XI I 



GLOSSARY. 



Aromatic, having a spicy flavor, or fra-i those branches bearing opposite lea f- 



grance, lets. 



Articulated) Jointed; connected by Joints .^Bipinnateiy, in a bipinnate manner. 

 Articulations, loints ; Uie places at whlcw'Btpinnatjfid, the common petiole having 



articulated members are separable. opposite pinnatifid branches, or seg- 



Ascending, rising from the ground ob- menis. 



iiquely. Bippinatifidlf/, in a bipiniutifid manner. 



Assurgcttt, rising in a curve from a de- lUroslralc, furnished with two beaks. 



dined base. Bisetose, having two bristles. 



AtUuuutc I, tapering gradually till it be- 

 comes slender. 



Auriculate, having rounded appendages 

 at base, like cars. 



Attn, a slender bristle-like process,— 



liisulcate, having two grooves or furrows. 

 Bitenude leaf, twice ternate ; the com- 

 mon petiole .'J-partcd, and each divi- 

 sion bearing three leaflets. 

 Bivalved, having two valves, 

 common on the chad* of grasses, Bivtnlricose, having two Oellied or dis- 

 s onetimes on anthers, &c. tended portion*. 



Awnei, furnished with awns, or bristle- [Bloom, a fine powdery coatingon certain 



like points. 

 Awnlcss, destitute of awns. 

 Axil, the anszle between a branch and 

 stem, or leaf and branch, on the up- 

 per side. 

 Arillary, growing in, or proceeding from, 



the axil. 

 Axis, a central stem, or peduncle ;— or, a 

 real or imaginary central line extend- 

 ing from the base to the summit. 

 Baccate, berried; becoming fleshy or 



succulent, like a berry. 

 Bald akenes, naked at summit ; destitute 



of pappus or crown. 

 Banner, the vexillum or upper petal in a 



papilionaceous flower. 

 Barb, a straight process, armed with one 



or more teeth pointing backwards. 

 Beak, a terminal process, like a bird's 



bill. 

 Beaked, having, or terminating in, a beak. 

 Bearded, crested or furnished with par- 

 allel hairs,— as in the flowers of iris, 

 Viola, Sec. 

 Berru, a pulpy valvdess fruit, in which 



ttie seeds are imbedded. 

 liibra teale, having two bracts. 

 Hi uspidatej ending in two sharp points. 

 Bidentate* furnished with two teeth. 

 Biennial, living two years,— in the sec- 

 ond of which the flowers and fruit are 

 produced,— and then dying. 

 fiifurious, in two series, or opposite 



rows; pointing In two directions. 

 Bifid, two-cleft, or split into two seg- 

 ments. 

 Bifistular, having two parallel tubes. 

 B'ifoliate, having or producing two leaves. 

 Bifurcate, forked"; ending in two branch- 

 es. 

 Bi-gibbous, having two hunches, or gib- 

 bous productions. 

 Biglandular, having or producing two 



glands. 

 Bilabiate, having two lips. 

 Bilamellate, having two lamella 4 , or thin 



pi ate 8. 

 Bilocular, having two cells. 

 Bipartible, separable spontaneously into 



two parts. 

 Bipartite, two-parted ; divided into two 

 segments more than half way to the 

 base. 

 iBipinnate, twice pinnate ; the common 

 petiole having opposite branches, and 



fruits, <Vc, as the plum. 



Border of a Corolla, tne spreading brim 

 of a corolla of more than one petal. 



Bowl-shaped, hemispherical and concave 

 or hollow. 



Brachiate, having the branches spread- 

 ing, opposite and decussate. 



Bract, floral leaf; aleafainons or near 

 the flowers, and usually differing in 

 size and appearance, from the other 

 leaves. 



Bracteate, furnished with bracts. 



Bran< hlcts, small branches, or subdivi- 

 sions of branches* 



liristles, stiff hairs, straight or hooked. 



Bulb, a kind of bull, formed of numerous 

 flvshy scales or coals, and usually 

 scaled on the neck of the root.— some- 

 times in the axils. 



Bulbiferous, bearing or producing bulbs, 



Bulbous, fv. rmed of, or like a bulb 



Uullate \v.i(, having bubble like convex- 

 ities on the upper surface, with cor- 

 resjxmdinq cavities beneath. 



Caducous, falling off earlier than usual 

 for such organs. 



Caicarate, spurred; having a process like 

 a horn, or spur. 



('a'lous, firm and gristle-like. 



Callus, a compact gristle like tubercle or 

 substance. 



Calycifcrmt shaped like a calyx. 



Calynilatc, having an additional outer 

 calyx. 



Cahjptra, the rap or hood (resembling the 

 extinguisher of a candle) on the fruct- 

 ification of the Mosses. 



Calyx, the flower-cup, or outer (and some- 

 times the only) covering of a flower, — 

 usually green, and embracing all the 

 other parts. 



Campanutate, in the form of a bell. 



Canaliculate, channelled or furrowed. 



Caneecent, hoary ; covered with a whitish 

 pubescence. 



Capillaceous, and Capillary, long and fine 

 like a hair. 



Capitate, head-form ; growing in a head. 



Capsule, a dry hollow seed-vessel, open- 

 ing by valves. 



Carinate, keeled ; having a ridge on the 

 back resembling the keel of a boat. 



Carnose, fleshy ; more firm than pulp. 



Carpel, a little fruit ; usually a partial 

 pistil, or simple constituent portion of 

 a compound fruit. 



