The Flowering Plants: Flowering Rush to Rushes

Glossary

GLOSSARY Acaulescent. Seemingly without aerial stems. Achcne. A type of one-seeded, dry, indehiscent fruit with the seed eoat not attaehed to the mature ovary wall. Acieular. Needle-like. Actinomorphic. Having radial symmetry; regular, in referenee to a flower. Acuminate. Gradually tapering to a point. Adnatc. Fusion of dissimilar parts. Alternate. Referring to the condition of structures arising singly along an opposed to opposite. Annulus. A ring-like structure in the flower of Thismia. Anther. The terminal part of a stamen which bears pollen. Anthesis. Flowering time. Antrorse. Projecting forward. Apically. At the apex. Apiculate. Abruptly shortpointed at the tip. Apocarpy. A condition in the Hower where more than one free pistil occurs. Appressed. Lying Hat against the surfaee. Arborescent. Becoming treelike . Arching. Moderately curving. Areola (pl., areolae). A small area between leaf veins. Aristate. Bearing an awn. Aristulate. Short-awned. Attenuate. Gradually becoming narrowed. Aurieulate. Bearing an ear-like process. Axil. The angle between the base of a structure and the axis from which it arises. Axile. On the axis, referring to the place of attachment of the ovules. Axillary. Borne from an axil. Basal. Confined to the lowest part. Beak. A terminal projection. Berry. A type of fruit where the seeds are surrounded only by Heshy material. Bicostate. Having two veins or ribs. Biglandular. Bearing two glands. Bilobed. Bearing two lobes. Biseriate. In two rows or series . Bisexual. RefelTing to a Hower which contains both stamens and pistils. Blade. The green, flat, expanded part of the leaf. Bract. An accessory sb'udure at the base of many flowers, usually appearing leaflike. Bracteole. A secondary bract. Bristle. A stiff hair or hairlike growth; a scta. Bulb. An underground, vertical stem with both scaly and Heshy leaves. 318 J GLOSSARY Bulblet. A small bulb. Bulbous. Bearing a swollen base. Callosity. Any hardened thickening . Calyx. The outermost ring of structures of a Rower, composed of sepals. Campanulate. Dell-shaped. Capillary. Thread-like. Capitate. Forming a head. Capsule. A dry, dehiscent fruit composed of more than one carpel. Carpel. A simple pistil, or one member of a compound pistil. Cartilaginous. Firm but flexible . Caruncle. A fleshy outgrowth near the point of attachment of a seed. Carunculate. Bearing a fleshy outgrowth near its point of attachment . Caudate. With a tail-like appendage . Caudex. (pI., caudices). The woody base of a perennial plant. Caulescent. Having an aerial stem. Cauline. Belonging to a stem. Cavernous. Hollowed out. Cespitose. Growing in tufts. Chartaceous. Papery. Cilia. Marginal hairs. Ciliate. Bearing cilia. Ciliolate. Bearing small cilia. Clasping. Referring to a leaf wllOse base encircles the stem. Claw. A narrow, basal stalk, particularly of a petal. Compressed. Flattened. Concave. Curved on the inner smface; opposed to convex. Connate. Union of like parts. Connective. That portion of the stamen between the two an" ther halves. Connivent. Coming in contact; converging. Contiguous. Adjoining. Convex. Rounded on the outer surface; opposite of concave. Convolute. Rolled lengthwise. Coralline. Having the texture of coral. Coralloid. Resembling coral. Cordate. Heart-shaped. Coriaceous. Leathery. Corm. An underground, vertical stem with scaly leaves, differing from a bulb by lacking Reshy leaves. Corolla. The ring of structures of a Rower just within the calyx, composed of petals. Corona. A crown of petal-like sb'uctures, as in Narcissus.. Corymb. A type of inflorescence where the pedicellate Rowers are arranged along an elongated axis but with the Rowers all attaining about the same height. Creeping. Spreading on the surface of the ground. Crested. Bearing a ridge. Crisped. Curled. Cl'Oss-striae. Markings perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. Cruciform. Cross-shaped. Cucullate. Hood-shaped. Cuneate. Wedge-shaped or tapering at the base. Cupular. Shaped like a small cup. Cuspidate. Terminating in a very short point. Cyme. A type of broad and Rattened inRorescence in which the central Rowers bloom first. Cymose. Bearing a cyme. Deciduous. Falling away. Decumbent. Lying flat, but with the tip ascending. Deflexed. Turned downward. Dehiscent. Splitting at maturity . Deltoid. Triangular. Dentate. With sharp teeth, the tips of which project outward. Denticulate. With small, sharp teeth, the tips of which project outward. Dilated. Swollen; expanded. Dimorphic. Having two forms. Dioecious. With staminate flowers on one plant, pistillate flowers on another. Distal. Remote from the point of attachment. Distended. Swollen. Divaricate. Spreading. Dorsal. That surface turned away from the axis; abaxial. Drupaceous. Drupe-like. Drupe. A type of fruit in which the seed is surrounded by a hard, dry covering which, in tum, is surrounded by...