GLOSSARY 
With page references to explanatory figures. 
Abortion. Imperfect development or non-development of an 
organ or part. 
Acuminate, ‘Gradually tapering to the apex. Page xu. 
Acute. Terminating with a sharp angle. Page x1. 
Alternate. ‘Said of leaves, branches, buds, etc., scattered singly 
along the stem; not opposite. 
Androgynous. Composed of both staminate and pistillate flowers. 
Anterior. The front side of a flower, remote from the axis of 
inflorescence. 
Anther, The part of a statnen which bears the pollen. Page xiii. 
Apetalous, Without petals. 
Apex. The top, as the tip of a bud or the end of a leaf which 
is opposite the petiole. 
Apiculate. Ending in a short-pointed tip. 
Appressed. Lying close and flat against. 
Aromatic. Fragrant; with an agreeable odor. 
Axil. The upper one of the two angles formed by the juncture 
of a leaf with a stem. 
Axillary. Situated in an axil. 
Bark. ‘The outer covering of a trunk or branch. 
Bearded. Bearing a long, bristle-like appendage, or furnished 
with long or stiff hairs. 
Berry, A fruit which is fleshy throughout. 
Bipinnate. Twice pinnate. 
Blade. The expanded portion of a leaf, etc. 
Bloom. A powdery or waxy substance easily rubbed off. 
Bract. A more or less modified leaf subtending a flower or 
belonging to an inflorescence. 
Branch. A secondary division of a trunk. 
Branchlet. A small branch. 
Bud. An undeveloped stem or branch, with or without scales. 
Bud-scales. Modified leaves covering a bud. 
Bundle-scars. Dots on the surface of a leaf-scar, which are 
scars left by the fibro-vascular ‘bundles which run through 
the petiole into the blade of the leaf. Page xvi. 
Bur. A spiny fruit. 
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