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GLOSSARY. 



Aril; an extra covering over the seed, i 

 35. 



Arista te ; with an nwn or bcnrd. } 



Armed; furuislii-d witli priclclcs, thorns, i 

 etc. I 



Articulated ; jointed. 



Ascending ; 41. 



Asperate ; roii^h. 



Assurgeiit ; curved outward and up- 

 ward. 



Attenuated ; narrow and sharp-pointed. 



Auriculate ; ear-bearing. 



Awn; a rigid bristle. 



Axillarj'- ; being in the axil. 



Axil placenta ; 13. 



Axis ; the central line ol a body. 



Baccate ; berry-like, 



Bniiner ; fame as vexillnm. 



Barb ; stifl", hooked hair. 



Basilar ; belongin<,' to the base. 



Bearded : tufts' of hair. 



Bibracteolate ; consisting of two 



bracts. 

 Bicolor ; two colors?. 

 Bicrenate ; double crenate. 

 Bicuspidated ; with two points or 



cus:p3. 

 Bideutate ; two teeth. 

 Biennial ; two years*. 

 Bitid ; two-cleft. 

 Bifoliate ; two leaves. 

 Bifurcate ; two-forked, or merely forked. 

 Biglandular ; two glands. 

 Bilabiate ; two-lipped. 

 Biovulate ; two ovules. 

 Bi:*errate ; twice serrate. 

 Biterjiate ; twice ternate. 

 Bivalved : two valves. 

 Brachiate ; with opposite spreading 



branches. 

 Bryology ; science of Mosses. 

 Bulbiferous ; bearing bulbs, 



Caespitose ; growing in tufts. 

 Calceolate ; slipper-shaped. 

 Caliculate ; accessories to the calyx. 

 Callous ; thickened. 

 C:ilycillor«; ; plants with the other parts 



of the flowers on the calyx, 

 Cainpylotropal ; 27. 

 C;i::y lieu late ; channeled. 

 Cisnescent ; grayish white. 

 Capitate ; head-shaped. 

 Capreolate ; bearing tendrils. 

 Carpels ; 3. 



Cartilaginous ; stiff, ptrong. 

 Caruncle ; appendage (;f the hilum. 

 Caryopsis ; 80. 

 Cau'd:ite ; tailed. 



<'anle^ccllt ; belonging to the stem. 

 Cauliculus ; a small stein. 

 Centrifagal (growth of radicle) ; 43, 

 Centripetiil (growth of radicle) ; 42, 

 Cernus ; nodding, 

 Chalaza ; 20. 



Chartaceous ; paper-like texture. 

 Chrnmogen ; producing color. 

 Ciliate ; fringed with hairs. 

 Cincroas ; ash-gray. 



Circinate ; rolled inward at the apex. 



Circumscissile ; 33. 



CiiThose ; tendril-like. 



Clasping ; inclosing by its base, 



Clavate ; club-shaped. 



Clawed ; raised on a claw. 



Coarctate ; contracted, drawn together. 



Cocci ; Ciirpcls of tue fruit, when away 



from the a::il. 

 Coccus ; a berry (plural, cocci ; l-seeded 



c;irpcls of separable fruits), 

 Cochlcate ; coiled like a short spiral 



shell. 

 Colierent ; growing together, 

 Comose ; hair-like. 

 Cone ; scaly fruit of pine, etc. 

 Conenchyma ; cone-like cells. 

 Confluent ; running together. 

 Conjugate : joiucd^by pairs. 

 Connivent ; converging together. 

 Cordate ; heart-shaped. 

 Coriaceous ; Icather-lik". 

 Corneous ; hard like horn, 

 Corniculate ; bearing a horn or spur. 

 Corrugated ; wrinkled. 

 Cortex ; hark. 



Cortical ; belonging to the bark. 

 Costate ; ribbed. 

 Crenate ; having sharp notches on the 



edge. 

 Crenulate ; slightly crenate. 

 Crested ; bearing an elevated ridge. 

 Crown ; an appendage to the corolla. 

 Crowned; bearing anything at the apex. 

 Crustaceous ; hard, tnin, and brittle. 

 Cucullate : rolled up into a hood shape. 

 Culm ; hollow stems of grasses. 

 Cuneate; wedge-shaped. 

 Cupule; a little cup. 

 Cuspidate ; sharp, stiff point. 

 Cyaneous ; bluish. 

 Cyathiform ; ciip-shaped. 

 Cymbiform ; boat-shaped. 

 Cymosc ; in a cyme. 



Deca ; ten. 



Decandrous; ten stamens. 



Deciduous; falling off at the end of the 



season. 

 Declinate ; bent downward. 

 Decompounded ; much divided. 

 Decumbent ; prostrate, but ascending 



at the summit. 

 Decurrent ; with the edges extending 



below the main point of attachment. 

 Decussate ; pairs of leaves that cross 



each other at right angles. 

 Deflected ; turned away. 

 Deflexed ; bent downward, 

 i Dehiscent ; opening regularly. 

 Deliquescent ; same as solvent. 

 Deltoid ; triangular. 

 Dendroid ; tree-like in form. 

 Denticulate ; slightly toothed. 

 Denuded ; naked. 

 Depauperate ; less developed than 



usual. 

 Depressed ; llattened horizontally, 

 Didynamous ; having four stamens, two 



longer than the other two. 



