INDIAN ALMOND 341 



Imantophyllum Benlh. et Hook. f. (Imatophyllum Hook. ) = Clivia 

 Lindl. p.p. (Amaryll.). 



Imbricaria Comm. ex fuss. (Mimusops p.p. EP.). Sapotaceae (2). 7 

 palaeotrop. 



Imbricate (aestivation, y.v.), overlapping. 



Imhofia Herb. = Hessea Herb. p.p. (Amaryll.). 



Immersed (venation), below surface. 



Immobilis (Lat), immoveable. 



Immortelles, everlastings, q. z<. 



Imparipinnate (1.), pinnate with odd leaflet at end. 



Impatiens Riv. ex L. Balsaminaceae. 340 trop. and N. temp., esp. 

 Mts. of India and Ceylon. /. Noli-tangere L., the touch-me-not, in 

 Brit. The name is derived from the explosive fr. , a caps, with fleshy 

 pericarp ; the outer layers of cells are highly turgid and thus a great 

 strain is put upon the whole. Dehiscence is septifragal and is started 

 by a touch when the fr. is ripe. The valves roll up inwards with 

 violence (starting at the base) and the seeds are scattered in all 

 directions. Many cult. orn. fl. 



Imperata Cyrilli. Gramineae (2). 6 trop. and subtrop. /. arun- 

 dinacea Cyrilli (lalang) is a very troublesome weed in Malaya. 



Imperatorla (Tourn.) L. = Peucedanum Tourn. p.p. (Umbell.). 



Imphee, Sorghum zmlgare Pers., var. 



Inaequale (Lat.), unequal. 



Inarticulate, not jointed. 



Incanus (Lat.), hoary-white. 



Incarvillea Juss. Bignoniaceae (2). 5 E. and Cent. As. L. alt. 



Incense, Boswellia, Dactyodes, Styrax. 



Incertae sedis, of uncertain position. Numerous gen. here given are 

 so described, usu. because their original descriptions leave much to 

 theimagination, but sometimes because of real difficulty in placing them. 



Incised (L), notched at the margin. 



Included, not projecting. 



Incompletae (BH.} = Monochlamydeae. 



Incomplete (fl.), wanting one or more kinds of organs. 



Incumbent, Cruciferae. 



Incurved, bending inwards. 



Indefinite (growth), continuing till checked by the cold; (infl.), with 

 the first axis not ending in a fl. 



Indehiscent, not opening. 



Indeterminate (infl.), indefinite. 



Indian almond, Terniinalia Catappa L.; -bean (Am.), Catalpa; -butter 

 tree, Bassia biityracea Roxb.; -chickweed (Am.), Mollugo; -copal, 

 Vateria indica L.; -cork tree, Millingtonia hortensis L. f.; -corn, 

 Zea Mays L. ; -cress, Tropaeolunr, -date, Tamarindus; -fig, Opimtta; 

 -grass (Am.), Sorghum ; -hemp, Cannabis sativa L. ; -lilac, Melia, 

 Lagers froemia; -liquorice, Abnts precatorius L. ; -madder, Rubia 

 cordifolia L.; -mallow (Am.), Abutilon ; -meal, ZcaMays L. ; -millet, 

 Panicnm ; -mulberry, Morinda citrifolia L.; -physic (Am.), Gillenia; 

 -pink, Spigelia; -pipe (Am.), Monotropa; -redwood, Chickrassia 

 ta&u/arisA..]uss.',-Tice, Zizaniaaqnatica L. ; -rubber, cf. Rubber; -shot, 

 Canna ; -tobacco,( Am.), Lobelia inflata L. ; -turnip (Am.), Arisaema. 



