“Sessile” leaves are seen in the upper leaves of the common primrose and spring beauty. All plants of the violet and the rose families bear _stipules_.
P. 65.—“Lanceolate,” as in the peach; _oblong_, the radical leaves of shepherd’s purse; _cordate_, in the blood-root; _sagittate_, in the stem leaves of shepherd’s purse; _ovate_, in chickweed and violet; _pinnate_, as in the rose; _bipinnate_, as in the sensitive plant.
P. 68.—When the stamens and pistils are on separate trees or plants, the fertilization is accomplished in various ways; insects or birds carry the pollen in many cases, in others the wind wafts it.
“_Hypogynous_,” as in the cress, radish, cabbage, and other cruciform plants.
P. 69.—_Perigynous_, as in the rose family; _epigynous_, as in the caraway, celery, and parsnip.
P. 76.—“Labiate.” The word means lip-shaped, and the order is named from the peculiar shape of the corolla.
P. 77.—“Composite,” or compounded; “Herbaceous,” her-bāˈshus. Plants with soft stems which die every year.
“Coriander,” cŏˌri-anˈder; “Asafœtida,” ăsˈa-fĕtˌi-da.
P. 78.—“Papilionaceous,” pa-pĭlˈyo-nāˌshus. From the Latin for butterfly.
“Tamarind,” tămˈa-rĭnd. A tree 60 to 80 feet in height, with dense foliage. A native of Africa and India. Its pods are preserved and used as a medicine, or as an article of diet.
“Senna,” sĕnˈna. A drug prepared from the dried leaves of the cassia, a shrub raised in India and Nubia. A variety of cassia is found in the United States, but its leaves are less powerful. “Acacia,” a-kāˈshĭ-a, “Mimosa,” mī-mōˈsa.
P. 79.—“Ranunculus,” ra-nŭnˈcu-lŭs. The word means a little frog. Pliny is said to have so named this species because many of its members grow in water where frogs abound.
“Aconite,” acˈo-nite. A plant related to the Hellebores; the common wolf’s bane, or monk’s hood.
“Cruciate,” kruˈshĭ-āt. The petals are arranged in the form of a cross.
P. 80.—“Chimborazo,” chim-bo-rāˈzo. A peak of the Andes in Ecuador. It is the sixth in height among the lofty peaks of the range.
P. 82.—“Floras.” The whole number of plants native to any section forms its flora.
P. 83.—“Rhododendrons,” rhōˌdo-dĕnˈdron; “Azalias,” a-zāˈle-as. These plants both belong to the order of heathworts or _ericaceæ_, the order to which the huckleberry, cranberry, trailing arbutus, and other well-known plants belong.