GLOSSARY AND INDEX 



TO PAET I. 



THE FIGURES REFER TO THE PARAGRAPHS IN THE FIRST PART. 



Abbreviated, shortened. 



Acaulis, without a stem. 



Accessory, something added to the usual 

 number of organs. 



Accrete, grown together. 



Accmnbent, lying on something else. 



Acerose, fine and slender. 



Achenium, 151. 



Achlamydeous, 108. 



Acicular, needle-shaped. 



Acids, 300. 



Acinaciform, 89. 



Acotyledons, 64, 



Acrogens, growiug on the top. 



Acti nenchyma, 9. 



Aculeus, a prickle. 



Acitminate, 92, 



Acute, 92. 



Adherent, joined to. 



Adnate, 123. 



Adventitious leaf-buds, 70, 74. 



^Estivation, the mode in which the sep- 

 als or petals are applied to each other 

 in the bud. 



Agamous, without stamens and pistils. 



Albumen, 142. 16G, 301. 



Alburnum, 57. 



Alee, 108. 



Alizarin, 304. 



Alliaceous, oniony. 



Alsinaceous, 108. 



Alternate, single leaves on opposite sides 

 of the stc-m at different heights. 



Alveolate, pitted. 



Ament, 116. 



Amnios, 163. 



Am plcxicaul, clasping the stem. 



Anastomosis, where branches run to- 

 gether and unite with one another. 



Anatomy, vegetable, 3. 



Anatropous, 139. 



Anchusin, 304. 



Ancipital, two-edged. 



Andrceceum, the stamens taken as a 

 whole. 



Androgynous, both kinds of flowers in 

 the same inflorescence. 



Angiospermous, the seeds in a pod. 



August 'ifolius, narrow-leaved. 



Annular, shape of a ring. 



Annular ducts, 80. 



Anomalous, out of the regular order. 



Anther, 117, 122. 



Antheriferous, bearing anthers. 



Anthocyane, 245. 



Anthotaxis, 112. 



Anthoxanthine, 245. 



Apetalous, without petals. 



Apex, 8S. 



Aphylloxis, without leaves. 



Apiculate, tipped with an abrupt minute 



point. 

 Apocarpous, having the carpels distinct. 

 Appendages, 109. 

 Applied Botany, 3. 

 Appressed, 77. 

 Apterous, without wings. 

 Arabin, 28S. 



Aquatic, growing in the water 

 Arborescent, tree-like. 

 Arbuscula, little tree. 

 Areola., small spaces. 

 Aril, 150. 

 Arrow-root, 286. 

 Asafo&Hda, 29S. 

 Ascending, rising upward. 

 Asperate, rough. 

 Assurgent, ascending. 

 Atrojious. See Orthotropous. 

 Attenuate, slender. 

 Auriculate, 89. 

 Awl-form, shape of an awl. 

 Awn, a slender tip or beard. 

 Awnless, without awns. 

 Axil, angle between the leaf and the stem. 

 Axillary, being in the axil. 

 Axis, 112. 



Baccate, berry-like. 



Balausta, 154. 



Balsams, 297. 



Banner, the upper petal in papilionace* 



ous corolla. 

 Barb, stiff hooked hair. 

 Bark, 58. 

 Base, 8S. 



Basilar, belonging to the base. 

 Bassorin, 2S8. 



Beaked, terminated by a point. 

 Beard, a bristle. 

 Berry, 154. 



Bibracteolate, consisting of two bracts. 

 Bicrenate, doubly crenate. 

 Bicuspidate, ending with two teeth. 

 Bidentate, 91. 

 Biennial, two years. 



