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GLOSSARY OF TERMS   Glossary   Acid Aethiopica From Africa, mainly refers to South Africa. Affnis Similar to Aleyrodes brassicae   Cabbage white fly Alpina Alpine Alta tall Alba white in colour Annua Annual Anther The part of a flower that produces pollen. It is the upper part of the stamen. (Derived from Greek Anthos Flower) Aquaticus Grows in water Argentea Silvery in colour Arguta notched Atro Dark Aurea Gold in colour Australis From southern continents Axil the upper angle between leaf and stem or a branch and stem. ( Derived from Latin axilla the armpit) Azurea Sky blue in colour Bella Beautiful Bicolor Having two colours Bifurcata Forked in two    Blanda Pleasing Bolting   Bracts A leaf that bears a flower from its axil example is a Poinsetta Caerulea Dark blue in colour Calyx ka liks th d sepals. (Greek kalyx a covering, from kalyptein to cover) Canadenis Originating in Canada Candida Pure white in colour Carnea Deep pink in colour Carnosa Fleshy Carpel the female organ of a flower. (Greek karpos, fruit) Cernuus Nodding Cloche Chinensis Chinese in origin (see Sinensis also) Compositae (kom-poz i-te) A large family of plants related to the campanulas but having small florets crowded together in heads on a common axis surrounded by bracts, this gives the appearance and function of a single flower. Compost Coccinea Scarlet Contarinia pyrivora Pear midge Cotyledon kot i le don A seed leaf (Greek kotyledon, from kotyle a cup) Cyanus blue in colour Dicotyledon di kot i le don One of  two great divisions of Angiosperms, having two   seed leaves or cotyledons (Greek di- twice, and cotyledon) Fertilizer Filament Florets A small flower (Latin Flora, goddess of flowers), one of many flowers in a compositae flower Fulgens shining Gigantea very large Glacialis Grows in icy places Globosa rounded Grandiflorum Large flowered Growmore Gynaeceum The female parts of a flower (Greek gynaikeion, women's apartments) Hirsuta Hairy Incarnata flesh pink Iridaceae A member of the iris family. (Greek Iris,-idos the rainbow goddess) Issima Very Labiatae A family of sympetalous dicotyledons (Latin labium lip) Lime Lutea Yellowish in colour Manure Maritima coastal Maritimus Grows by the sea Mollis Soft Montana Originated from a mountain region Montanus Grows in the mountains Muralis Grows on a wall Nana very dwarf Nigra Black in colour Odora Fragrant Ovule This is the female organ of a plant containing the egg cell that will after pollination turn into a seed. Pendula Pendulous Perennis Perennial Plena Double Phytoptus pyri Pear leaf blister mite  Pollen the fertilizing powder produced by the anthers. It is this male element that fertilizes the ovule (Latin Pollen -inis fine flower) Pollination The application of pollen to the stigma Praecox Pulchella Purpurea Purple in colour Pyrenaicum A plant originating in the Pyrenees Repens Reptans Creeping Rosea Rose coloured Rotunda Rounded Rubra Red Ruralis Grows in the countryside Sanguineus Blood-red Scanden Climbing Sepals Any of the separate parts of the calyx (French sépale,  from Greek skepe cover] Sericea Silky Serrata Serrated Sets These are immature onion bulbs that have specially grown for planting.  They mature quicker than seeds Not attacked by mildew or onion fly Can run to seed easier (bolting). Heat treated sets are less likely to bolt Cost more than seed Sinensis Chinese (see Chinensis also) Solaris Grows in the sun Spadix A flower spike bearing tiny florets Spathes The name for a large bract surrounding the spadix Speciosa Spectable Showy Spinosa Spiny Stamen This is the male part of a flower and consists of the anther and filament Stigma The part of the carpel that receives pollen Sympetalous sim-pet a-las The petals are united (Greek syn together, and petalon leaf) Tomentosa Woolly Trialeurodes vaporariorum Greenhouse Whitefly Tricolorum Having three colours Tricho Hairy Tuberosa Tuberous Undulata Wavy Villosa Soft hairs Virens Viridus Green Vulgaris Common

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