GLOSSARY. 1. Acuminate. Ending obtusely, with a prolonged sharp point. 5. Astringent. Contracting. 6. Axil. The angle on the upper side between the leaf and stem. 8. Berry. A pulpy fruit inclosing seeds, having no capsules. 9. 10. 11. Calyx. The outer covering of the corolla. Cambium. The concentrated sap or viscid substance which 12. Capsule. A hollow seed vessel which opens when dry. Catkins. Flowers in tufts arranged on a slender or flexible 14. Cordate, or Cordiform. Heart shaped. 15. 16. Coriaceous. Resembling leather or parchment. 17. Corymbs. Flowers having a flat summit which is formed of 18. Crenate. See Serulate. 19. Deciduous. Not evergreen; trees whose leaves fall in autumn 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 24. Glands. Small heads or inflated bodies which appear in dif- 25. 26. Glaucous. Mealy substance which is easily detached. 27. Herbaceous. Not ligneous or woody. 28. Imbricate. Overlaying like scales, or the slating of a roof. 31. Liber. The inner layer of bark which lies next the wood. The 32. Ligneous. Woody. 33. Lobe. A large division of a leaf. 34. 36. Nerves. Parallel veins. Obovate. Egg shaped, with the smallest end towards the stalk. 38. Palmated. In the form of a hand with the fingers spread. 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 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. 53. Sessile. Attached to the stem without footstalks. 54. Species. The last or lowest division. 55. Spine. A thorn growing from the wood. Prickles grow freely 56. Stamen. The outer circle of the slender filaments which rise 57. Stigma. The summit of the pistil. 58. Stipule. Leafy appendages at the base of the leaves or petioles. 60. 61. 62. Tendrils. The twining appendages of vines, by which they Truncated. Having a square termination. Umbel. Flowers having a convex summit, with numerous |