incrassate 



indusio i 



markable), not readily seen from 

 small size or lack of colour. 



incras'sate, inerasaa'tus (Lat., thick- 

 ened), made stout, as the leaves of 

 house-leek. 



increasing = ACCKESOENT ; incres'cent 

 (incresco, Igrow), growing (Crozier). 



Incrus'ting, incrusla'tus (Lat., coated), 



(1) used of seeds so firm in their 

 pericarp, as to seem one with it ; 



(2) encrusted with earthy matter. 

 Incuba'tion (incubatio, a brooding), the 



time from the moment of infection i 

 or sowing of spores, until growth j 

 is manifest. 



in'cubous, -bus (incubo, I lie upou), 

 the oblique insertion of distichous ] 

 leaves, so that the lower overlap 

 the upper on the same side of the 

 stem on the dorsal surface, as in 

 Bazzania ; cf. SUCCUBOUS. 



incum'bent, inctim'bens (Lat., leaning 

 on), resting or leaning upon, pro- 

 cumbent ; ~ An'ther, one which 

 lies against the inner face of its 

 filament ; <- Cotyle'dons, when the 

 back of one lies against the radicle, 

 shown as || o. 



incur'ved, incur'vus, incur'vate, in- 

 curva'tus (inciirims, bent), bending 

 from without inwards. 



indefinite, indefini'tus (Lat., not pre- 

 cise), (1) uncertain or not positive 

 in character ; (2) too many for easy 

 enumeration, as an abundance of 

 stamens, denoted by the sign oo ; 



(3) in an inflorescence, when race- 

 mose, the main axis being capable 

 of constant extension ; ~ Growth, 

 continuous growth and not the 

 mere extension of a limited organ- 

 ism or bud ; ~ Inflores'cence, in- 

 determinate or centrifugal, aero- 

 petal of some authors. 



indecid'uous ( in = not, deciduus, cut 

 or lopped off), evergreen or per- 

 sistent foliage (Crozier) ; indehis'- 

 cent, -cens (dehiscent, gaping), not 

 opening by valves or along regular 

 lines. 



Independence, the separation of 

 organs usually entire. 



indeterm'inate, indetermina'tua, not 



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terminated absolutely, as an in- 

 florescence in which no flower ends 

 the axis of the flower-cluster. 



In'dican, a nittogenous glucoside, by 

 its decomposition forming INDIGO. 



indif fere-a.t(indi/ereiis, without differ- 

 ence), not specialized or differenti- 

 ated. 



In'digene (indiyes, native), a native 

 plant ; indig'enous. -7ms, original to 

 the country, not introduced. 



In'digo, a deep blackish blue obtained 

 from Indiyofera tiiictoria, Linn. ; 

 In'digogene, white indigo, or colour- 

 less indigotine ; indigot'icus, in- 

 digo blue, atro-cyaneus. 



In'digotine, pure blue indigo, forming 

 about four-tenths of the commercial 

 indigo. 



indirec'te veno'sus, Link's term for 

 lateral veins combined within the 

 margins, and emitting other little 

 veins. 



Individ' ual, Individ' uum (individ'uus, 

 inseparable), a unit of the series 

 which constitute species ; Individ' - 

 ualism,(l)capable of separate exist- 

 ence ; (2) symbiosis in which the 

 total aggregate result is wholly 

 different from any of the sym- 

 bionts ; Individua'tion, a synonym 

 of the last (2). 



indivi'sus (Lat.), undivided, entire. 



indu'ced, applied to those movements 

 which are the result of some irrita- 

 tion or stimulus, as pressure, light, 

 heat, etc. ; Induc'tion, the produc- 

 tion of sensitive movements; hetero- 

 g'enous ~ , due to two or more causes ; 

 isog'enous ~ , due to one cause. 



Indumen'tum (Lat., a garment), any 

 covering, as hairiness. 



indu'plicate, induplica'tiis ; indu'pli- 

 cative, with the margins bent in- 

 wards, and the external faue of 

 these edges applied to each other, 

 without twisting. 



induras'cens (induresco, I harden), 

 hardening by degrees ; indura'ted, 

 hardened. 



indu'saeform, indu'siform (INDU- 

 SIUM, forma, shape) ; indu'sioid 

 s, like), John Smith's expression 



