158 L U R 



INFERIOR. Below. A calyx or corol is inferior when it comes out be- 

 low the germ. See germ. 



INFLATED. Appearing as if blown up with wind. 

 INFLEXED, infexus. The same as incurved. 



IXFLORESCENCE, 13. INTERRUPTEDLY PINNATE, 18. 



INTRODUCED. Not originally native, Broug-ht from some other coun- 

 try. 



INVOLUCRE, 9. 



Involucres of ferns generall lie on the tops of the capsules, like a 

 piece of linen spread out to dry. They are said to open inwards, 

 when they separate from the frond so as to leave the capsules naked 

 on the side next the midrib. 



IK VOLUTE. Rolled inwards. 



IRREGULAR. Differing 1 in figure, size, or proportion of parts, among 

 themselves. 



KEEL, 11. 



KEELFD. Having a ridge resembling the keel of a boat or ship. 



KiDNEY-FORii, 16. 



KNEED. See geniculate. 



JVNOBS (Cephalodia.) That kind of receptacle of lichens, which is 

 convex, more or less globular, covered externally with a coloured 

 eed-bearing crust, and placed generally at the extremities of stalks, 

 originating from the frond, permanent ; rarely sessile. Sometimes 

 they are at first spangles on filamentous lichens, and afterwards be- 

 come convex irregular knobs. They are simple, compound or con- 

 glomerate. Smith. 



LABIATE, 10. 



LACERATED; lacerus. Torn. Cut, or apparently torn into irregular 

 segments. 



LAMINA. Thin plate. The broad upper part of the petal of a poly- 

 pet^lous corol. 



LANCEOLATE, 16 



LANCE-OYATE, Sec. Partaking of the lanceolate form and of that with 

 which it is compounded. 



LATERAL. On one side. 



LEAFET, or LEAFLET, One of the lesser leaves which, with others, 

 constitue a compound leaf. A simple leaf is never a leafet, how- 

 ever small. 



LEGUME, 12. 



LIGULATE. That kind of floret, in some compound flowers, which 

 consists of a single strap-like petal which becomes tubular at the 

 base only ; as all the florets in a dandelion, and the ray florets in a 

 sunflower. 



LILIACEOUS, 11. 



LIMB. The broad spreading part of the petal of a monopetalous corol. 



LINEAR, \6 



Li ON -TOOT HE i) See auncinate. 



LOBE. Divisions, which are rounded, or parted by rounded or curved 

 incisions. 



LOB ED, 16. 



LOMENT A legume pod with transverse partitions. 



Of a palish, dull, deathly colour. Most plants with lurid 



