GLOSSARY 345 



////t'/( <■//;/ /((/'^Spaces hctuxx'ii the cells. 

 Iiilcniodc — The space between two nodes. 

 Iiivoluirc — A wliorl of bracts. 



loiiiitc — \ sohilile substance extracted lioiii kelp and used 

 as a le>l tor starch. 



/.(f/>;//-///n;/ — Yelldw-lldwered trees allied to the I'ea 



family (Lejfuminos.-c). 

 Legume — The dehiscent fruit of the pea family, a pod. 

 Lciiiimiiiosii — A family of plants havint^ for their fruit a 



legume or pod, i.e., Pea, Laburiumi. 

 Lciiticcls — Minute pores in the bark. 

 Liaiic — A hangintj root or stem. 

 Liber — The inner bark, same as phloem. 

 Liniuva — A «jenus of dwarf trailing plants. 

 I.iiseious — Sweet and succulent. 



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Ma}{iiesiiim — The metallic base of magnesia. 

 Mdiinolid — A genus of Howering shrubs and trees. 

 Mdlionia — A genus of evergreen shrubs belonging to the 



barberry faniilv. 

 Mdiiyniii — A genus of plants having capsules with long 



curved hooks. 

 Meldinpyniin — A genus of dwarf flowering plants partlv 



parasitic. 

 Meiiibrdiioiis — Thin and destitute of green colour usually 



applied to bracts. 

 Mesocdrp — The central laver of the pericarp. 

 Mesopliyll — The ground tissue of the leaf. 

 Metdbolisiit — Changes which take place in protoplasm and 



which it causes in other substances. 

 Mie robes — A term applied to one-celled plant atoms, like 



bacteria. 



