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Aculeatus Caulis, a stalk or stem furnished with prickles. 

 Acuminatum Folium, a leaf ending in a point. 

 Acutum Folium, leaves terminating in an acute angle. 

 Adnatum Folium, the disk of the leaf pressing close to the 



stem of the plant. 

 Adpressa Folia, the disk of the leaf pressed towards the stem. 

 Adscendens Caulis, a stalk or branch inclining upwards. 

 Adversum Folium, when the sides of the leaf are turned towards 



the south. , 

 Aggregatus Flos, an assemblage of flowers coming in clusters. 

 Aggregate, an order of plants in the Fragmenta Methodi Natu- 



ralis of Linnmus. 



Ala, a wing, the side petals of a papilionaceous blossom, or a 



membrane added to a seed, stalk, &c. 

 Alatus Petiolus, when the foot-stalk of a leaf is winged with 



membranes. 



Alburnum, the white substance that lies between the inner bark 



and the wood of trees. 

 Algje, flags, one of the seven families of plants. 

 Alterni Rami Folia, when they come out singly, and follow 



in gradual order. 

 Amentaceje, an order of plants in the Fragmenta Methodi Natu- 



ralis of Linnaus, bearing catkins. 

 Amentum, a catkin. 



Amplexicaule Folium, embracing the stalk when the base of 



the leaf embraces the stem sideways. 

 Anceps Caulis, double-edged, when a stalk is compressed, and 



forms two opposite acute angles. 

 Androgyna, plants bearing male and female flowers on the same 



root. 



Angulatus Caulis, angulated stalks. 

 Angustifolia, narrow-leaved. 



Angiospermia, the second order in the class Didynamia of Lin- 

 ncEUs; containing plants whose seeds are covered with a 

 capsule. 



Annua Radix, an annual root; that which lives but one year. 



