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GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 
Angnlatns cauls, angulated stalks. 
Angustifosia, narrow leaved. 
Angiospermiu, the second order in tbe class didynamia of Linnaeus; con- 
taining plants whose seeds are covered with a capsule. 
Annua radix, an annual root; that which lives hut one year. 
Anlhera, the summit of the stamina bearing the pollen, and is a part of the 
principal male organ of generation. 
Apertura, an aperture, opening in some species of anlhera. 
Apetalus/os, having no petals or corolla. 
Apex, the top or summit. 
Apkyllns caulis, destitute of leaves. 
Apophvsis, an excresceuce from the receptacle of the musci. 
Appeudieulatus petiolus, a little appendage hanging from the extremity of 
the l'oot-stalk. 
Approximata/olia, leaves growing near each other. 
Arbor, a tree. . , „ 
Arbnstiva a copse of shrubs or trees, an order of plants in the fragments 
method! natnralis of Linnaeus. 
Arcuatum legumen, arched, a pod that is curved or bent. 
Arillns the proper exterior coat of a seed that falls off spontaneously. 
Arista, ’the heard of corn or grasses. 
Anna arms, weapons, one of the seven kinds of fulcra of plants. 
Articulates caulis, culmus, having knots of joints. 
Articulates culmi, the straight part of the stalk between the two joints. 
Asperifulia, rough-leaved plants, an order of plants in the fragmenta me 
thodi natnralis of Lintucus. 
Assurgentia/olia, first bent down, but rising erect towards the apex. 
Attenuates pedunculut, when the foot-stalk grows smaller towards the flower 
Auotus cah/.r, augmented, having a series of distinct leaves, shorter than 
its own, that surround its base. 
Avenia folia, leaves which have no visible veins. 
Auriculatum/ofiiim, an ear-shaped leaf, when the leaf towards the base 
has a lobe on each side. 
Axillaria/eilia, growing out of the angles formed by the branches aud the 
stem. 
Dacca, a berry ; or a pulpy pericarpium without valves, in which the seeds 
are naked. 
Barba, a beard, a species of pubescence, sometimes on the leaves of plants, 
as on the mesembryanthe.inum barbatum. 
Barba mm folium, when a bunch of strong hairs terminate the leaves. 
Bicornes plants, whose autherm have the appearance of two horns. Like- 
wise an order of plants in the fragmenta uietliodi natnralis of Linnaeus. 
Biennis radix, a root which continues to vegetate two years. 
Bifaria folia, a leaf pointing two ways. 
Biferiv plant ie, flowering twice a year. 
Bisidum folium, divided or cloven into two parts. 
Biiorus pedunculus, hearing two flowers on a foot-stalk. 
Biigeminum/ofium, a forked foot-stalk with two little leaves on the apex of 
each division. 
Bijugnm/oliiim, a winged leaf, bearing two pair of foliola. 
Bilabiata corolla, a corolla with two Ups. 
Bilobuin folium, a leaf consisting of tw o lobes. 
Binatajfoliu, a digitate leaf consisting of two foliola. 
Bipartitum, folium, a leaf divided into two segments. 
Bipinnatuin folium, doubly winged, when the folioles of a pinnate leaf are 
pinnate. 
Biternatum folium, where there are three folioles on a petiole, and each 
l'oliole is ternate ; as in epimedium. 
Bivalve pericarpium, consisting of two valves, as in the siliqua and legumen. 
Braehiatus ctulis, branching in pairs ; each pair standing at right angles 
with those above aud below. 
