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Inserted into. Growing out of. 



Internode. The space between joints ; as in Grasses. 



Interruptedly pinnate. When smaller leafets are interposed 



among the principal ones. 

 Involucre, or Involucrum. A sort of general calyx serving for 



many flowers ; generally situated at the base of an umbel, or 



head ; as in Conium maculalum (Hemlock) and Cornus 



fiorida. Also the Indusium. 

 Involucel. A partial involucre. 

 Irregular corolla. Having its upper and lower sides unlike. 



K 



Keel. The under petal of a papilionaceous flower. Also the 

 lower side of the midrib of a leaf. 



Keeled. Shaped like a keel. 



Kidney-shaped. Heart-shaped without the point, and broader 

 than long. 



L 



Labiate. Having an upper and lower lip, as in flowers of the 

 class Didynamia. 



Laciniate. Cut, torn, and jagped. 



Lactescent. Yielding a white, or milky juice, when wounded; 

 as in the Poppy. 



Lamellated. In thin plates. 



Lamina. The border or flat end of a petal, in distinction from 

 its claw. AI«o a thin layer, plile, or membrane of any kind. 



Lanceolate. Spear shaped. Narrow, with both ends acute, as 

 in ths leave* of Privet, and Persian Lilac. 



Lanuginous Woolly. 



Lateral. At the side. 



Leafet. A partial leaf A constituent of a compound leaf. 



Legume. A pod or seed vessel having its seeds attached to one 

 side or suture ; commonly of a long form and not jointed. 

 In the P«a, Bean, &-c 



Leguminous. Bearing legumes. 



Lepanthium. A petaloid nectary, as in Larkspur and Monks- 

 hood. 



Liber. The inner bark. 



Ligneovs. Woody. 



Ligulale. Ribbon shaped. A kind of corolla found in com- 

 pound flowers, consisting of a tube at bottom, continued into 

 a long flat portion at top ; as in the florets of the Dandelion, 

 Succory, &c. 



Lilinrtous. Resembling the Lily. 



Limb. The b< rder or spread ng part of a monopetalous corolla. 



Linear. Long and very narrow with parallel sides; as the 

 leaves of grasses. 



Lip. The upper or under side of the mouth of a labiate corolla ; 

 as in Sage, Hyssop, Sic. 



