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GLOSSAET AND INDEX. 



AppaidicuJate: having an appendage. 



Apple, 416. 



Appresscd : lying flat against, or close- 

 pi'esscfl together. 



Apricot, 417. 



Apterous : wingless ; having no dilated 

 border or appendages. 



Aquatic : living in water, either sub- 

 mersed or raised partly out of it. 



AquifoliaceEe, 442. 



AraceiE, or Aroidese, 485. 



Arachnoid, or drenose : cobwebby, i. e. 

 with entangled slender hairs look- 

 ing like cobweb. 



Araliacese, 427. 



Arboreous, arborescent : tree-like, in size 

 or appearance, 101, 



ArchegcSnium (pi. archer/oma) : the ana- 

 , logue in Mosses of the pistil. 



Arcuate : curved like a bent bow. 



Areola, pi. areola : spaces marked out 

 on a surface. 



Ar^olale: marked out into definite 

 spaces. 



Arhizol : destitute of root 



Aril, arillus ; an accessory covering or 



appendage of a seed formed by a 



growth from the funiculus, hilum, 



or placenta after the completion of 



, the ovule, .321, fig. 603. 



Arilliite : furnished with an arillus. 



Arillode : a false aril, or covering of the 

 seed appearing like an aril. 



Aristate : furnished with an awn icwista). 



Aristolochiacea:, 462. 



Arnatto, .392. 



Arrei-t ; pointing upwards. 



Arrowroot, 481, 490. 



Arroio-stiaped, or arrow-headed : see Sa- 

 gittate ; fig. 2rj2. 



Artichokes, 437. 



Articulated: jointed, i. e. separating by 

 an articulation or joint, as most 

 leaves from the stem in autumn, 

 or having the appcaranceof a joint, 

 92, 163,"l7.3. 



Artificial classification, 365, 511. 



Artocarpeis, 474. 



Ascendinrj : rising obliquely upwards, 

 102. 



Asreudinr/ axis, 72, 91. 



Asci : the spore-cases of certain Lichens 

 and Fungi, 506, 507. 



Ascidium : a pitcher-shaped or sac- 

 shaped leaf, 169. 



Asclepiadaeeee, 458. 



Ashes of plants, 58, 174, 186. 



Asfierr/iliifonn : shaped like an aspergil- 

 iiis, or brush used to sprinkle holy 

 water, as the stigmas of most 

 Grasses. 



Assafoetida, 427. 



Assimilation, 19, 21, 61, 177, 190. 



Assurpettt : same as ascending. 



Atropous or dtropat (ovules) : same as 

 orthotropous, 298. 



Attar of Roses, 417. 



Attenuate ; tapering gradually to a thin 

 or nari'ow extremity. 



Augmentation of parts, 242. 



Aurantiacese, 401. 



Auriculate : eared ; furnished with au- 

 ricles or small lobes at the base. 



Automatic movements, 347. 



Ava, 469. 



Avocado Pear, 467. 



Awl-shaped : narrow and terete, or near- 

 ly so, and tapering to a point; 

 166. 



Aum : a bristle-shaped appendage, like 

 the beard of Barley, &c. 



Awned : see Aristate. 



Axil (axilla, the armpit) : the angle be- 

 tween a leaf and the stem, on the 

 upper side, 97. 



Axile, or axial : belonging to the axis, 

 , 292. 



Axillarij ; belonging to or growing in 

 the axil. 



Axillary buds, &c., 97, 210. 



Axis : the stem and root, 67, 72 ; the 

 central line of any body, as the 



Axis of inflorescence, 211. 



Baccate : berry -like ; of a fleshy or pulpy 



tcxtnre like a berry [bacca), 311. 

 Balm of Gilead, &c., 407. 

 Balsams, 145, 407, 414, 480. 

 Balsamiflua3, 425. 

 BalsaminaccsE, 403. 

 Banner : same as vexillum, 2.i3. 

 Barbate : bearded ; bearing tufts, spots, 



or lines of hairs. 

 Bdrbellaie : beset with short and stiff 



hairs, like the pappus of Liatris 



spicata, &c. 

 Barbe'llulate : a diminutive of the last. 

 Barbcrrv, 384. 

 Barl; 120, 126. 

 Barley, 498. 

 Basal : belonging or relating to the 



base of an organ. 

 Bascllacese, 464. 

 Basidia : cells of the fructification of 



Mushrooms, &e., which bear the 



spores, 507. 

 Bdsi fixed : attached by the base. 

 Basilar ; seated on the base of anything. 

 Bassorin, 55. 

 Bast, or bass, 400 : bast-cells or tissue, 



44, 120. 

 Bauerie£E, 425. 

 Bayberry, 477. 

 Bdellium, 407. 



