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BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PRODUCTIONS. 



Leaf. 



Isostemonous. A plant Tvliose stamens eqiial the petaU. 



Laciniato. A leaf ■when cut up into numerous acute divisions, called lachute. 



Lageniform. Shaped like a flask. 



Lanceolate. Leaves are lanceolate when hroadest at the centre and gradually 



tapering each Tvay. 

 A leaf is oppoxite when two spring from the same node or opposite 

 sides of the stem ; ichorkd or verticilldte, when several proceed 

 from the same node ; alternate, when but one proceeds from 

 a node, and the next leaf is on the opposite side of the stem ; 

 decussate, when in opposite pairs, each pair at right angles to 

 the next ; sccund, when all start from, or are turned to one 

 side of the stem ; peltate, when the petiole is not centrall}' or 

 non-marginally attaclied below. 

 A follicle which opens along both its ventral and dorsal sutures 



into two valves. 

 See Bark. 

 Leaves are linear when with nearl)- parallel sides and more than five 



times longer than broad. 

 Minute scales surrounding the reproductive organs of some grasses. 

 The true germinating spores of Lyeopodiacem, termed also oophoridia 



and spherotlieca. 

 A flower which has an andrxchtm , but no pidil. 

 The middle layer of the pericaip. 

 The minute hole whereby the pollen gains access to the ovule and 



effects its fertilization. 

 The goniotheca of Lycnpodiace(e, containing the antheridia. 

 Monadelphous, Didelphous, etc. Stamens are so termed when united into one or 



more clusters. 

 Monandrous. See Polyandrous. 



Monoecious. A plant on which grow both male and female flowers. 



Monogynous, Digynous, etc. A flower is so called when the pistil consists of one or 



more parts. 

 Monosepalous. A cali/x whose sepals more or less cohere. 



Monopetalous or Gamopetalous. The corolla whose leaves unite to form a single piece. 



Legume. 



Liber. 

 Linear. 



Lodicules. 

 Macro-sporangia 



Jfale. 



Mesocarp. 



Microjiyle. 



Micro-sporangia. 



Muticous. 

 Mycelium. 



Neuter. 



Orthotropous. 



Obovate. 



Opposite. 

 Oogunia. 



Oophoridia. 



Ovary. 



Ovate. 



Ovule. 



Unarmed, as the glumelle of a grass unprovided with an awn. 



That portion of a fungus from which under favourable conditions 

 the reproductive organs are developed. It is tenacious of 

 vitality and can remain dormant for long periods, till stimu- 

 lated into vigorous growth by light and moisture. It may 

 exist in a filamentous, membranous, pulpy, or tubercular 

 form, and is comparable with the sareode of the Protozoa. 



A flower devoid ol pistil and a/idrccciiim. 



See Ovule. 



Leaves are obovate when egg-shaped, with the broader end 

 towards the apex. 



See Leaf. 



Globose bodies wherein are developed the reproductive globules 

 termed oospores. 



See Macro-sporangia. 



The blade of the caqx"! which protects the ovules. 



Leaves are ovate when egg-shaped, with the broader end towards 

 the base. 



Small bodies (eggs) produced on the earpels. An ovule is straight 

 or orthotropous when it is uniformly developed, and the iniero- 

 p)ile remains opposite to the hiluiii. Should, however, the 

 ovule be developed unequally, and the micropyle curve round 

 in the direction of the hilum, it is tiion termed reversed ana- 

 tropous. "SVhcn the hilum and chalaza are united, and the 



