Incubous 



A DICTIONARY 



Infectious 



time the organism enters tlie 

 body until the disease appears. 



IN'CUBOUS, having the tip of one 

 leaf overlap the base of the one 

 above it, as in the Jungerman- 

 niacese. Compare Succubous. 



INCUMBENT, leaning or lying 

 upou; applied to cotyledons 

 when the radicle is folded 

 against the back of one of 

 them (the radicle in such case 

 being dorsal). Compare Ac- 

 cumbent. An anther is in- 

 cumbent when lying on the 

 inside of the filament to which 

 it is attached. Compare Veb- 

 satile. 



INCUR'VATE, see Incubved. 



INCURVED', bent or curved in- 

 ward; incurvate. 



iNDEglD'UOUS, either evergreen 

 or persistent. 



INDEFINITE, either uncertain 

 or not uniform in number, or 

 too many to be readily count- 

 ed; numerous; over twenty 

 when applied to stamens. 

 Also applied to objects which 

 have no well-defined boundary 

 or outline. 



Indefinite growth, see in- 



DETEBMINATE. 



Indefinite iNFLORES'gENgE, 



see Indetebminate. 

 iNDEHlS'CENT, not opening in 

 a definite manner at maturity 

 to discharge the contents. The 

 fruits of the pea and lily are 

 dehiscent, those of the tomato 

 and apple indehiscent. 



Indeterminate, a mode of 



centripetal inflorescence in 

 which the flowers all arise 

 from axillary buds. Applied 

 also to all stems which do not 

 produce a well-developed ter- 

 minal bud at the close of the 

 season, as the grape. Com- 

 pare Detebminate. 



INDIFFERENT, undifferen- 

 tiated; not specialized; as in- 

 different cells or tissues. 



INDIGENOUS, strictly native; 

 aboriginal. Compare Natu- 

 ralized. 



iNDlVlD'UAL FERTILIZATION, 

 a term applied by L. H. 

 Bailey to cross-fertilization 

 between different flowers 

 upon the same plant. 



LNDUMEN'TUM, any hairy cover- 

 ing upon plauts. 



iNDUP'LlCATE, having the mar- 

 gins folded inward. Compare 

 Involute. 



InDURAS CENT, becoming hard. 



IN'DURATED, hardened. 



INDU'SLATED, furnished with an 

 indusium. 



INDU'SIUM, an outgrowth of the 

 epidermis covering the sorus in 

 many kinds of ferns; shield. 

 Also applied to a ring of "col- 

 lecting hairs" below the stigma, 

 as in Lobeliaceae. 



INDU'§IUM, FALSE, see False 

 Indusium. 



INDU'VLZE, any parts of the flow- 

 er which persist and cover the 

 fruit at maturity; also dead 

 and withered leaves which re- 

 main persistent on the stem. 

 Compare Reliquiae. 



iNEQUlLAT'ERAL, unequal 

 sided. 



INER'MOUS, unarmed; destitute 

 of spines, prickles, etc. 



INFARCT'ATE, see Fabctate. 



INFECTIOUS. In ordinary use 

 this term has the same sense 

 as Contagious, being applied to 

 all diseases which are commu- 

 nicable from one plant or ani- 

 mal to another by direct con- 

 tact or otherwise. In a broad 

 sense infectious includes Con- 

 tagious, as defined under that 



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