A Manual of Botany for the Northern and Middle States |
Common terms and phrases
1-celled 1-flowered 1-seeded 2-valved 5-cleft 5-leaved 5-lobed 5-parted acuminate acute anthers apex awned axillary base bell-form beneath berry bracts branches branchlets brous calyx capsule cauline ciliate coloured compressed cordate corol corymbed crenate culm cylindric disk divisions egret elongated entire Exotic feet high few-flowered filaments filiform flat fleshy florets flowers flowers-calyx frond fruit germ glabrous globose glumes hairy hirsute hispid imbricate inches involucre lance-linear lance-ovate leafets leafy leaves lanceolate leaves oblong leaves ovate leaves ternate legume linear lobes many-seeded margin membranaceous mucronate naked nate nectary obovate obtuse oval panicle pedicels peduncles peristome petals petioles pileus pinnate pinnatifid pistillate plant pubescent racemes ramose receptacles roundish scabrous scales scape seeds serrate sessile sheaths short silicle simple smooth solitary species spikelets spikes spreading stamens stem erect stigma stipe stipules strait striate style sub-sessile subulate teeth terete terminal ternate toothed trees trunks umbels upper valves villose whorled