W ATSON—Plants of Bernalillo County 
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Acaulescent. Stemless or apparently so. 
Achene. A small, dry and hard, 1-celled, 1-seeded, in- 
indehiscent fruit. 
Acumimate. Tapering at the en. 
Acute. Terminating with a sharp or well-defined an- 
gle. 
Adnate. United, as the inferior ovary with the calyx- 
tube. Adnath anther, one attached for its whole 
length to the inner or outer face of the filament. 
Adventive. Recently or omperfectly naturalized. 
Albumen. Any deposit of nutritive material accom- 
panying the embryo. 
Alternate. Not opposite to each other, as sepals and 
petals, or as leaves upon a stem. 
Ament. A catkin, or peculiar scaly unisexual spike. 
Annular. In the form of a ring. 
Anterior. On the front side of a flower and next the 
bract, remote from the axils of inflorencence; equiv- 
- alent to inferior and (less properly) exterior. 
Antheriferous. 'Anther-bearing. 
Apetalous. Having no petals. 
Apiculate. Ending in a short pointed tip. 
Appressed. Lying close and flat against. 
Arachnoid. Cobwebby; of slender entangled hairs. 
Articulate. Jointed; having a node or joint. 
Ascending. Rising somewhat obliquely, or curving up- 
ward. 
Ascending ovule. one that is attached above the base 
of the ovary and is directed upward. 
Attenuate. Slenderly tapering; becoming very nar- 
row. 
Auricle. ‘An ear-shaped appendage. 
Auriculate. Furnished with auricles. 
Awl-shaped. Narrowed upward from the base to a 
slender or rigid point. 
Awn. A bristle-shaped appendage, 
Axillary. Situated in the axis. 
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