BOTANICAL TERMINOLOGY. 



53 



Aril. An expansion of the placenta 

 or funiculus round a seed. 



Aristate. Bearded ; awned. 



Aromatic. Sweet-scented. 



Articulated., Jointed. 



Ascending. Rising or directed up- 

 wards. 



Ascidium. A. kind of hollow leaf. 



Assurgent. Ascending obliquely. 



Atropous. See Orthotropous. 



Attenuated. Tapering gradually till 

 it becomes slender. 



Auriculate. Having ear-like pro- 

 cesses. 



Awl-shaped. Slender ; becoming 

 sharp and curved at apex. 



Awn. A bristle-like appendage. 



Awned. Furnished with awns. 



Axil. The angle formed at the junc- 

 tion of a leaf or petiole, with the 

 stem. 



Axillary. Growing in an axil. 



Baccate. Berry-like. 



Banner. The upper petal of a papi- 

 lionaceous flower. 



Bark. The outer covering of vege- 

 tables. 



Barren. Producing no perfect seed. 



Bearded. Having tufts of hair. 



Bell-shaped. Swelling at base, and 

 with no tube. 



Berry. A pulpy or fleshy indehis- 

 cent fruit. 



Bicuspidate. Having two points, 

 each with a sharp apex. 



Biennial. Living during two years. 



Biferous. Bearing twice a year. 



Bifid. Divided into two, two-cleft. 



Bifoliate. Two-leafed. 



Bifoliolate. With two leaflets. 



Bifurcate. Two-forked. 



Bijugous. A pinnate leaf, with two 

 pairs of leaves on each part. 



Bilabiate. A corolla, with two lips 

 or segments. 



Bilamellate. Having two laminae. 



Bilocular. Two-celled. 



Binate. Of two parts. 



Bipartite. Divided into two parts. 



Bipinnate. Doubly pinnate. 



Bipinnatifid. Doubly pinnatifid. 



Biternate. Doubly ternate. 



Bivalve. Having two valves. 



Blade. Lamina. Expansion of leaf. 



Blunt. Obtuse, rounded. 



Brachiate. Having opposite spread- 

 ing branches. 



Bract. Floral leaf. 



Bractlet, Bracteole. A bract on a 

 branch of inflorescence. 



Branch. A division of a stem or 

 root. 



Bristles. Stiff hairs, either simple or 

 curved. 



Bud. The winter residence of a leaf 

 or flower. 



Bulb. A subterranean bud. 



Bullate. Raised in blister-like eleva- 

 tions. 



Caducous. Falling off early. 



Ccesjntose. Forming a tuft. Turfy. 



Calcarate. Spurred. 



Calyciform. Cup-like. 



Calycine. Belonging to the calyx. 



Calyculate. Having an outer calyx. 



Calyptra. The cap or hood of the 

 sporangia in mosses. 



Calyx. The outer floral envelope. 



Cambium. The soft layer between 

 the bark and the wood. 



Campanulate. Bell-shaped. 



Campylotropous. A curved ovule. 



Canaliculate. Channelled. 



Canescent. Becoming white or hoary. 



Capillary. Hair-like. 



Capitate. In heads, head-shaped. 



Cajntulum. A head. 



Caprification. Artificial fertilization 

 of pistillate flowers. 



Capsule. A dry and dehiscent peri- 

 carp, usually opening by valves. 



Carinate. Keeled. 



Carneous. Flesh-coloured, or fleshy. 



Carpel. A simple pistil, or element 

 of a compound pistil. 



Carpophore. The central axis sup- 

 porting the fruit in the umbelliferre. 



Cartilaginous. Hard and tough. 



Caryophyllaceous. Like a pink, 

 having five petals with long claws, 

 all regular. 



Caryopsis. A thin pericarp adhering 

 to the seed so firmly as not to be 

 detached. 



Catkin. See Ament. 



Caudate. Having a tail-like appendage. 



