GLOSSARY. 



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Amplexicaul, said of a leaf with the 



base clasping the stem. 

 Ancipital, two-edged. 



Androgynous, having both staminate 

 and pistillate flowers in the same 

 cluster. 



Annual, a plant flowering and fruit- 

 ing in the first year or season and 

 then dying. 



Annular, having the form of a ring, 

 ring-like. 



Anterior, the side in front; in an 

 axillary flower, the side away from 

 the axis ; lower, inferior. 



Anther, the sac or sacs containing the 

 pollen, the essential part of the 

 stamen. 



Anthesis, the period during which 

 a flower is expanded, the stigma re- 

 ceptive and the anthers shedding 

 pollen. 



Antrorsely, directed forward. 



Apetalous, without petals. 



Apiculate, ending in a short-pointed 

 tip. 



Appendage, any supplementary or 

 superadded part. 



A p pressed, fattened or pressed against 

 another body but not united with 

 it ; hairs lying flat on leaves are 

 appresscd. 



Approximate, standing or borne close 

 or near together. 



Aciuatie, living or growing in water; 

 an ' ' aquatic plant ' ' may be wholly 

 submersed or with only the base 

 in water. 



Arcuate, moderately curved. 



Areola, an area with a distinct or 

 raised boundary; the spaces be- 

 tween the reticulations or veins: 

 in Compositae the disk or circle at 

 the summit of the achene where sat 

 the corolla. 



Aril, an appendage of a seed growing 

 at or about the hilnm or summit 

 of the funiculus; arillate, furnished 

 with an aril. 



Aristate, furnished with an arista or 

 awn, like the beard or bristle of 

 Barley. 



Articulation, a joint; articulated, 



jointed or furnished with joints; 

 where the stem or organ separates 

 or is inclined to do so. 



Ascending, rising gradually upwards. 



Assurgent, rising or curving upwards. 



Attenuate, gradually narrowed or pro- 

 longed. 



Auricled, with ear-like lobes at base; 

 anriculate. 



Awn, a bristle, like the beard of 

 Barley. 



Aumed, provided with a bristle. 



Axil, the angle between a leaf and 

 stem. 



Axile, referring to or borne on the 

 axis. 



Axillary, borne or occurring in an 

 axil. 



Axis, the stem or longitudinal or cen- 

 tral support on which parts or or- 

 gans are arranged; a central line. 



Baccate, of the nature of a berry, 

 berry-like or pulpy. 



Banner, the upper petal in a papilio- 

 naceous, or pea, flower. 



Barbed, furnished with sharp rigid 

 refiexed points, like the barbs of a 

 fish-hook. 



Barbellate, beset with short stiff 

 hairs; barbellulate, the diminutive. 



Berry, a fleshy indehiscent fruit, 

 formed from a single superior or 

 inferior ovary. 



Bi-, a prefix to Latin words, two or 

 twice. 



Bifid, 2-cleft to the middle or there- 

 abouts. 



Bilabiate, a synsepalous calyx or 

 sympetalous corolla cleft into two 

 divisions, with an upper (superior 

 or posterior) lip and a lower (in- 

 ferior or anterior) lip; 2-lipped as 

 the corolla of Sage or of Mimulus. 



Bilamellate, of two plates or lamellae. 



Bipinnate, twice pinnate. 



Blade, the flat expanded portion of a 

 leaf; said also of the broad por- 

 tion of a petal, especially when it 

 possesses a petiole-like base or 

 claw. 



Bloom, said when leaves and fruit are 



