GLOSSARY 



OF 



BOTANIC TEEMS. 



The foUowiag list, wMch is based mainly on Mr. B. Daydon 

 Jackson's very complete Glossary published in 1901, includes alsj the 

 meanings of s3V3ral spacific epithets mentionad in this Flora : — 



Adhesion : -the attachmenj or 

 union with some other organ 

 or part, such ai calyx with ovary, 

 stamens with corolla. 



Adnate :— used t j denote attach- 

 ment of any organ by its whole 

 length, as anthei-lobes to the 

 filament, a stipale t) the petiole, 

 or the calyx to the ovary. 



Adventitious :— applied to roots 

 which are not formed from the 

 radicle of the embryo ; or to 

 abnormal buds such as are not 

 produced in the axils of leaves. 



Aggregate :— applied to fljwers in 

 dense heads like those of Quscuta 

 Echirwps, etc.; also to carpels as 

 in Banunculus. 



Alatus :— winged. 



Albumen :— the nutritive sub- 

 stance found in many seeds, and 

 very often surrounding the em- 

 bryo. See Endosperm. 



Alopecnroides :-like the tail of a 

 fox. 



Alternate :— applied to leaves 

 which are pi iced one above the 

 other in different vortical lines,, 

 also to parts f a flower, as when 

 stamens are placed between the 

 petals, and the petals are between 

 the sepals. 



Aljortiv e '• —imperfectly developed. 



AcauUs : -withoat a stem. 



Accressent : enlarging with age, 

 as the calyx of the (Jap i-gooseherry. 



Accumbant :— applies to cotyledons 

 which have thair edges lying 

 against the radicle, as in many 

 Gruciferce. 



Achene :— a hard, dry, indehiscent 

 carpel, as in Banunculus ; also 

 applied to the f rait of Compositce, 

 which is really composed of two 

 combined carpels adnate to the 

 calyx. 



Achianiydeous :— applied to flow- 

 ers, withoat a perianth, as in 

 willows. 



Acicular : —needle-shaped, like the 



g ^leaves of many conifers. 



Acotyledonous :— applied to plants 

 such as Guscuta, which have no 

 seed-leaves ir cotyledons. 



Actinomorphic : -having flowers 

 of a regular shape, sach as may 

 be bisected in two or more planes 

 into similar halves. 



Aculeate : -armed with prickles 

 like the stem of a rose. 



Acuminate : with a gradaally 

 tapering point. 



Acute : -with a sharp -pointed apex. 



