APPENDIX. 
Norz.—In this work, in order to conform with most American 
treatises on botany, the word loculus is replaced by the less exact 
word cell. 
©. Annual. 
©O©. Biennial. 
. Perennial. 
Shrub or tree. 
Male. 
Female. 
- Hermaphrodite, i. e., both sexes in the same flower. 
o, Many, or an indefinite number. 
Acaulescent. Stemless. 
Accrescent. Increasing with age. 
Acerose. Needle-shaped. 
Aculeate. Having sharp points or prickles. 
Acuminate. Tapering to a point. 
Aqualis. All flowers hermaphrodite. 
Acute. Sharp-pointed. 
Adnate. United by the surface. 
Akene. Adry, hard, indehiscent, 1-celled, 1-seeded fruit. 
Alveolate. Pitted like a thimble 
Ament, Amentum. A unisexual spike with scaly bracts. 
Amplexicau!. Clasping the stem. . 
Anceps, Ancipital. Two-edged. 
Andrecium. Stamens and corolla. 
Androgynous. Having both male and female flowers. 
Angiosperm, Angiosperme. Bearing seeds in a closed 
pericarp. 
Anisocarpe. Number of Carpels less than lobes of Cor- 
olla. 
Annular. Ring-like. 
Anther. The part of the stamen bearing pollen. 
Aphyllous. Without leaves. 
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