GLOSSARY. 



ABBREVLV.TIONS AND SIGNS. 



Adans., 



Adanson. 



Gr., 



Gray. 



Ait., 



Alton. 



Hoff., 



Hoffman. 



Arn., 



Arnott. 



Hook., 



Hooker. 



Aubl., 



Aublet. 



Jacq., 



Jacquin. 



Baldw., 



Baldwin. 



Juss., 



Jiissien. 



Benth., 



Bentham, 



L., 



Linn.'Eiisj. 



Bigel., 



Bi^elow. 



Lam., 



T-amark. 



Boerh., 



Boerhaave. 



L'Heiit., 



L'Heritier. 



Buckl., 



Buckley. 



Lindl., 



Lindley. 



Cass., 



Cassini. 



Marsh., 



Marshall. 



Catesb. 



Catesby. 



Michx., 



Michaux. 



Darl., 



Darlington. 



Mill., 



Miller. 



DC, 



De Candollc. 



Neck., 



Necker. 



Dill., 



Dillenius. 



Nutt., 



Nuttall. 



Ehrh., 



Ehrhart. 



Torr., 



Torrey. 



Ell., 



Elliot. 



Toiirn., 



Tournefort 



Endl., 



Endlichcr. 



Walt., 



Walter. 



Eugl., 



Engelraanu. 



Willd., 



Willdeuow. 



° Length in feet, as 3°, 4°. 



' Length in inches, as 2\ 3'. 



" Length iu lines (l-12th of an inch), as 2", 4' 



A, prefixed to a word, signifies without ; 

 as apetalous, without petals. 



Abbreviated ; shortened. 



Abortive ; not fully developed. 



Accrete ; grown together. 



Accumbent : lying on something else. 



Achenium ; 2s. 



Achlamydeoas ; without floral enve- 

 lopes. 



Acute ; pointed. 



Adherent; growing fast to another 

 body. 



Adnat'e ; growing fast to. 



Adventitious ; growing out of the usual 

 position. 



./Estivation ; the mode in which the 

 sepals or petals are applied to each 

 other. 



Aggregate ; crowded together. 



Alternate : scattered, one after another. 



Amentaceous ; bearing anient?. 



Ampk-xicanl ; stem clasping. 



Anatropal ; 2fi. 



Androeciuin ; 1. 



Androgynous ; containing both staini- 



nate and pistillate flowers. 

 Angiospermous ; seeds in a pod. 

 Angustifolius ; narrow-leaved. 

 I Anomalous ; out of the regular order. 

 Anterior ; that part of the axilla-^ 



flower farthest removed from tl. » 



main axil. 

 Apiculate ; tipped with a short, abrupt 



point. 

 Apocarpous ; 9. 



Appendage ; something added to a part. 

 Appressed ; pressed to. 

 Arborescent ; tree-like. 

 Areolate ; having the surface divided 



into little spaces. 



