GLOSSARY.

1. Acuminate. Ending obtusely, with a prolonged sharp point.
2. Alburnum. Sap wood; the white soft exterior layers of wood.
3. Anther. That portion of the stamen containing the pollen.
4. Aromatic. Fragrant; spicy.

5. Astringent. Contracting.

6. Axil. The angle on the upper side between the leaf and stem.
7. Axillary. Growing from the axils.

8. Berry. A pulpy fruit inclosing seeds, having no capsules.
Calcareous. Containing lime.

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Calyx. The outer covering of the corolla.

Cambium. The concentrated sap or viscid substance which
lies between the bark and wood.

12. Capsule. A hollow seed vessel which opens when dry.
13.

Catkins. Flowers in tufts arranged on a slender or flexible
thread.

14. Cordate, or Cordiform. Heart shaped.

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16.

Coriaceous. Resembling leather or parchment.
Corolla. The crown which incloses the stamens.

17. Corymbs. Flowers having a flat summit which is formed of
numerous flower stalks which arise on a common stem, from
different heights.

18.

Crenate. See Serulate.

19. Deciduous. Not evergreen; trees whose leaves fall in autumn
are termed deciduous.

20. Dentate. Toothed; edged with large, sharp points.

21. Denticulate. Minutely dentate.

22. Drupe. A fleshy fruit inclosing a stone.

23. Genus. [The singular of genera] A family of plants which
agree in flower and fruit.

24. Glands. Small heads or inflated bodies which appear in dif-
ferent parts of plants or leaves.

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Glaucous. Mealy substance which is easily detached.
Globose. Round or spherical.

27. Herbaceous. Not ligneous or woody.

28. Imbricate. Overlaying like scales, or the slating of a roof.
29. Lanceolate. Spear shaped; both ends very acutely pointed.
30. Leaflet. A part or small leaf of the compound or pinnate leaf.

31. Liber. The inner layer of bark which lies next the wood. The
ancients wrote upon and formed their books of this substance;
-hence the name.

32. Ligneous. Woody.

33. Lobe. A large division of a leaf.

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Nerves. Parallel veins.

Obovate. Egg shaped, with the smallest end towards the stalk.
Oval acuminate. Round at one end, pointed at the other.
37. Ovate. Egg shaped.

38. Palmated. In the form of a hand with the fingers spread.
39. Panicle. A loose irregular flower, subdivided into branches.
40. Peduncle. The stem which supports the flower and fruit.
41. Pericarp See Capsule.

42. Petal. The leaf of which flowers are composed.

43. Petiole. The footstalk which supports the leaf.

44. Pinnate. Having two rows of leaflets arranged on a commor
petiole.

45. Pollen. The dust contained in the anthers.

46. Pome. A pulpy fruit containing a pericarp or capsule.

47. Pubescent. Hairy; or downy.

48. Raceme. Long clusters.

49. Reniform. Oblong, oval or lengthened.

50. Rugose. Wrinkled.

51. Serrate. Notched in a manner resembling the teeth of a saw.
52. Serrulate or Crenate. Minutely serrate.

53. Sessile. Attached to the stem without footstalks.

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Species. The last or lowest division.

55. Spine. A thorn growing from the wood. Prickles grow freely
from the bark.

56. Stamen. The outer circle of the slender filaments which rise
around the centre of a blossom or flower.

57. Stigma. The summit of the pistil.

58. Stipule. Leafy appendages at the base of the leaves or petioles.
59. Suture. A groove or channel.

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Tendrils. The twining appendages of vines, by which they
attach themselves to supporters.

Truncated. Having a square termination.

Umbel. Flowers having a convex summit, with numerous
flower stalks of equal length diverging from a common centre.
63. Variety. A subdivision of a species, or the lowest division.