Nathaniel Lord Britton

“ Ovary. The ovule-bearing part of the pistil. Ovate. In outline like a longitudinal section of a hen's egg. Ovoid. Shaped like a hen's egg. Ovule. The macrosporange of flowering plants, becoming the seed on maturing. P Palate. The projection from the lower lip of two-lipped personate corollas. Palet. A bract-like organ enclosing or subtending the flower in grasses. Palmate. Diverging radiately like the fingers. Pandurate;
Panduriform. Fiddle-shaped. Panicle. A compound flower cluster of the racemose type, or cluster of sporanges. Paniculate. Borne in panicles or resembling a panicle. ”

“ At times inhabiting the water. Amphitropous. Term applied to the partly inverted ovule. Amplexicaul. Clasping the stem, or other axis. Anastomosing. Connecting so as to form a well-defined network. Anatropous. Applied to an inverted ovule with the micropyle very near the hilum. Androgynous. Flower clusters having staminate and pistillate flowers; in Carex, a spike with upper flowers staminate and lower pistillate. Angiospermous. Pertaining to the Angiospermae; bearing seeds within a pericarp. Anther. The part of the stamen which contains the pollen. ”

“ With a tuft of hairs or hair-like branches. Perfect. Flowers with both stamens and pistils. Perfoliate. Leaves so clasping the stem as to appear as if pierced by it. Perianth. The modified floral leaves (sepals or petals) , regarded collectively. Pericarp. The wall of the fruit, or seed-vessel. Perigynium. The utricle enclosing the ovary or achene in the genus Carex. Perigynous. Borne on the perianth, around the ovary. Peripheral. Pertaining to the periphery. Persistent. Organs remaining attached to those bearing them after the growing period. Petal. One of the leaves of the corolla. Petaloid. ”

“ Inhabiting mud. Umbel. A determinate, usually convex flower-cluster, with all the pedicels arising from the same point. Umbellate. Borne in umbels; resembling an umbel. Umbellet. A secondary umbel. Umbelloid. Similar to an umbel. Uncinate. Hooked, or in form like a hook. Undulate. With wavy margins. Urceolate. Urn-shaped. Utricle. A bladder-like organ; a one-seeded fruit with a loose pericarp. V Valvate. Meeting by the margins in the bud, not overlapping; dehiscent by valves. Vascular. Relating to ducts or vessels. Vein. One of the branches of the woody portion of leaves or other organs. ”

“ Blade. The flat expanded part of a leaf. Bract. A leaf, usually small, subtending a flower or flower-cluster, or a sporange. Bracteate. With bracts. Bracteolate. Having hractlets. Bractlet. A secondary bract, borne on a pedicel, or immediately beneath a flower; sometimes applied to minute bracts. Bulb. A bud with fleshy scales, usually subterranean. Bulblet. A small bulb, especially those borne on leaves, or in their axils. Bulbous. Similar to a bulb; bearing bulbs. C Caducous. Falling away very soon after development. Caespitose. Growing in tufts. Callosity. ”

“ Thin and translucent. Hypocotyl. The rudimentary stem of the embryo; also termed radicle. Hypogynium. Organ supporting the ovary in some sedges. Hypogynous. Borne at the base of the ovary, or below. Hyponym. A generic or specific name untypified. I Imbricated. Overlapping. Imperfect. Flowers with either stamens or pistils, not with both. Incised. Cut into sharp lobes. ”

“ Bearing green leaves throughout the year. Ex-current. With a tip projecting beyond the main part of the organ. Exfoliating. Peeling off in layers. Exocarp. The outer layer of the pericarp. Exogenous. Forming new tissue outside the older. Exserted. Prolonged past surrounding organs. Exstipulate. Without stipules. Extrorse. Facing outward. F Falcate. Scythe-shaped. Farinaceous. Starchy, or containing starch. Fascicle. A dense cluster. Fascicled. Borne in dense clusters. Fastigiate. Stems or branches which are nearly erect and close together. ”

“ Apetalous. Without a corolla. Aphyllopodic. In Carex, with lower leaves bladeless or with rudimentary leaves only. Apical. At the top, or referring to the top. Apiculate. With a minute pointed tip. Appressed. Lying against another organ. Arborescent. Tree-like, in size or shape. Archegone. The female reproductive organ in Pteridophyta and Bryophyta. Areolate. Reticulated. Areolation. The system of meshes in a network of veins. Areole. A mesh in a network of veins. Aril. A fleshy organ growing about the hilum. Arillate. ”