GLOSSARY. 
Abortive. Imperfectly developed, not fertile. 
Aclienium. A dry fruit which does not open 
when ripe, and contains only one seed. 
Aconite. From Aconitum, the botanic name 
of the Monkshood. 
Acumen. A long taper point. 
Acuminated. Ending in a long sharp point. 
Adnate. Adhering to. Adnate anthers are 
when they are attached to the filaments 
throughout their whole length. 
Adpressed. Closely pressed together. 
Aduncum. Hooked. 
ASstivation. In the bud. 
vEqualis. Composite flowers, in which all the 
florets are bisexual. 
Aggregate. Clustered. 
Ajacis. From the name of the Grecian hero 
Ajax. See p. 8. 
Ake. The wings of a pea-flower. 
Alata. Winged. 
Alba. White. 
Albicaulis. White-stemmed. 
Albumen. The white part of the seed. 
Alyssum. Madwort; because it was supposed 
to cure Hydrophobia. 
Ambiguum. Doubtful. 
Anagallis. From Anagelao, to laugh ; because 
the plant was said to cure despondency. 
Androsace. From aner, a man, and sakos, a 
buckler, in allusion to the form of the calyx. 
Angiospermia. Bearing the seeds in a capsule. 
Anther. The pollen-bearing part of the stamen. 
Anthephorum. An elongated receptacle, on 
which the petals, stamens, and ovary, are 
seated. 
Annual. Lasting only one year. 
Annular. Ring-shaped. 
Apaleate. Without palete. 
Apex. Top, highest part. 
Appendages. Those parts of a flower which do 
not come under any of the regular divisions. 
Appendiculate. Having appendages. 
Approximating. Approaching near to. 
Arabis. Because some of the species were 
found in Arabia. 
Arcuate. Curved, or bent like a bow. 
Arenarium. Sand. 
Areola. A little space between two raised 
places. 
Argemone. From Argema, a cataract of the 
eye. 
Aril. A thick tough covering to the seed. 
Aristata. Bristled. 
Aristately. Bristly. 
Articulated. Distinctly jointed so as to sepa¬ 
rate readily in the hand. 
Arvensis. Field. 
Aspcra. Rough. 
Assurgent. Rising upwards. 
Attenuated. Narrowing gradually. 
Aurantiacum. Orange. 
Aureurn. Golden yellow, 
Auricled. Eared. 
Autumnalis. Autumn. 
Awned. Terminating in a long bristle, like 
the ears of barley. 
Axillary. Springing from the axils or fork of 
the leaves or branches. 
Baccate. Berry-like; that is, the seeds buried 
in a fleshy substance like those of the goose¬ 
berry and currant. 
Bartonia. In honour of Dr. Barton, Professor 
of Botany at Philadelphia. 
Beaked. Ending in a hard, beak-like point. 
Bibracteated. With two rows of bracteas. 
Bicalcarate. Tw’o-spurred. 
Bieornate. Two-homed. 
Bifid. Divided into two parts, or two-cleft. 
Bifrons. Two-faced. 
Bigibbous. Having two protuberances. 
Bilabiate. Two-lipped. 
Bilamellate. Having two plates, or being 
divided into two parts. 
Bilobed. Two-lobed. 
Biovulate. Containing two ova, or incipient 
seeds. 
Bipinnate. Twice pinnate. 
Biscutatc. Resembling two bucklers. 
Biscutella. From bis, double, and scutella, 
a saucer, in allusion to the shape of the seed- 
pod. 
Bisexual flowers. Those that have both stamens 
and pistils. 
Blumenbachia. In honour of Dr. Blumenbach, 
Professor of Medicine at Gottingen. 
Bracteas. The small leaves or membranes just 
below the flower. 
Bracteoles. Small bracteas. 
Cakile. The Arabic word used for the plant so 
called. 
Calcarate. Spurred. 
Callous. Hardened. 
Calycine. Belonging to the calyx, or part of it. 
Calyculated. Having the bracteas so placed as 
to resemble an additional calyx. 
Calyptrate. Shaped like an extinguisher. 
Campanulate. Bell-shaped. 
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Canescent. Covered with very short white 
dowu. 
Capitate. Spreading so as to form a head. 
Capsule. A dry seed-vessel. 
Carpels. Seed-vessels. 
Cardiopetalum. Heart-shaped petals. 
Carina. The keel of a pea-flower. 
Cartilaginous. Gristly. 
Caulescent. With a kind of stem. 
Cauline leaves. Those growing on the stem. 
Chalaza. The projecting point in a seed opposite 
the hilum, with which it is connected by a 
slight cord-like projection, called a rapha. 
These parts are very conspicuous in some 
seeds, as in those of the orange ; but scarcely 
visible in others. 
Channelled. Marked with deep furrows. 
Ciliated. Fringed with hairs like eyelashes. 
Citrina. Lemon-coloured. 
Clarlda. In honour of Captain Clarke, its 
discoverer. 
Clavate. Club-shaped; becoming thicker to¬ 
wards the apex. 
Claviculate. Somewhat club-shaped. 
Claw. A long narrow part of the petal inserted 
in the calyx, like the petals of the pink and 
the carnation. 
Cleome. From Kleio, to shut. 
Coarctata. Compressed, and crowded together. 
Cochleate. Twisted, so as to resemble the 
shell of a snail. 
Cohere. Grow together. 
Cohering. Adhering together. 
Commissure. The smooth inside of an articu¬ 
lated joint. 
Comose. Hairy, covered with coma, that is, 
tufts of fine short hairs. 
Compacts, Compact. 
Compost. Soil composed of several ingredients. 
Concrete. Formed into one mass ; joined 
together. 
Connate. Joined together at the base. 
Connective. A part of the stamen, distinct 
from the filament, which attaches the cells of 
the anthers to each other. 
Conniving. Converging, or inclining together. 
Connivent. Lying very close together. 
Consolida. Healing. 
Convolute. Rolled outwards, or two parts 
rolled together over each other. 
Coriaceous. Leathery. 
Corniculate. Horned. 
Corolla. The whole of the petals of the flower. 
Coralline. Belonging to the corolla. 
Coronopifolia. Buckhorn-leaved. 
Corrugated. Wrinkled. 
