GLOSSARY. 
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Aphthous, resembling something covered with little 
ulcers. Acacia, g. 2127. (note.) 
Apiculate, (20) terminating in an apiculus or little 
point. Rosa microphylla, s. 7512. 
Apiculus. (211 a small point. This term is generally 
used when the midrib projects beyond the leaf, form- 
ing a little point, or when a small point is very sud- 
denly and abruptly formed. T6rtula unguiculata, 
s. 14757. 
Apophysis, (22) a swelling beneath the thecaof a moss. 
SpUchnum, g. 2231. p. 896. 
Appendix, (23) that whjch is attached. Sarracenia 
rubra, s. 7fi75. 
Appense, being hung up as a hat is upon a pin ; an 
approach to pendulous. Pimc^nta, g. 1123. p. 409. 
Appressed, placed close upon something else ; when 
hairs lie flat upon the surface of a plant, they are 
said to be nppressed. Stachytarpheta hirsutissima, 
s. 337. 
Approximated, near together. Salvia truncata, s. 445. 
Apterous, without wings, or the membranous margins 
which botanists call wings. Pinguicula, g.52. (note.) 
Aquatics, growing in or belonging to water, p. 1. 
Arboreous, being a tree, as distinguished from frutes- 
cent or shrubby. Pelargonium discipes, s. 9633. 
Arl)07-escent, having a tendency to become a tree. 
Piper tomeniosum, s. 517. 
Arcuate, curved or bent like a bow. Hyp^coum pro- 
ci'imbens, s. 1815. 
Areol<v, (24) little spaces or areas on the surface of a 
thing: the surface of crustaceous lichens is often 
cracked in every direction ; the spaces between the 
cracks are the areolas. Lecidt^a coracina, s. 15378. 
Areolated, the adjective of the last term. Solenia, 
g. 2J07. p. 925. 
Aridity, dryness. Xer6tes, g. 2076. (note.) 
Arillate, having that peculiar appendage called the 
Arillus. The term is only applied to seeds, p. 751. 
Arillus, (25) a process of the placenta adhering to the 
Jiilum of seeds, and sometimes enveloping them. 
Phrynium, g. 5. p. 1. 
Aristate, bearded, as the glumes of barley. Many 
grasses. 
Aroma, the spicy quality of a thing. Justicia, g. 47. 
(note.) 
Articulation, the place where one thing is joined with 
another, another word for joint. Corynephorus, 
g. 169. (note.) 
Asci, (26) small tubes in which the sporules of Crypto- 
gamic plants are placed, p. 978. 
Ascigerous, having asci. p. 982. 
Assurgent, rising upward. Phlox amce'na, s. 2113, 
Attenuate, made thin or slender. Lop^zia racemosa, 
s. 102. 
Auriculated, (27) having an ear-like base. Jasminum 
auriculaturn, s. 174. 
Awns, the beard or arista of corn. Salsola muricata, 
s. 3404. 
Axil-flowering, flowering in the axilla. Chionanthus 
axillaris, s. 154. 
Axilla, literally the armpit; in plants applied to the 
angle formed by the union of the leaf and stem. 
Dipsacus, g. 262. (note.) 
Axillary, (28) placed in the axilla. Pollichia camp^s- 
tris, s. 113. 
Axis, the line, real or imaginary, that passes through 
any thing. Actinocarpus, g. 860. (note.) 
B. 
Baccate, berried, having a fleshy coat or covering, 
Gm«!lina, g. 1311. p. 493. 
Sagged, resembling a bag or sack, Ceanothus, g. 510. 
p. 113. 
Sail, (29) the round central part of the flower of the 
StapcT-lia. p. 199. 
Sands, (30) or vittte, are the spaces between the ele- 
vated lines or ribs of the fruit of umbelliferous 
plants. Bubon, g. 640. p. 116. 
Barred, crossed by a paler color in spaces resembling 
bars. Sanseviera glauca, s. 4540, 
20 21 2.) 24 
Beak, any thino which resembles the beak of a bird; 
hard short points. Briza, g. 195. p. 33. 
Bearded, having long hair like a beard. Wulfdnia, 
g. 50. p. 9. 
Bcardletted, having small awns. Cinna arundinacea, 
s. 1010. 
Bicuspidate, (31) twice pointed. Carex lagopodioides, 
s. 13081. 
Sidentate, (32) double-toothed, or having two teeth. 
Alantodia axillaris, s. 14527. 
Biennial, a plant is said to be biennial which requires 
two seasons to mature its fruit, and theii dies. Phi- 
lydrum, g. 17. (note.) 
Bifarious, (33) placed in two rows. Alpinia tubulata, 
s. 50. 
Bifid, (34) half divided in two ; two cleft, Canna lutea, 
s. 4. 
Biglandular, double-glanded. Malpighia glandulosa, 
s. 6374. 
Bilabiate, (35) having two lips. DicHptera, g. 48. p. 9. 
Bilobed, (35) divided into two lobes. O'xalis filicaulis, 
s. 6518. 
Binate, growing two together, Cornus su^cica, s.l79l, 
Bipartible, capable of being parted in two. Protea, 
g. 231. p. 77, 
Bipinnate, (57) a mode of foliation ; twice pinnate, 
Petrophila pulchella, s. 1306. 
Bipinnat/fid, (38) twice pinnatifid, a mode of foliation, 
Veronica Jacquini, s. 238. 
Bisaccate, having two little sacks, bags, or pouches, 
Mathiola, g. 1381. p. 536. 
Biscutate, (39) resembling two bucklers (scuta) placed 
side by side. Biscutella, g. 1413. p. 537. 
Biternate, C40) divided in three twice over. Chsero- 
phyllum Claytoni, s. 3491. 
Bi-tri-crenate, crenate twice or thrice, Jungermannia 
pusilla, s. 11958. 
Bi-tri-pinnafifid, pinnatifid twice or thrice over. Pe- 
trophila diversifolia, s. 1307. 
Bi-tri-ternate, growing in threes twice or thrice over, 
Actse'a americana, s. 7650. 
Bivnlued, two-valved. p. 877. 
Blanching, made white by being grown in a dark 
place. Lactuca, g. 1628. (note/) 
Bland, fair, beautiful. Mesembryanthemum blandum, 
s. 7348. 
Blight, a vague term, signifying a pestilence among 
plants caused by the attack of insects or of para- 
sitical fungi, or by some endemical affection of the 
atmosphere. Hi'imulus, g. 2074. (note.) 
Blistered, having the surface raised as the skin is 
when blistered. Salvia micrantha, s. 393. 
Bole, trunk of a tree, O'rnus, g. 69. (nolo.) 
Boragineous, of or belonging to the natural order 
Boragineffi. Rhexia, s. 900. (note.) 
Brachiate, (41) having arms or branches usually placed 
opposite to each other, nearly at right angles with 
the main stem, and crossing each other alternately, 
Phillyr^a angustifolia, s. 143. 
Bracteate, furnished with bractese. p. 443, 
BracteolcB, little bracteae, Geropogon, g. 1620, p. 
661. 
Bractece, (42) small leaves placed near the calyx, Ma- 
ranta obliqua, s. 19. 
Branchlets, small branches. Agrostis vulgaris, s. 993. 
Bristles, rigid hairs. Ghinia, g. 65. p. 10. 
Bulbiferous, bulb-bearing. Globba inarantina, s. 96. 
Bulbous, having bulbs. Cyperus, g. 127. p. 31. 
Bulbs, (43) underground buds resembling roots, and 
consisting of numerous fleshy scales placed one 
over the other. A'Uium, g. 79-S. p. 272. 
Barry, covered with hooked stifFhairs, like the heads 
of Bur or Burdock. Pis6nia, g. 864. (note.) 
Byssoid, having the appearance of Byssi. p. 979, 
C. 
Caducous, falling off soon. Epim^dium, g. 297. p, 79. 
Ccesious, grey. Curcuma cae'sia, s. 84. 
Ccespitose, growing in little tufts. Erinus alpinus, 
s. 8825. 
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