Glossary

At right angles to the axis of its attachment. At right angles to the plane of the ground.  

Membrane surrounding the spore.  

Food storage tissue of some seeds formed from the nucellus, i.e. the layer outside the endosperm.  

Outside edge. The outside of an organ. The regions of the body where the nerves end, such as the sense ...

On the edge. Near the surface or outside, as in peripheral circulation. Pertaining to an outside surface. To the outside, ...

When the sepals, petals and stamens are carried up around the ovary on a hypanthium. When the petals and stamens ...

(In Cyperaceae) a membrane or sac enclosing the female flower and later the fruit. Arranged around the pistil.  

Adjective of perigon.  

Term used for perianth in Monocots, when there are no clearly differentiated whorls.  

Loosely synonymous with the living bark, the outermost layer of stems and roots (the dead bark is known as rhytidome) ...