Plants -- Identification; Wild flowers -- Great Britain
_Phalaris canariensis_, 210
_Phleum pratense_, 233
_Alopecurus pratensis_, 122
_Milium effusum_, 150
_Avena fatua_, 295
_Melica uniflora_, 60
_Poa annua_, 107
_Briza media_, 280
_Festuca ovina_, 234
_Brachypodium sylvaticum_, 150
_Triticum caninum_, 150
_Lolium perenne_, 234
_Hordeum pratense_, 233
_Nardus stricta_, 280
GLOSSARIAL INDEX
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ACHENE. A dry fruit that does not open, 13
ACUTE. Sharp.
ANTHER. The case at the top of the stamen containing
the pollen, 9
AXIL. The angle formed between leaf-stalk and stem.
AXILLARY. Situated in an axil, 6
BAST. Inner bark.
BERRY. A pulpy fruit containing several seeds, 13
BICRENATE. Doubly notched, 6
BIFID. Divided into two parts.
BISEXUAL. Including both male and female organs, 11
BRACT. A leaf or scale between flower and leaf, 10
BRACTEATE. Provided with one or more bracts, 10
CALYX. The outer whorl of a complete flower, 9
CAPITULUM. A head of flowers, 9, 175
CAPSULE. A term applied to some fruits which open, 13
CARPELS. Central parts of a perfect flower, 10
CATKIN. A spike of imperfect flowers, 12
CHLOROPHYLL. The green colouring matter of plants.
COMPOSITE FLOWER. A head of 'florets' all sessile
on a common receptacle, 175
CORDATE. Heart-shaped, 7
COROLLA. The second whorl of a complete flower, 9
CORYMB. A cluster of stalked flowers, the flowers
being all at one level, 8
COTYLEDONS. The lobes of the embryo plant, afterwards
forming the 'seed-leaves', 13, 47
CRENATE. Notched.
CUPULE. A cup, formed of bracts, surrounding a fruit.
CYME. An arrangement of stalked flowers in which the
terminal or central one is the first to open, 9
DECIDUOUS. Falling off. Applied to leaves, parts of
flowers, &c.
DEHISCENT. Splitting. Applied to fruits which open
when ripe, 12
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