GLOSSARY 313 



Soft-wood trees with light, soft wood, in which the annual 



rings are not well defined in early stages or late formation. 

 Herbaceous (herba = herbage). AppUes to a soft annual 



stem that dies to the root annually, and is reproduced 



from a perennial root. 

 Imbricated (imbricare = to cover with hollow gutter tiles, 



down which the rain (imber) runs). AppHed to leaves 



overlapping like tiles on a roof. Note the scales of cones 



and the leaf-growth of the Araucaria Imbricata, and 



many others. 

 Inflorescenxe (inflorescere = to begin to blossom). Term 



applied to the way flowers are situated upon plants. 



Synonym : Flower Cluster. 

 Internode. Vide Node. 

 Involucre (involvere = to involve). A whorl, or ring of 



bracts. 

 Keeled. Keel-shaped, with a prominence on the back. 



Vide Carinate, boat-shaped. 

 Lacinl\te (lacinia = lappet, or small piece of a garment). 



Apphed to leaves cut into narrow lobes and with an 



appearance of having been gashed with scissors. 

 Lanceolate (lancea = a lance). Having the form of a lance, 



i.e. tapering at both ends. Broadest below the middle. 



Oblanceolate, broadest above the middle. 

 Lateral (latus = side). Apphed to leaves in the Cupressineae 



that grow on the side of the branchlets. Those that 



grow on the upper and lower side of shoot are called 



variously dorsal and facial, or Dorso-ventr-\l {q. vide). 

 Leaf Bud. A bud producing a stem with leaves only. 

 Ligneous (Hgnum = wood). Wooden, or having the texture 



of wood. 

 Linear (linum = flax, thence a thread). Narrow, with the 



two sides nearly parallel, e.g. the leaf of a Yew tree. 

 LiTORALis (Htus = the sea-shore). Growing on the sea-shore. 

 Luteus (lutum = a herb used for dyeing a yellow colour) 



Of a deep yellow colour. 

 Macro (macro = long or large). ^lacrophylla = large-leaved. 

 Margin (margo = edge or border). The edge of a leaf is 



caUed its margin, e.g. entire margin is even and smooth ; 



serrate margin has sharp teeth like a saw pointing for- 



