A GLOSSARY 
OF THE 
I 
TERMS USED IX THE MANUAL 
Accutnbent ; used to express the application of the edges of 
the cotybdons to the radicle in the seeds of Crucifers. 
Ackene ; a hard dry one-seeded superior pericarp. 
Aciculay- ; needle-shaped ; very slender from a slightly broader 
base. 
Acoti/ledonous ; •vnthout distinct cotyledons. 
Acumiiidfe : drawn out into a long point, but with the sides 
slightly hollowed. 
Acute ; sharp ; forming an angle less than a right angle at the 
tip. 
Adherinrj : uniting together of two different parts, as a calyx 
to an ovary. 
Adnate ; attached throughout their whole length. Adnate 
anthers have their lobes so attached to the filament. 
Stipules are often adnate to the petiole by one of their 
edges. 
Adpressed ; pressed close to any thing. 
Adnressed-serrate ; serrate with the teeth lying closely on each 
other or to the edge of the leaf. 
^Estival ; produced in summer. 
JE$tivation ; the arrangement of the floral organs in the bud. 
Albumen ; nutritious matter contained in the seed to feed the 
young plant ; more correctly called peris2:>erm. 
Altei-nate ; placed successively on the opposite sides of an 
axis, as in the aise of leaves j or opposite to the spaces 
between the parts of the next whorl in flowers. 
Amplexicaid ;, clasping the stem with their base. 
Anastomosing ; veins combining with each other at their ends. 
Annvai plants rise from the seed, flower, and die in the same 
year. 
A nnular ; forming a ring. 
Anterior; the part of a Hower next the bract or in front. 
Anther \ the part of the stamen which contains the pollen. 
Apex ; the end furthest from the point of attachment. 
Apical ■; at or relating to the apex 
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