GLOSSAEY. 



Aberraxt, diffcrin^i from the iisual 



striictiive, varying from the ordinary 



t>'pe. 

 .\bortive, imperfectly developed. 

 Acerose, needle-shaped, with a stiff 



])oiiit. 

 Achene, a small, hard, dry fruit, which 



does not open spontaneously. 

 Acicular, slender, or needle-shaped. 

 Acrid, harsh, biting. 

 Acuminate, narrow, tapering to a point. 

 Acute, sharply pointed, but not drawn 



out. 

 Albuminous, containing albumen, a form 



of food material stored within the 



seed. 

 Annual, a term apphed to ]>lants which 



perish in one >'ear. 

 Anther, v. ]>. 43. 

 Apex, the growint; iioint of a stem or 



root, the tip of an organ. 

 Apical, at the point of an>' organ or 



structure. 

 Appendage, a part added to another, e.o-, 



leaves are aiipendages to a stem. 

 Appressed, kept under, lying flat for tlie 



whole length of the organ. 

 Arborescent, attaining the size or 



character of a tree. 

 Aril, a membranous or fleshy seed- 

 covering, formed by an expansion of 



the stalk attached to the ovule, 



often brightly coloured. 

 Assimilation, v. p. 39. 

 Auricled, having ear-shaped ai)i)endages. 

 Awn, a bristle-like apjiendage, especially 



occurring in grasses. 

 Axil, the angle formed Viet ween the 



branch and trunk, or Ijetween the 



stem and the leaf. 

 Axillary, growing in an axil. 

 Axis, an imaginary line, round which the 



organs are developed. Floral «.rf,v, 



that ])art of the stem or branch uiion 



which tlie flowers are borne. 



Bast. th(.^ inner, fibrous biirk of a tree, 

 lieardcd, having tuftn of liairs. 

 Berry, a i)ulpy frv;it containing seeds. 

 Biennial, a term used of idants which li\-e 



through two years. 

 Blade, the exjianded portion of a leaf. 

 Bract, an unde\eloi:)ed leaf on a flower 



stalk. 



Calyx, c, ]>. 44. 



Camltium, a la>-er of tissue formed 



between the wood and the bark. 



producing wood on the inside, and 



bark on the outside. 

 C'amjianulate, bell-shaped. 

 Capitate, arx-anged in a head. 

 Capillary, slender, hair-like. 

 Capsule, a dry seed-vessel, which si>lits 



o])en si>ontaneously for the purpose 



of shedding its seeds. 

 Carpel. >'. p. 43. 

 Cartilaginous, hard and tough, (as the 



skin of an apple-pip). 

 Catkin, a pendulous spike of flowers, of 



one sex only. 

 Cauline, belonging to the stem, applied 



to leaves borne on the stem, as 



distinct from those that siu-ing near 



the root. 

 Cell, an indoj>endent unit of protoplasm, 



usually contained in a inembranous 



euvelo]ie. 

 Cellulose, the material composing the 



cell wall, the carbohydrate which 



is the basis of paper. 

 Chlorophyll, the green colouring matter 



contained in plant-cells. 

 Cleistogamic, having flowers which never 



expand, and which are necessarily-, 



therefore, self-jiollinated. v. p. 269. 

 Comi)ressed, more or less flattened. 

 Cone, the fruit of a ])ine tree, formed of 



woody bracts. 

 Connective, that part of the anther which 



set)arates the two lobes. 

 Cordate, a term applied to heart-shaped 



leaves, with the petiole at the broad 



end. 

 Coriaceous, bough, leatherj'. 

 Corolla, r. p. 44, 

 Corona, a series of out-growths from the 



corolla, either free or united, which 



maj- appear like an additional ring of 



petals or stamens. 

 Corymb, a flat-topped ])anicle of flowers. 

 Cotyledon, a seed leaf, the first leaf 



])rodueed by a young plant, v. p. 47. 

 Crenate, a leaf form in which the margin 



is divided into rounded teeth. 

 Cruciferous, in the form of a cross. 

 Cnpressoid, cypress-like. 

 Cuticle, the outermost skin covering the 



e))idermis. 



