GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 201 



Internode (Inter, Lat., between, 

 nodus, Lat., a knot), the 

 portion of stem between any 

 leaf and the one next above 

 or below. 



Laciniate (Lacinia, Lat., the 

 flap of a garment), slashed 

 or cut into narrow lobes. 



Lanceolate (Lanceo, Lat., a 

 lance), used for a leaf or flat 

 organ when narrow with the 

 base slightly broadened ; the 

 next breadth after subulate 

 or awl-shaped. 



Ligulate (Ligula, Lat., a little 

 tongue), strap-shaped. 



Limb (Limbus, Lat., a border), 

 the free-expanded portion of 

 a gamopetalous corolla or 

 gamosepalous calyx ; of an 

 Iris flower, the "falls" and 

 " standards." 



Linear (Linea, Lat., a line or 

 thread), narrow, several 

 times longer than wide ; of a 

 Jong narrow leaf. 



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Mucronate (Mucro, Lat., a 

 sharp point), with a short 

 and straight point, as at the 

 apex of a leaf. 



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Oblanceolate (Ob, as a prefix, 

 usually means inversely or 

 oppositely), inversely lanceo- 

 late. 



Oblong (Oblongus, Lat., rather 

 long), much longer than 

 broad ; follows linear in next 

 degree of breadth, less than 

 oval. 



Obovate, inversely ovate. 



Obtuse (Obtusus, Lat., blunt or 

 rounded at the end), with a 

 short rounded point. 



Ochraceous (Ochra, Lat., a 

 yellow earth), yellow with a 

 tinge of red. 



Orbicular (Orbicular is, Lat., 

 circular), nearly or quite 

 round. 



Oval (Ovum, Lat., an egg), a 

 degree broader than oblong 

 and less than elliptical. 



Ovate (Ovatus, Lat., egg- 

 shaped), shaped like the 

 longitudinal section of a 

 hen's egg ; used to express 

 a greater breadth than 

 lanceolate. 



Ovary (Ovum, Lat., an egg), 

 that part of the pistil which 

 ultimately forms the fruit ; 

 the germen of old authors. 



Panduriform (Pandura, Lat., 

 a three-stringed musical 



