GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS, 



A is a prefix, signifying privation; as 

 acaufis, without a stem. 



Abortive ; without use. 



Abrupt; cut off suddenly. 



Acerose ; stiff, linear, and sharp. 



Acicular ; needle-shaped. 



Acinaciform ; scimetar-shaped. 



Acinus; a berry of a compound cluster, 

 as the raspberry. 



Aculeate ; prickly. 



Acuminate ; awl-pointed. 



Acute ; sharp. 



Adnate; growing together. 



Agglomerated; crowded together. 



Aggregate; clustered, but not compound. 



Alated ; winged. 



Agamous ; without visible stamens or 

 pistils. 



Albumen ; the fleshy substance of seeds. 



Alveolate ; cells like a honey-comb. 



Ambitus ; outer rim of a frond recepta- 

 cle. 



Ament ; a collection of flowers on a 

 stalk, resembling a cat's tail. 



Amplexicaule ; clasping. 



Ancipital ; two edged, 



Androgynous; monoecious. 



Angustifolius ; narrow leaved. 



•Vnnulated ; with a ring. 



Anomalous ; not in order. 



Aphyllous; without leaves. 



Appendiculate ; having some append- 

 ages. 



Anti-scorbutics; curers of eruptive dis- 

 eases. 



Appressed ; pressed closely. 



Apterous; without wings. 

 Arachnoid ; simulating a spider's web. 

 Arboreous; resembling a tree. 

 Aril ; an outer seed covering. 

 Aristate : ending in a bristle. 

 Armed; furnished with thorns. 

 Arbustivous ; shrubs. 

 Arcuate ; bent like a bow. 

 Arundinaceous; resembling a reed. 

 Arvensis ; growing in fields. 

 Ascidium ; bottle-shaped. 

 Attenuated ; diminishing. 

 Auriculate ; eared. 

 Axil ; an angle formed by the leaf and 



stem. 

 Axis; an elongated stalk, serving as a 



support and centre for flowers. 

 Bacca ; a b'-rrv. 

 Banner or Vexillum ; the largest petal 



of flowers, resembling those of the 



pea. 

 Barren; without producing fruit. 

 Bicuspidate; with two projections or 



points. 

 Barb ; a straight process, armed with 



teeth. 

 Barbalus ; bearded. 

 Bicornis ; two-horned 

 Bifid; two parted. 

 Bilabtate ; with two lips. 

 Botrus ; a grape cluster. 

 Branchlet ; little branch. 

 Brachinte; branches opposite, each pair 



at right angles with the preceding. 

 Caducous ; dropping oft" early. 

 Cespitose ; forming tufts. 



