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GLOSSARY
OF
TECHNICAL TERMS EMPLOYED IN THE WORK.
- Abortive.—Imperfectly developed, rudimentary.
- Acuminate.—Tapering to a long point.
- Acute.—Pointed.
- Adnate (Anthers).—Continuous with the filament.
- Alternate (Leaves).—Placed alternately on either side of the stem.
- Amplexicaul (Leaves).—Embracrig the stem at the base.
- Articulated.—United by a joint.
- Ascending (Stem).—Depressed towards the ground at the base and rising above.
- Auricles (Leaves).—Ear-like lobes at the base.
- Awn.—A terminal bristle.
- Axil.—Place of attachment to the stem.
- Axile (Placenta).—Attached to the centre of the seed-vessel.
- Barren (Flower).—Producing stamens only: forming no seed.
- Bifid.—Two-lobed.
- Bilabiate (Corolla).—Two-lipped.
- Bi-pinnate (Leaves).—Twice pinnately compound.
- Bi-pinnatfid (Leaves).—Twice pinnately lobed.
- Biternate (Leaves).—Twice ternately compound.
- Campanulate.—Bell-shaped.
- Canescent.—Covered with short whitish hairs.
- Capillary.—Hair-like; very slender.
- Capitate (Inflorescence).—In a close head or cluster.
- Ciliated.—Fringed at the margin with hairs.
- Clavate.—Club-shaped.
- Compound (Leaves).—Formed of several leaflets.
- Convolute (Leaves).—Turned inwards at the edges.
- Cordate (Leaves).—Heart-shaped, or with rounded lobes at the base.
- Coriaceous (Leaves).—Tough and dry or leathery.
- Corymbose (Inflorescence).—In a corymb, or Rattened panicle.
- Cottony.—Covered with white down.
- Creeping (Stem or Root).—Running along or beneath the surface.
- Crenated (Leaves).—Indented on the margin with rounded teeth.
- Cuneate (Leaves).—Wedge-shaped, tapering towards the base.
- Cymose (Inflorescence).—In a cyme. See Introduction.
- Deciduous.—Falling when ripe or withered.
- Decumbent (Stem).—Lying near the ground at the base. More depressed than when Ascending.
- Decurrent (Leaves).—With the edges prolonged and running down the stem.
- Dehiscent (Fruit).—Discharging its seeds.
- Diadelphous (Stamens).—United by the filaments into two groups.
- Dichotomous.—Forked, or dividing by twos.
- Digitate(Leaves).—Leaflets radiating from the point of the stalk, as in the Horse-Chestnut.
- Diœcious.—Barren and fertile flowers on separate plants.
- Downy.—Covered with close soft hairs.
- Elliptical.—Oval in general outline.
- Emarginated.—Indented at the apex.
- Entire.—Not lobed or divided.
- Epigynous (Stamens).—Placed apparently upon the ovary.
- Equitant (Leaves).—Flattened vertically and clasping the bud or stem in a slit at the base, as in Iris.
- Fertile (Flower).—Producing seed; containing perfect pistils.
- Filiform.—Thread-like.
- Fleshy (Leaves).—Thick and soft.
- Fusiform (Root).—Spindle-shaped.
- Glabrous.—Not quite smooth, but without hairs.
- Glandular.—Bearing glands or small secreting organs.
- Glaucous.—Whitish-green.
- Hastate (Leaves).—With diverging horizontal lobes at the base, like a halbert blade.
- Herbaceous (Stem).—Not woody.
- Hirsute.—Densely hairy.
- Hispid.—Covered with stiff hairs.
- Hoary.—Covered with minute white down or hairs.
- Hypogynous (Stamens).—Placed beneath the ovary.
- Imbricated.—Overlapping like tiles.
- Indehiscent (Fruit).—Not shedding its seed.
- Lanceolate (Leaves).—Broadest below the middle and tapering towards the apex, like a Greek spear-head.
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