TABLE VII. 



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BOTANICAL DICTIONARY* 



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ABBREVIATUM PERIANTHIUM, shortened, whenlhe cap is 



shorter than the tube of the flower. 

 Abortiens Flos, hafren flowers, such as produce no frurt. 

 Abruptum Folium Pinnatum, winged leaves, ending without 



either foliole or cirrhus. 

 A caul is, without stalk or stem. 



Acerosum Folium, chaffy leaves, when they are linear and abid- 

 ing, as in Pinus, Abies, and Junjperus. 

 Acicularis, needle-shaped, as in Scirpus Acicularis. % 

 Ac i n ac ifo rm e, falchion or scimitar-sJiapcd, as in Mesembryan- 



THEMUM ACINACIFORME. 



Acini, the small berries which compose the fruit of a mulberry 

 or bramble. 



Acotyledones, plants whose seeds have no cotyledons, or semi- 

 nal leaves. 



Aculei, prickles fixed in the rind or surface of the bark. 



* The reader who may wish for fuller information on this part of the science 

 should consult Dr. Colin Milne's Botanical Dictionary, third edition, lately pub- 

 lished. 



