HORTUS JAMAICENSIS. 



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Horizontal leaf. Making a right angle 

 with the stem. 



Hyaline. The colour of glass, with its 

 transparency. 



Hybernaculum. A compendium of the 

 whole her!) before it grows up. Or, in 

 which the embryo of the future plant is 

 inclosed by a scaly covering, u;id secur-ed 

 from external injury during the winter. 



Hybrida. A monstrous vegetable produ- 

 ced from the mixture of two different 

 species. 



IIypocratertormis. Salver-shaped. 



JaG. A division or elefc in a leaf, calyx, or 

 corolla. This term relates g o 1110- 



nophyllous calyxes and monopetalous 

 corollas. These are named bifid, trifid, 

 ix.c. according to the number of jags. 



Jagged. Cleft or divided 



JcoSandria. The name of the twelfth class 

 in theLinnean system; comprehending 

 those plants which have hermaphrodite 

 flowers with twenty or mure .stamens, 

 growing on the inside of the calyx, not 

 on the receptacle. The situation and 

 not the number of the stamens ts here to 

 be attended to The calyx also is m'ono- 

 phyllaus and concave in this class ; -and 

 the claws of the petals are fixed into the 

 inside of the calyx To confound this 

 class with Polyandria is abominable. 



Imberbis corolla. A beardless corolla. 



Imbricate. Lying over each other, like 

 tiles on a roof. 



Immersed. Growing under water. 



Lmpari-pin vATuM. An umquadv-pinnate 

 leaf, terminated by an odd or single 

 leaflet. 



Inanis. Having a pith or spongy substance 

 within. 



Incanus. Hoafy. 



Incisum. Snipt or gashed. 



Inch dens Shutting up. 



Incrassatus pedunculus A peduncle in- 

 cassated, thickening or becoming thicker 

 towards the flower. 



Incumbent. Leaning upon, or resting 

 against. 



Zxcurvatus. Bowed or curved inwards. 



Inerme. Unarmed ; without thorns or 

 prickles. 



I.VFJERUM. Inferior. 



Inflatus. Inflated. Hollow end puffed 

 or blown up like a bladder. 



ItfFLEXUS. Inflex or inflected. Bent up- 

 ward.:, at the end, towards the stem. 



In fundi bui.i form is. Funnel- shaded. 



Lnterfoliace;. Interfoliaeeous flowers or 

 peduncles. Between opposite leaves, but 

 placed alternately with them. 



Intorsio. The writhing, bending, turning, 

 twining or twisting of any part in a vege- 

 table towards one side or other or, in 

 any direction from the vertical. 



Intortus. Twisted. 



iNTEKFOLlACF.y. stipulte. "Intrafoliaceous 

 stipules. Growing above or within the 

 leaves. 



Inundat/e. The name of the forty-fifth 

 order in Linneus's Fragments of a Natu- 

 ral Method, and the fifteenth of the Na- 

 tural Orders in Gen. PL. Containing 

 such pi;.ts as grow naturally in the wa- 

 ter. 



Involucruw. An involucre. A calyx re- 

 mote from the (lower, particularly in the 

 umbel, but applied also to the whorl and 

 other -kinds of inflorescence. 



ineblucrvm universale A universal or ra- 

 ther general involucre, placed at the ori- 

 gin of the universal or general umbel. 

 Pa-ftiaie. A partial involucre, at the ori- 

 gin of the partial umbel.-~Proprium, a 

 proper involucre, placed beneath a sin- 

 gle flower. 



Involuta. Involuted foliation or verna- 

 tion. When leaves within the bud have 

 their edges rolled spirally inwards on 

 both sides towards the upper surface. 



Jlgum. A yoke, couple, or pair of leaflets. 



Jut Us A catkin or ament. 



Keel. The-lower petal of a papilionaceous 

 corolla, inclosing the stamens and pistil, 

 usually shaped like a boat. 



Keeled Having a longitudinal prominency 

 upon the back 



KtDNHY-SHAPRD. Roundish, and hollowed 

 at the base without angles. Applied also 



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