GLOSSARY 



OF THE 



PRINCIPAL BOTANICAL TERMS USED IN THIS WORK. 



j^=» The reader will bear in mind, that where eo7npound descriptive terms are em- 

 ployed in this w(>rk. the last member of the compound word is intended to give the 

 predominant character— a.ni that the word or syllable prefixed, merely indicates a 

 modificaHon of that character : as, for example, — "ovate-lanceolate" signifies ?rt7?c^o- 

 latp. "hut in lining someiohat to ovate; while Hatice-ovate"" means ovate with something 

 of the lane olate foi-m, &c. So of colors : ^'yellowish-green^ ^^bluish-green,''' &c. si^rnify 

 that green is the prevailing hue, — but that it is tinged with a shade of yellou\ bine. &c. 

 Terms indicative of the size of any organ, or portion of plant— as ''large,'" "■small,'' or 

 ^'middle-sized" — are, of coarse, relative,— and have reference to the usual or average 

 size of such parts, or organs, in other species of the same genus, or family. 



A: at the commencement of a word, signi- 

 fies the absence of some part, as : c/peta- 

 lous. destitute of petals When the word 

 commences with a vowel an is prefixed. 



Abnorm<d: ditferent from the regular or 

 usual structure. 



Abortion: an imperfect development of 

 any organ. 



Abortive; not arriving at perfection ; pro- 

 ducing no fruit. 



Abrupt: not gradual; sudden. 



Abruptly acuminate ; suddenly narrowed 

 to an acumination. 



AbriLptly i)\n\i2A.e. See Eri-n-pinnate. 



Acaulescent: apparently stemless. 



Accessory; additional, or supernumerary. 



Accumbent cotyledons ; having the radicle 

 applied to the cleft, or recurved along 

 the edges the cotyledons (represented 

 by this sign, o=),— as in some Crucife 

 rous plants. 



Acerose; linear and needle-like, — as Juni- 

 per leaves, &c. 



Acheniurn. See Akene. 



Achlamydsous; applied to flowers that 

 have no floral envelopes. 



Ac'icular; needle-shaped. 



AcotyUdonous; destitute of cotyledons, or 

 seed-leaves. 



Acrdgenous plants. Plants which grow or 

 develop from the apex or summit, only, 

 of the stem. 



Acrogens. Apex-growers, or acrogenous 

 plants:— which see. 



Aciileate; prickly ; armed with prickles. 



Acideolat"; armed with little prickles. 



Acuminate; ending in a produced taper- 

 ing point. 



Aeumindtion. An extended tapering point. 



Acute: sharp : ending in an angle, or point : 

 not rounded. 



Adherent; attached to, or united with an- 

 other difi'erent organ,— as the calyx-tube 

 to the ovary, &c. See coherent. 



Adnate; adhering laterally; fixed or grow- 

 ing to. 



Adventitious; happening irregularly; not 

 produced naturally or usually. 



^qtdlateral; equafsided; not oblique. 



Estivation. The mode in which sepals 

 and petals are arranged in the flower- 

 bud, before they expand. 



Aftermath. The second growth of the 

 grasses in the same season, after being 

 cut off'. 



Aggregated; crowded, or standing to- 

 gether on the same receptacle. 



Akene (or Acheniurn). A 1 -seeded fruit 

 with a dry in dehiscent pericarp, — often 

 bony or nut-like. 



Alrp. Wings, or membranous expan- 

 sions. 



Alate; winged; having a membranous 

 border. 



Albumen. A deposit of nutritive mat- 

 ter, distinct from the Embryo, found 

 in many seeds, — and sometimes ( as 

 in the grasses) constituting their chief 

 bulk. 



Albiiminous seeds ; furnished with, or con- 

 taining albumen. 



Alternate; not opposite ; placed alternately 

 on the axis, or receptacle. 



Alveolate; having pits, or cells like a honey- 

 comb. 



Arnent. A slender spike of naked and 

 usually separated flowers, with imbricat- 

 ed scales or bracts. 



