imbricative 



Inconspicuous 



calyx or corolla where one piece 

 must be wholly internal and one 

 wholly external, or overlapping at 

 the edge only ; imbric'ative is a 

 synonym. 



immarg'inate, immargina'tus (im = 

 not, margo, marginis, a border), 

 not margined or bordered. 



immedia'tus, (Mid. Lat., not mediate), 

 proceeding direc'ly from a parf, as 

 pedicels of a raceme. 



immer'sed, immer'sus(i,at., plunged), 

 below the surface; (1) entirely 

 under water ; (2) embedded in the 

 substance of the leaf or thallus. 



immo'bilis (Lat. ), immovable, as 

 many anthers ; opposed to versatile. 



impa'ri-pin'nate, ~ -pinna'tus (impar, 

 unequal, + PINNATE), pinnate with 

 an odd terminal leaflet. 



imper'fect, imperfec'tus (Lat., incom- 

 plete), where certain parts usually 

 present are not developed ; as a 

 flower may be imperfect, that is, 

 unisexual. 



imperforate (in, into, per, through, 

 fora'tus, bored), without an open- 

 ing, closed (Crozier). 



implex'us, (Lat., an entwining), en- 

 tangled, interlaced. 



implica'tus (Lat.), entangled, woven 

 in. 



Impregnation (im = in, praegnatus, 

 pregnancy), fertilization, the union 

 of male and female elements. 



impres'sus ( Lat. , pressed into), marked 

 with slight depressions. 



impu'bes, not mature, as impubera 

 Aetas, the period before impregna- 

 tion. 



inadhe'ring (inadhaerens, not cling- 

 ing), free from adjacent parts. 



inaequa'lis (Lat.), unequal in size; 

 inaequim3g'nus,t (magnus, large), 

 not the same in size; inaequilat'eral, 

 maequilatrra'lis, inaequilat'eris 

 (latus, lateris,& side), unequal sided, 

 as the leaf of Begojiia; inaequiner'- 

 vius, (nervus, a nerve), when the 

 veins are of dissimilar size. 



inane', ina'nis (Lat.), empty, void ; 

 as an anther containing no pollen. 



inan'therate (Crozier) =inantnera'tus, 



(in = not, + ANTHER), having no 

 anther ; said of abortive or sterile 

 filaments. 



inappendic'ulate, inappendicula'tus 

 (in = not, appendicula, a small ap- 

 pendage), without appendages ; in- 

 aper'tus, (apertus, opened), not 

 opened, contrary to its habit. 



Inarch'ing, grafting by approach, the 

 scion remaining partly attached to 

 its parent, until union has taken 

 place. 



inartic'ulate. inarticula' tus (Lat., 

 indistinct), not jointed, continuous. 



incanes'cent, incanes'cens (Lat., turn- 

 ing hoary), becoming grey, canes- 

 cent. 



inca'nous (Crozier) = inca'nus (Lat.), 

 quite grey, hoary. 



incar'nate, incarna'tus (Lat., clothed 

 | in flesh), flesh-C'. loured, "carneous." 



In'cept, Incep'tion (i/iceptum,a, begiu- 

 ning), suggested rendering of the 

 German "Anlage." 



Inch, an English measure, equalling 

 2.54 cm. ; in Latin, uncia, uncialis. 



inci'sed, inci'sus (Lat., cut into), cut 

 sharply into the margin ; inci'so- 

 denta'tus, slashed toothed ; ~ -ser- 

 ra'tus, deep-slashed serrations ; In- 

 cis'ion, Iiicis'io, an indentation on 

 the margin of a foliar organ. 



inclining, incli'ned (inclinatus, bent 

 down), falling away from the hori- 

 zontal direction. 



inclu'ded, inclu'sus (Lat., shut in), 

 not protruding beyond the sur- 

 rounding organ ; includen'tia folia, 

 applied to alternate leaves which 

 in the sleep-position approach buds 

 in their axils, seeming to protect 

 them as in Sida (De Candolle). 



Incog'nit (incognitus, not examined), 

 used by H. C. Watson for those 

 British plants whose nativity or 

 distribution are matters of doubt. 



incomple'te, iiicomple'tus (Lat., not 

 finished), wanting some essential 

 part ; Incomple'tae, usually synony- 

 mous with Monochlamydeae, but 

 variously circumscribed by differ- 

 ent authors. 



inconspic'uous, -cuus (Lat., not re- 



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