GLOSSARY 203 



Longitudinally-veined. With the principal veins parallel or nearly 



so to the apex, or almost to the apex. 

 Lyrate. Pinnatifid, with a large, broad, rounded terminal lobe 



and small basal lobes. 

 Marcescent. Withering without falling off. 



Membranous. Thin, rather soft, and more or less translucent. 

 Mucronate. With a short, sharp, abrupt tip. 

 Mucronulate. Mucronate, but the tip very small. 

 Multiple buds. Several buds in or over an axil, instead of the 



customary solitary bud. 

 Naked. Said of a bud which is not covered by scales. 

 Node. The region of a stem from which one or more leaves arise. 

 Oblanceolate. Lanceolate, but broadest about a third below the 



apex. 

 Oblique. Unequal-sided or slanting. 



Oblong. Longer than broad, with the sides nearly parallel. 

 Obovate. Ovate, but broadest above the middle. 

 Obtuse. Blunt or rounded. 

 Olivaceous. Olive-green. 

 Opaque. Not shining or transparent. 



Orbicular. Approximately circular in outline. 



Oval. Broadly elliptic, about 1-1/2 times longer than broad. 



Ovate. In outline like a longitudinal section of a hen's egg, broad- 

 est below the middle. 



Ovoid. Egg-shaped, with the broadest portion near the base. 



Palmately-veined. With the principal veins arising from the same 

 point at the base of the blade. 



Panicle. A branched cluster of flowers. ■ 



Papillose. With minute, blunt projections on the surface. 



Parted. Deeply cleft; cleft nearly but not quite to the base. 



Pedicel. The stalk of a single flower. 



Peduncle. The stalk of a flower cluster. 



Perennial. A plant living, and usually reproducing, through more 

 than two growing seasons. 



Persistent. Remaining after flowering, fruiting, or maturing. 



Petiole. The unexpanded part of a leaf. 



Pilose. Having long, soft hairs. 



Pinnately-compoimd. With the blade divided into distinct leaflets 

 or segments along a common axis. 



Pinnately- veined. With the lateral veins arranged along the two 

 sides of the midvein, not arising from a single point. 



Pinnatifid. Pinnately cleft to the middle or beyond. 



Pith. The soft, spongy tissue in the center of stems and branches. 



Plicate. Folded into plaits. 



Polster. A cushion-like mass of vegetation. 



