GLOSSARY 



ENTIRE (from Latin, signifying entire) : unnotched. Leaves 

 of the Knotweed (Polygonum pennsylvanicum) are entire. 



FILAMENT (from Latin for a thread) : that part of a stamen 

 which carries the anther. Filaments of the Day Lily 

 (Hemerocallis fulva) are yellow. 



FOLLICLE (from Latin, signifying a small bag or pair of 

 bellows): a form of capsule. Fruit of the Common Milk- 

 weed (Asdepias syriaca) is a follicle. 



HASTATE (from Latin for halberd-shaped) : having diver- 

 gent basal lobes. Basal leaves of the Orach (Atriplex 

 hastata) are hastate. 



IMBRICATED (from Latin for tiled or shingled) : over-lapping. 

 Petals of the Wild Rose (Rosa virginiana) are imbricated 

 in the bud; bracts of the Canada Hawkweed (Hieracium 

 canadense) are imbricated in two or three series. 



INFLORESCENCE (from Latin for the beginning of blossom- 

 ing): such an arrangement of flowers on the axis as 

 determines the manner of bloom, whether from the top 

 of the stem down or from the centre of the cluster out or 

 the reverse. Inflorescence of the Common St. John's 

 Wort (Hypericum perforatum) is from the top down. 



INVOLUCRE (from Latin for a covering): a circle of small 

 leaves (bracts) that surround the base of a cluster of flow- 

 ers or a one-several ranked circle surrounding the flower- 

 heads of a compound flower. An Involucre is found in both 

 the Wild Carrot (Daucus carota) and the Thistle (Cirsium 

 lanceolatum) . 



LANCEOLATE (from Latin for lance-shaped) : lance-shaped. 

 Leaves of the Salt Marsh Fleabane (Pluchea camphorata) 

 are lanceolate. 



LEGUME (from Latin to gather, because they may be 

 picked without cutting); a pod-like kind of fruit, that, 

 when fully ripe, opens along the seams. Fruit of the 

 Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius) is a legume. 



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