HERMAPHRODITE, having both stamen and pistil in tbe sama 



flower: ptaie 1, fig. 1. i 



HEXAGVNIA, having 6 styles. 

 HEXANDRIA, the sixth class of plants, containing snch hermaphrodite^ 



ones as have 6 stamina all of the same length : plate 1, fig. 6. 

 HIRSUTE, rongh with hairs. 

 HISFJD, beset with rather stiff bristles. 

 HOARY, clothed with a white pubescence. 

 HUMESCE.XT, gradually and slowly imbibing moisture. 

 HYALI^S^E, transparent, Itke glass. 

 IIYMENOPTERA, the fifth order of insets, comprising such as have. 



wings, all of them membranous^ and are aimed with a sting : 



inoecisy fig. 19. 



ICOSANDRIA, the twelfth class of plants, including those hermaphro- 

 dite ones which have twenty (.r more stamina, fixed to the calyx or 

 petals and not to the receptacle : plafe 1, f»g. 1^- 



IMBRICATE, placed over each other at the edges, like the tiles of » 

 house. 



INCISORS, the front or cutting teeth of animals. 



INCONSPICUOUS, in mineralogy applied to substances which ar<h 

 devoid of lustre or metallic splendor, 



INCURVED, bent or curved inwards. 



INDURATING, in mineralogy, becoming harder by the allien of fir^^ 

 as clays. 



INFLaMMaBLE, emitting flames when burnt. 



INFLECTED, bent inwards. 



INFLORESCENCE), the peculiar mode of flowering. 



INFRACTED, abrupbtly bent inwards, as if broken. 



INFUSORIA, the fifth order of worms, comprehending those minute 

 animalcules, destitute of feelers, generally not visible to the naked 

 eye, and which are mostly found in various infusions. 



INQUINANT, soiling the fingers when rubbed between them. Leav- 

 ing coloured marks when rubbed against other subbtances. 



JNTERNODE, the space between one knot or joint and another. 



INTERRUPTEDLY-PINNATE, having smaller leatets or segment^ 

 between each pair of larger ones : plate 5, fig. 9. 



INTERSCAPULAR, placed between the shoulders, or joints of inserfio» 

 of the wifigs : Birds,, fig. 1 ; /. 



iNTESTIiNA, the first class of worms, consisting of simple naked anU 

 mals, without limbs. 



INTCRS ON, the turning or twisting in any particular dire<51ion. 



INTRACTABLE, not attraaed by the magnet 



INTUMESCENTj swelling or frothing when exposed to the aftion pf 

 fire. 



INVOLUCFL, a small or partial involucre : plate 7, fig. 5 ; c, 

 INVOLUCRE, a species of cal^x placed bcneaih and remote from the- 



flower, as in umbelliferous plants : plate 7^ fig- 5. ; d, 

 INVOLU'i E, rolled inwaids on both sides towards the upper surface * 



plaie 8j Jig. 15. 



