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Nut. — A large one-seeded unopening dry fruit. 

 Nutlet. — A small one-seeded dry unopening fruit, or one of the 

 divisions of the fruit of the Boraginaceae or LabiatEe. 



Opposite. — When a leaf has one or more leaves at the same level 

 and usually on the opposite side of the branch. 

 Ovate. — Egg-shaped. 



Palmate. — Lobed in the shape of a hand. 



Pappus. — The calyx of the Compositee, formed of hairs, bristles or 

 scales. 



Parasite. — A plant that grows upon another and derives its 

 nourishment from it. 



Perianth. — The floral envelopes — corolla and calyx, but often 

 used to denote the floral envelope, when the flower possesses only one. 



Peltate. — Applied to a leaf when its stalk (petiole) is within the 

 margin. 



Petals. — The lobes of a corolla. 



Pinnate. — Compound leaves with leaflets arranged like the pinnule;? 

 of a feather along both sides and at the end of a common stalk, are 

 styled pinnate. 



Pinule or Pinna. — One of the primary divisions of a bipinnate leaf. 



Raceme. — A collection of flowers, nearly equally stalked and ar- 

 ranged singly along a common stalk. 



Rhizome. — A creeping, generally underground stem giving off 

 erect stems at intervals. 



Sepals. — The lobes of a calyx. 



Sessile. — Stalkless. 



Shrub. — A woody perennial plant of not more than 30 feet in 

 height and much branched down to the level of the ground; this 

 includes undershrubs. 



Simple. — Applied to leaves which are undivided. 



Spadix. — A spike of flowers enclosed in a leafy bract (spathe). 



Spathe. — A leafy bract enclosing a spike of flowers. 



Spathulate. — Applied to a leaf that is oblong and tapers, down 

 into a stalk. 



Spike. — A collection of sessile flowers on a common simple or 

 branched stalk. 



Spine. — A sharp woody outgrowth. 



Spurred.-— Having a hollow tubular projection. 

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