungens. 



Acute ; merely sharp-pointed ; ending 

 by an acute angle ; 162, fig. 269. 



Adelphous (stamens) : joined by their 

 filaments or clusteredintoabrother- 

 liood (adelphia). 



Adherent; sticking to, or, commonly, 

 growing fast to, another body, 252. 



Adnate: grown fast to, or formed in 

 union with, another body, as the 

 calyx-tube of the Goosebeny and 

 Cranberry (fig. 391) to the ovary, 

 251j 252. Attached by its whole 

 length, as the anther of Lirioden- 

 dron, 282, fig. 470, and of Asarum, 

 fig. 472. 



Adnation : the union of heterogeneous 

 parts, 250. 



Adpressed, or appressed: brought into 

 contact or nearly, but not united. 



Adscendent, or ascending ; rising gradu- 

 ally upwards, 102. 



Adsmyent, ovassurgmt: rising upwards 



Adventitious, adventive : found out of 

 the natural place. 



Adventitious buds, 82, 98. 



^^Equilateral : equal-sided ; opposed to 

 oblique. 



Aerial : growing in the air. 



Aerial roots, 85. 



An-ophjle : same as Air-plant. 



JEstival: relating to summer. 



Estivation ; arrangement of floral or- 

 gans in the bud, 269. 



Affinitjj : true and near relationship ; 

 i. e. species have affinity when they 

 resemble each other in their prin- 

 cipal points of structure, or, in other 

 words, are constructed throughout 

 upon the same particular plan or 

 , type. (See ^Ina/of/i/.j 



Agamoas or Agdviic : destitute of sexes 



Agglomerate or aggregate : heaped or 

 crowded into a cluster. 



Aggregate fruits, 317. 



Air-cells, air-passages, 50. 



Air-plants, 87. 



Alceninm or dkene: see a^heniuvi. 



Ala (pi. alic) : a wing ; the side petals 

 of a papilionaceous flower ; 253, 

 fig. 392, b. 



Alahdstrum : a flower-bud. 



Alar ; borne in the forks of a stem. 



Alate ; winged ; i. e. furnished with any 

 broad and thin adherent appendage, 

 as the seeds of Trumpet Creeper, 



fig. 601, the leafstalks of the Or- 

 ange, Rhus Copallina, &c , and 

 the stem of the common Thistle. 



Albescent : whitened, or hoary-white. 



Albumen, a vegetable product, 198. 



Albumen of the seed, 76, 322. 



Albuminous (seeds) : furnished with 

 albumen, 323. 



Alburnum: sapwood, 126. 



Algffi, 509. 



Algologg : the science relating to Algaj. 



Alismace^, 487. 



Alkaloids, 57. 



Alliaceous: like the garlic or onion. 



Alliances : natural groups of nearly re- 

 lated orders, 374. 



Allspice, 418. 



Almond, 415, 417. 



Alpine: growing on the higher parts 

 of the Alps, and in general on 

 mountains above the limits of trees. 



Aloes, 493. 



Alsi'ne^, 395. 



Alternate (leaves) : situated one after 

 another, 78, 97, 133. Petals, sta^ 

 mens, &.c. arc said to alternate with 

 adjacent organs, when they stand 

 over the intervals between them, 

 235. 



Alternation of parts, 235. 



Alveolate : honeycombed ; having deep 

 angular cavities separated by thin 

 partitions, as the receptacle of Cot- 

 ton-Thistle, fig. 898. 



Amarantaccas, 465. 



AmarylIidacco3, 491. 



Ament .- a catkin ; a peculiar scaly spike ; 

 213, fig. 312. 



Amentaceous : resembling or bearing cat- 

 kins. 



Amnios : the embryo-sac, 304. 



Amorphous : shapeless, i. e. of no defi- 

 nite or regular form. 



Amphibrgous : growing by additions 

 over the whole periphery. 



Amphicdrpous, or amphicdrpic : produc- 

 ing two kinds of fruit ; as in the 

 genus Amphicarpaja, so named on 

 this account. 



Amphigastria : the peculiar stipule-like 

 leaves of certain Hcpaticas, 504. 



Amphitropous, or amphitropal, ovule or 

 seed, 300, fig. 528. 



A mplectant : embracing. 



Amplexicaul (leaves, &c.) : clasping the 

 stem by a broad base or insertion. 



Ampulldceous : shaped like an ampulla 

 or flask-shaped vessel ; swelling out 

 at the base or middle. 



Amygdiilete, 415. 



Amylaceous : composed of starch {dmg- 

 lum), or resembling starch. 



