442 A COMPENDIUM OF 
Greek words hus, a hog, and kuamos, a bean). 
A medicinal plant, the hyoscyamus niger, 
natural order Solanacez. 
Hypnotic—hip-not’-ik (Gr. Aupnos, sleep). Any 
medicine tending to produce sleep, a sopor- 
ific, hypnotism, mesmeric sleep. 
Hypogynous—hi-poj’-i-nus (Gr. hupo, under, 
and gune, afemale). When the stamens are 
inserted below the pistil. 
Immarginate—im-mar'’-jin-at (Lat. i, not, 
and margo, a border margin; genative mar- 
ginis). Not having a margin or border. 
Indefinite—in-def’-i-nit (Lat. indefinatus, not 
certain, not distinctly, etc.). Applied to in- 
florescence, in which the central of terminal 
flowers is the last to expand; also, when a 
flower has more than twenty.stamens; very 
numerous, etc. 
Indehiscent—in’-de-his’-sent (Lat. iv, not, and 
aehisco, 1 gape). Not opening; applied to 
such fruits as apples, pears, etc, 
Indigenous—in-dij’-e-nus (Lat. zndigena, a na- 
tive, born and bred in the same counrty). 
Not exotic or introduced. 
Inflorescence—in’-flo-res’-sens (Lat. znflores- 
cens, blossoms, to begin to flower, from 7z,in 
or on, and florescere, to blossom, to flourish). 
Flowering or putting forth blossoms which 
makes the difference betwen plants. 
Infundibular—in’-fun-dib’-u-lar (Lat. 2zfundzb- 
ulum, a funnel or tunnel). A corolla funnel- 
shaped. 
Infundibuliform—in-fun’-di-bu’-li-fawm (Lat. 
Jorma, form, shape). Funnel-shaped as a 
flower, as in the morning glory. 
