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GLOSSARY. 
Arcuate ; cuiTed so as to form a considerable part of a circle. 
Aril; an aftergrowth from the placenta-or seedstalk suiToiinding 
the seed. 
Arillode; an aftergrowth from the lips of the foramen (or ter- 
minal opening of seed). 
Ascendiriff ; curving upwards into a vea-tical position. 
Asperous ; rough with short raised points. 
Attenuate ; nawowing gradually to a point. 
Auricled; having auricles, or appendages at the base of the 
leaves. 
Awn; a long-pointed bristlelike appendage, as the beard of 
Barlej. 
Awned ; having awns. 
Axil ; the upper angle formed by the union of the stem and 
leaf. 
AxiUary ; placed in an axil. 
Axis ; the line passing through the centre of anything ; the 
common stalk of the flowers in a spikelet of Grasses. 
Baccate ; pulpy like a berry. 
Base ; the end nearest to the point of attachment. 
Beak; along pointed projection. 
Bearded ; havmg long hair like a beard. 
Berry ; a pulpy fruit containing several seeds. 
Biennial plants spring from the seed in one year, flower in the 
following year, and then die. 
Bifaricnisly ; arranged in two rows, one on each side of anything. 
Bifid ; divided half-way down into two parts. 
Bipartite ; divided nearly to its base into two parts. 
Bipinnate ; when the divisions of a pinnate leaf are themselves 
pinnate. 
Bipinnatifid ; when the divisions of a pinnatifid leaf are them- 
selves pinnatifid. 
Biternate ; when the divisions of a temate leaf are themselves 
temate. 
Boatshaped; resembling a small boat. 
Bracteoles ; minute bracts. 
Bracts ; small leaves somewhat diflferent from the others, seated 
on the peduncles. 
Bidb ; a leaf-bud with fleshy scales, usually placed underground. 
Bidhiferom ; bearing bulbs on its stem. 
Btdbous ; having radical bulbs. 
Bulbous hairs have a round swelling at their base. 
BuMike ; resembling a bulb in appearance, but solid. 
Casiotis ; with a fine pale-blue bloom. 
Cesspitose ; growing in tufts from the root. 
