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GLOSSARY. 
Apiculaie ■; having a very small hard jwiiit at the end, usually 
formed by the tip of the luidveiu. 
Apocarpous ; fruit formed of carpels which are quite separate. 
A2ipro,nmate ; close together. 
ArcldiKj ; curved into the form of an arch. 
Arcuate; curved so as to form a cousideialjle part of a circle. 
Aril ; an aftergrowth from the placenta or seedstalk surround- 
ing the seed. 
Arillode ; an aftergrowth from the lips of the foramen (or 
terminal opening of seed). 
Ascending ; curving upwards into a vertical position. 
Asperous ; rough with short raised points. 
Attenuate ; narrowing gradually to a point. 
Axiricled; having auricles, or appendages at the base of the 
leaves. 
Awn ; a long-pointed bristle-like appendage, as the beard of 
Barley. 
Annuel ; having awns. 
AjU; the upper angle formed by the union of the stem and 
leaf. 
Axillari/ ; placed in an axil. 
Axis ; the line passing through the centre of any thing ; the 
common stalk of the flowers in a spikelet of Grasses. 
Baccate ; pulpy like a berry. 
Base ; the end nearest the point of attachment. 
Beak ; a long pointed projection. 
Bearded ; having long hair like a beard. 
Berry ; a pulpy fruit containing several seeds ; a true bacca 
when inferior, a uva when superior. 
Biennial plants spring from the seed in one year, flower in the 
following year, and then die. 
Bifariously ; arranged in two rows, one on each side of any 
thing.' 
Bifd ; divided halfway down into two parts. 
Bipartite \ divided nearly to its base into two parts. 
Bipinnate ; when the divisions of a pinnate leaf are them- 
selves pinnate. 
Bipirtnatifid ; when the divisions of a piaiiatifid leaf are them- 
selves pinnatifid. 
Biternate ; when the divisions of a ternate leaf are themselves 
ternate. 
Boatshaped ; ''esembling a small boat. 
Bracteoles ; minute bracts. 
Bracts ; small leaves somewhat different from the others, 
seated on the inflorescence. 
