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See.
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WUld. Hort. Ber. See Willd. E num.
Wil/d. MSS. Willdenow In Manuscript.
WiUd. Sp. See WUld. Sp. P l.
WUld. Spec. See ibid.
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GLOSSARIAL INDEX.
A.
Accessory, something added to th e usual number
o f organs.
Accumbcnt, reclining or lying on.
Aceróse, slender, o r needle-shaped, as in the
leaves of some of th e cone-bearing trees.
Achenium, a dry fruit, which does not onen when
ripe, and contains one seed not adhering to the
pericarp.
Acicular, needle-shaped.
Acuminated, having a tape r point.
Acute, sharp-pointed
Adnate, grown to for its whole length.
Æstivation, th e folding of th e p arts of a flower in
th e bud. •
Aggregate, clustered.
Albumen, th e solid farinaceous p a rt of th e seed,
destined to nourish th e embryo.
AlbttminoViS, furnished with albumen.
A lb u rn um , the sap-wood of trees.
Alveolate, honeycomb-like.
Amen t, a catkin, or inflorescence consisting of
cliafly scales, arranged along a thread-like re ceptacle.
AmenlaceoîiS, producing o r bearing aments.
Aiiasiomosing, uniting of nerves and veins.
Androgynous, producing flowers of both sexes on
th e same plant.
Angulate, having acute angles.
Annulated, ringed, exhibiting circular prominences.
Anlheriferous, furnished with anthers.
Anther, th e p a rt of th e stamen which contains
the pollen.
Apex, th e end, or termination.
Apicarp. See Epicarp.
Apiculated, terminated in a little point, or
prickle.
Appendicled, having an additional small lea f at
th e base of tlie petiole.
Approximate, n ea r to.
Arborescent, having a tendency to become a t r e e .
Arg u te ly , sharply.
A r il, > an enlargement of th e placenta adher-
A r illu s ,} ing to the hilum of seeds, and sometimes
enveloping them ; exemplified in th e outer
orange-coloured coat of th e seed of Æuôny-
mus europæ'us.
Arrow-shaped, lobed so as to resemble a barbed
arrow.
Articulate, jointed.
Assurgent, becoming erect.
M S èttfà , ] Eraíúúl'y ‘o ú
Auricle, an ear-like appendage.
Awl-shaped, narrow pointed,
Atv 7i, a long bristly appendage, as th e beard of
corn, &c.
A x illa ry, situated in th e axils, or angles formed
by th e union o f th e lea f aud stem.
B.
Baccate, b erry .lik e ; th a t is, with tlie seeds buried
in a fleshy substance, enclosed in a th in outer
skin.
Beaked, eriding in a h a rd curved point.
Bellying, swelling unequally on one side.
Biaristate, doubly awned.
Bibracteate, furnished with two bracteas.
Bicallose, having two small callosities, o r p ro tu berances.
Bicuspidate, having two points.
Bifid, two-cleft.
Bilabiate, having two lips.
Biiamellate, divided into two flat parts.
Bilocular, two-celled.
Bipartite , two-parted.
B ip in n a te , twice pinnate.
Bisetose, having two bristles.
Biternate, twice terna te.
Bladdery, swelled o u t, hollow.
Bossed, convex, and having a projecting point in
th e centre.
Bractea, th e floral leaf, situa ted immediately
under th e flower.
Bracteate, furnished with bracteas.
Bracteole, a small bractea.
Bran-like , having a scaly scurfy appearance.
Bristle-pointed, terminating in a bristle.
C.
Caducous, falling oiF so o n : a calyx which falls
off before the expansion of the corolla is said lo
be caducous.
Calyculate, having bracteas so disposed as to re semble
an additional calyx.
Calyptra a th in extingiusher-shaped covering,
or hollow cone.
Calyx, th e outer envelope of a flower.
Cambium, elaborated sap.
Campanulate, beli-shaped.
Canaliculate, channeled, furrowed.
Cu7iesccnt, somewhat white, hoary.
Capillary, hair-like , very .slender.
Capitate, growing in a head ; round and blunt.
CapUeUate growing in small heads.
Capsule, a dry fru it containing several seeds, i
CapsuUform, shaped like a capsule
Carina shaped like th e keel of a b o a t; th e lower i
petals of a pea flower. i
Cariopside, a 1-celled, 1-seeded, superior inde- I
hiscent pericarp, adhering to the p rope r inte.
guments of th e seed which it contains.
Carpel, aw individual p art of a compound fruit.
Carpophore, a receptacle bearing only th e ovarium.
CartUagfnous, g ris tly : a cartilaginous lea f has
th e edge strengthened by a tough rim of a sub-
stance different from th a t of the disk.
Catkin. See Aitient.
Cerebriform., having an irre g u lar bra in-like an-
pearance, as th e kernel o f a walnut.
Channeled, having a channel.
Chartaceous, having the consistence of paper.
C7ho7, hairs resembling those o f th e eyelash.
Cthaie, surrounded with h.airs, as th e eyelid is
with eyelashes. ^
Cinereous, grey, or ash-coloured.
Cirrhose, terminating in a tendril.
Clavate club-shaped ; th e tliick end uppermost.
Claw, thc inserted, or narrow end, o f a petal
Cloven, divided into two parts.
Club-shaped, Iiaving the th ick end uppermost.
Coarctate, pressed together.
Cohering, connected.
Collateral, p a ra lle l; side by side.
Column, th e column in a capsule is th e p a rt to
which th e seeds are a tta c lie d : when th e lila-
ments are combined into a solid body, thev are
said to he columned.
Como.se, covered with small tufts of hairs called
coma.
Compound, a te rm u.sed in botany to express the
union of several things in one.
Concave, more or less hollow.
Co7ic.rete, of one mass ; joined together.
Conduplicate, twice folded.
Conferruminated, so u nited as to be undistin-
gmshable.
Conglomerate, heaped, or irreg u larly crowded.
Conical, ccou ni iec --sshn aapp eeda ..
Conjugate, joined by pairs : a pinnate leaf is conju
g a te wben it has b u t one pair of leaflets.
Connectxvuyn, th e cellular tex tu re which connects
several compartments, as in some anthers
Connivent, lying close together.
Conoid, shaped like a cone.
Contorted, twisted.
Com/e,r, th e reverse of concave: used in opposition
to th a t term.
Convolute, rolled together.
Coj-rfrtie heart-shaped ; in th e outline resembling
th a t o fa h ea rt m cards.
Cordate-ovate, heart-shaped, rounded a t th e apex
into an egg-shaped form.
Cordiform. See Cordate
Coriaceous, lea th e ry , thick and tough.
Coinutc, horn-shaped ; o f a horny nature.
Corolla, th e in n e r envelope o f a flower.
Corpuscle, a small body ; a particle of anything.
Corymb, a kind of umbel with th e stalks of the
outer flowers longer th an those of th e centre,
so as to form a level head.
Corymbose, having the form o f a corymb.
Cotyledons, leaves enclosed in th e seed, which
serve to elaborate th e sap before th e expansion
ot the tru e leaves.
Creeping, extending horizontally on th e surface
of th e ground, and rooting a t th e joints.
Ci'enate, scolloped ; having round notches.
Crescent-shaped, having tiio form of a crescent, or
half-moon.
Ci-est, a tufted, or fringed, appendage : a stamen
is crested when th e filament projects beyond
th e an th e r, and becomes dilated.
Crested, having a crest.
Crisped, curled.
Crucifomn, cross-shaped : a cruciform flower
consists o f four petals placed in opposite dircc-
tions. ‘ ^
Cucullate, curved inw a rd s ; of a cowl or hood
like appearance.
Cuneate, wedge-shaped.
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Cuneate-linear, a wedge-shaped leaf, which is
long and narrow.
Cuneate-oblong, wedge-shaped and oblong.
andTbovatT^^’ ^ t>etween wedge-shaped
Cup.shapcd, having a cuplike appearance, as th®
cup of an acorn.
Cupule, a cup, as o fth e acorn.
Cupular, shaped like a cup.
Cuspidate, suddenly terminating in a p o in t; spear-
pointed.
Cuticle, the skin, o r epidermis.
Cylindrical, cylinder-shaped, round.
Cyme, a kind of umbel with th e stalks of the
outer flowers sh o rte r th an those in the centre.
Cymose, flowering in cymes.
Date-shaped, resembling th e date in form.
Decandrous, having 10 stamens.
Deciduous, falling off: a tree is said to be de-
ciduous when it does n o t re ta in its leaves
through th e winter.
Declinate, bending downwards.
Decompmxnd, a lea f is decompound when It is
twice or th n c e pinnate.
Decm/ibent, lying down on th e ground.
Decurrent, Yunw\wg down : a leaf extended down
th e stem is decurrent.
Decussate, leaves are decussate when they grow
in pairs, and alternately cross each other.
Defiexed, bent downwards.
Dehiscent, opening naturally.
Deltoid, shaped like th e Greek A.
Dentate, marginal teeth-like incisions.
Dentato-serrate, having th e margin divided into
incisions, resembling th e teeth o f a saw.
t o o t h e d ^ m a r g i n s finely and slightly
Diaphanous, semi-transparent, like horn.
Dickot07nous, branching in pairs ; forked.
Didymous, twin.
Didynamous, having two long stamens and two
short ones in th e same flower.
Diffuse, widely spread; scattered.
Digitate, fingered ; shaped like the hand spread
open.
Dilated, widened.
Dimidiate, divided into two halves.
Dicecious, a plant is said to be dioecious, wben th e
male flowers are produced on one individual
and th e female ones on another.
Discoid, furnished with a disk, o r something th a t
may be compared to a disk.
Dw/i, the fleshy annular process th a t surrounds
Uie_ ovary in many flowers ; a receptacle adhering
to th e calyx ; also th e surface of a leaf.
D m e p im en ls, the partitions by which a seed-vessel
IS internally divided into cells.
Distichous, two-ranked or two-rowed, produced
m opposite rows.
Divaricate, spreading widely in different directions.
Diverging, going far from one point.
Dorsal, situated upon the back.
Di-upaceous, like a drupe.
Drupe, a fruit consisting of a fleshy substance
enclosing a hard stone, as th e cherry.
E.
Ear-formed, having somewhat th e appearance of
Eccentrically, disposed irregularly : deviating
from tlie centre.
/icAmrtfe, covered with prickles, like a hedgehog
Egg-shaped, having th e form of an egg, eith er in
outline o r otherwise.
Elliptic, oval ; twice as long as broad, and about
ot equal roundness a t both ends.
Emplic-lanceolaie, a form between elliptic and
lanceolate, ‘
Elliptic-oblong, oblong-ovate.
Elongate, lengthened out.
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