A GLOSSARY 



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THE TEE3IS USED IX THE MANUAL. 



Accumbent; used to express the appRcation of the edges of the 

 cotyledons to the radicle in the seeds of Orucifers. 



Achene ; a hard dry one-seeded superior pericarp. 



Acotyledonons ; -without distinct cotyledons. 



Acinniiude ; drawn out into a long point, hut with the sides 

 slightly hoUowed. 



Acute ; sharp : forming an angle less than a right angle at the 

 tip. 



Adhering ; the uniting together of different parts, as a cal^'x to 

 an ovary. 



Adnate ; attached throughout their whole length. Adnate an- 

 thers have their lohes so attached to the filament. Stipule- 

 are often adnate to the petiole by one of their edges. 



Adpressed ; pressed close to any thing. 



Adpressed-serrate ; serrate with the teeth hing closely on each 

 other or to the edge of the leaf. 



^■Estival : produced in summer. 



Albumen ; nutritious matter contained in the seed to feed the 

 young plant. 



Alternate ; placed successively on the opposite sides of an axis, 

 as in the case of leaves ; or opposite to the spaces between 

 the parts of the next whorl in flowers. 



Amplexicaul ; clasping the stem with their base. 



Anastomosing; veins combining with each other at their ends. 



Annual plants rise from the seed, flower, and die in the same 

 year. 



Annular; forming a ring. 



Anterior ; the part of a flower next the bract or in front. 



Anther : the part of the stamen which contains the poUen. 



Apex ; the end furthest from the point of attachment. 



Apical; at or relating to the apex. 



Apiculate ; having a very small hard point at the end, usually 

 formed by the tip of the midvein. 



Apocarpous ; fruit formed of carpels which are quite separate. 



Approximate ; close together. 



Arching ; curved into the form of an arch. 



Arcuate ; curved so as to form a considerable part of a circle. 



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