GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



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Imbricate, imhrkated, imhricative : over- 

 lappinu-, tlie outer coverinj; the in- 

 ner, and brcakin<; joints, like tiles 

 on a roof, 144, 269. 



Immanjinate : not margined. 



Immersed: growing' wholly underwater. 



Impari-piimate: pinnate with an odd 

 leaflet; 163, fig. 288. 



Imperfect floirers: wanting either sta- 

 mens or pistils. 



Impregnation : same as fertilization. 



Inane: empty. 



Incanous : hoary-white. 



Incised: cut irregularly and sharply; 

 159, fig. 259. 



Included: not projecting beyond; en- 

 closed. 



Incomplete flower : wanting some one or 

 more kinds of organs, 259. 



Incrassated : thickened. 



Incrustations in cells, 58. 



I'ncubons : the apex of each leaf Ijnng 

 over the base of the next, as in 

 many Ilepaticre. 



Incumbent: leaning or lying upon : 

 said of the cotyledons when the 

 radicle hivs against the back of one 

 of them," 390, 326, fig. 705 ; or 

 when the antlier lies on the inner 

 side of tlie filament, 282. 



Incurved: bent or curved inwards. 



Indejinite: either uncertain in num- 

 ber, or too many to be readily 

 counted, 242. 



Indefinite (jroirth, 100. 



Indefinite inJiorescencQ, 210. 



Indehiscent (fruits) : not opening, at 

 least not in a regular way, 310, 313. 



Indeterminate inflorescence, 210. 



India-rub!)er, 57. 



Indi'ijenons : of spontaneous and original 

 growth in a country. 



Indigo, 414, 415. 



Individual, 20, 131, 352. 



Individuality, 132, 352. 



Indumentum : any hairiness or downy 

 covering. 



Inddplicate: bent or folded inwards, 

 145, 273. 



Indiisium : the proper covering of the 

 fruit-dots of Ferns ; any peculiar 

 membranous covering, 501. 



Inequilateral : unequal-sided. 



Inferior: underneath, 252; or same as 

 anterior : thus the inferior petal, 

 &c. is the same as the anterior one, 

 237. 



Inflated: bladdery. 



Infexed: abruptly bent inwards. 



Inflorescence, 209. 



Infra-axillurj : originating below the 

 axil. 



Infundibular, infindilmliform : funnel- 

 shaped ; i. e. a tube enlarging up- 

 wards ; 277, fig. 1049. 



Innate : borne directly on the apex of a 

 thing, 282. 



Innovations : new shoots or new growths. 



Inorganic : unorganized. 



Inorganic constituents, 179. 



Inosculating : opening into each other ; 

 anastomosing, 49. 



Inserted: attaclied to, 224, 250. 



Insertion: the place or the moilc of junc- 

 tion of leaves with the stem, &c., 

 133. 



Inter-, in composition : between ; as 



Intercellular : between the cells. 



Intercellular spaces or passages, 24, 50. 



Intercellular sgstem, 50. 



Interlaced tissue, 48. 



Internal glands, 51. 



Internodes, 92. 



Interpe'tiolar : between the petioles, 171. 



Interruptedlg pinnate, 164, fig. 285. 



Intine: the inner coat of a ])ollen-grain. 



LitrafoUaceous : within or before a leaf, 

 171, as the stipules in fig 305. 



Introfltxed : bent strongly inwards. 



Intrdrse: turned inwards towards the 

 axis, 282. 



Intruse : appearing as if pushed inwards 

 or indented. 



Inverse: inverted; suspended. 



Invofuce'llote: furnished witli an 



Inuoluce'llum, or inroluccl: a secondary 

 or partial involucre, 216. 



Tnvolucrate: provided with an 



Lwuldcrum, or involucre: an outer or 

 accessory covering ; a set of bracts 

 surrounding a flower-cluster ; 214, 

 fig. 321, &c. 



Im-olnte: rolled inwards, 144, 273. 



Il>ecacuanha, 393, 433. 



Iridacere, 490. 



Irrcqulur : unequal in size or in shajie, 

 '253, 277. 



Irregularitg, 253. 



Irri'tal)iHty, 345. 



Isochroiis : one-colored. 



Isoetineoe, 502. 



Isdmerous, or isomeric : the parts equal in 

 numljcr. 



Isostc'inonous : the stamens as many as 

 tlie petals or sepals. 



Jalap, 455. 



Jasniinacese, 459. 



Jelly, 55, 310. 



Jointed: separate or separable trans- 

 versely into pieces (joints), 92. 



Juba: a loose panicle, as of Grasses. 



Juga : the ridges of the fruit of Umbel- 

 lifcraj, 426. 



