GLOSSARY. 13 
Lnverse, or Inverted, in a position opposed to an original direction. (Plate 104, fig. 3.) 
Lnvolucel, a small involucre. 
/nvolucre, a set of bracts around a flower (plate 1), umbel (plate 148), or head (plate 62). 
/nvolute, grown inwards from the edges (the upper leaves of plate 74). 
rrepulae flowers, This name is given when members of the same sort as, for instance, the 
petals are unlike in shape or size (fig. 3, plate 46). 
Jointed, separate or separable at one or more places into pieces (the stamens, fig. 2, plate 
148; the plant, plate 61). 
. Keel, see Carina, 
Kidney-shaped, resembling a kidney in general outline. (Plate 61, fig. 6.) 
Labiate, lipped. (Plate 97, fig. 7.) 
Laciniate, slashed into deep narrow lobes (the leaves of plate 95). 
Lactescent, milky, or producing a milky juice. 
Lamellar, consisting of flat plates. 
Lanate, woolly. : 
Lanceolate, \jance-shaped (leaves of plate 114). 
Lanuginous, cottony. 
Lateral, pertaining to one side. 
Lax, the opposite of crowded. 
Leaflet, one of the divisions of a compound leaf. 
Legume, a simple pod that splits into two pieces—like that of the pea. 
Leguminous, pertaining to legumes, or the order Leguminose. 
Lenticular, \ens-shaped. (Plate 152, fig. 8.) 
Ligneous, woody. 
Ligulate, having a ligule. 
Ligule, the strap-shaped limb of the corolla of many Composite. (Plate 81, fig. 5.) 
Limd, the border of a monopetalous corolla. 
Linear, flat and narrow, with parallel margins, as the leaves of the hemlock. (Plate 164, 
fig 3.) 
Lineate, marked with parallel lines. 
Lip, the principal lobes of a bilabiate corolla or calyx (plainly seen in the fever of plate 
113); also the peculiar petal of the orchids. (Plate 170, fig. 3.) 
Lobe, any division of a leaf or other organ. 
Loculicidal, splitting through the middle of the dorsum of each cell. (Plate 23, fig. 5.) 
Lunate, crescent-shaped. 
Lyrate, \yre-shaped. (Plate 24, fig. 2.) 
Maculate, spotted or blotched. (Plate 68, fig. 2.) 
Male flower, having stamens but no pistils. (Plate 33, fig. 3.) 
Mamme, teat-like projections. (Plate 103, fig. 2.) _ 
Marcescent, withering without falling off (as the petals of plate 30). 
Marginal, belonging to the edge. 
Masked, see Personate, 
Medium, pertaining to the middle. 
Medullary, having the nature of pith. 
Membranaceous, membrane-like (as the sheaths, fig. re _ pee 
