GLOSSARY 



LINEAR (from Latin for flax): narrow. .Leaves of the 

 Blazing Star (Liatris scariosa) are linear. 



LYRATE (from Greek and Latin, signifying a certain 

 stringed, musical instrument): applied to a lobed leaf, 

 when the terminal lobes are sufficiently large to give the 

 character of a lyre. Lower leaves of the Sow Thistle 

 (Sonchus oleraceus) are lyrate. 



MUCRONATE, MUCRONULATE (from Latin meaning abrupt- 

 ly-tipped) : said of the mid- vein when it projects as a short, 

 abrupt tip beyond the end of the leaf. Mucronulate: a 

 diminutive. Leaves of the Dwarf Huckleberry (Gaylus- 

 sacia dumosa) are mucronate. 



NUT (from Anglo Saxon with same meaning) : a member 

 of a cluster of fruits or a solitary fruit that has a bony 

 covering and does not open by valves. Fruit of the 

 Hickory (Hicoria alba) is a nut. 



OB: a prefix, signifying the inverse. Oblanceolate means 

 having the narrower part at the base, the broader at the 

 apex. 



OVARY (from Latin for an egg) : that part of the flower 

 which holds the immature seeds; the ovary may be one 

 to several-celled. Ovary of Common Mallow (Malva ro- 

 tundifolia) has a number of cells. 



PALMATE, PALMATELY-DIVIDED (from Latin for a hand): 

 said of a compound division, in which all the parts start 

 at the same point or at very nearly the same point. Leaves 

 of the Red Clover (Trifolium pratense] are palmately 

 divided. 



PANICLE (from a Latin diminutive for a swelling referring 

 to tufts on plants) : an arrangement of flowers in which 

 the flowering branches are rebranched. Flowers of the 

 Red Sorrel (Rumex acctosella] are in a panicle. 



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