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VOCABULARY. 



table, or in the economy of domestic af 



fairs. 



Hon'eycup. See nectary. 

 Hood'ed. See cucullate, or cowled. 

 Hora'riun. Continuing but an hour. 

 Horizon' tal. Parallel to the horizon. 

 Horn. See spur. 

 Ifu'iuiH*. Low, humble. 

 Husk. The larger kind of glume, as th 



husks of Indian corn. 

 Hybema'lis. Growing in winter. 

 Hy'brid. A vegetable produced by th 



mixture of two species ; the seeds of hy 



brids are not fertile. 

 Hy'po. (From upo, under.) Much used in 



the composition of scientific terms. 

 Hypocratrr'iform. Salver shaped, with a 



tube abruptly expanded into a flat bor 



dcr. 

 Hypog'ynous. Under the style. 



I. 



Icthyol'ofry. The science of fishes. 



Icosari 'drous. Having about twenty sta 

 mend growing on the calyx. Such plants 

 furnish a great proportion of the mos. 

 delicious pulpy fruits. 



Im'bricate. Lying over, like scales, 

 shingles of a roof. 



Impcr'fi rt. Wanting the stamen or pistil 



Incarna'tua. Flesh coloured. 



; >#r. Front tooth. 



Included. Wholly received, or container 

 in a cavity : the opposite of exsert. 



Incomplete. Flowers destitute of a calyx 

 or corolla arc said to In- incomplete. A 

 term differim: from imperfect. 



Incras'yuti. Thickened upward, larger 

 towards tho end. 



In'crcmeiit. The quantity of increase. 



Inruiii'/,' nt. 1 ,eaiiin upon or against. 



Incur 'ml. Unit inwards. 



Indig'enous. Native, growing wild in n 

 country. (Some r.\otics, after a time 

 spread and appear as it indigenous.) 



In' du rat i'd. Becoming hard. 



Ivtlu'*iuin. A covcrin; plural indnsia. 



Infi 'riur. Below ; a calyx or corolla is in 

 t'erior when it comes out below the germ 



Injln'trd. Appearing as if blown out with 

 wind, hollow. 



/ d. The same as incurved. 



Inflorescence. (From ivflorcsco, to flour- 

 ish.) The manner in which flowers are 

 connected to the plant by the peduncle, 

 as in the whorl, raceme, &c. 



Infrin-'tiif. Hent in with such an acute 

 angle as to appear broken. 



Infundibultfiu-'mi.t. Funnel form. 



hi* 1 1- tul. (Jrowinsioutof, or fixed upon. 



/.-/ "ili a*. Sitting upon. 



Insig-ni'tus. Marked. 



Ih'teger. Entire. 



Jtiti-nin'ilc. The space between joints ; as 

 in gr.i- 



Intcrniptcdly-pin'nate. When smaller lea- 

 fets are inte.rposed among the principal 

 ones. 



Intor'tu*. Twisted inwards. 



Jut rail ii'ced. Not originally native. 

 Brought from s.ime other country. 



Inrutu'crinii. A kind of general calyx serv- 

 ing > many flowers, generally situ- 



ated at the base of an umbel or bead. 



Involu'cel. A partial involucrum. 



In'volute. Boiled inwards. 



Irides'cent. (From /ri>, the rainbow.) 



Reflecting light. 



Irreg'ular. Differing in figure, si/.p or pro- 

 portion of parts among themselves. 



Irritabil'ity. The power of iM-ing excited 

 so as to produce contraction ; this power 

 belongs to vegetables as well as animals ; 

 sensation i-s thought to imply the exist- 

 ence of internal properties not possessed 

 by plants ; though some ha\e attributed 

 sensation to plants as well as animals. 



J. 



Jag' red. Irregularly divided and subdivi- 



Jaws. See faux. 

 Joint.--. Knots or rings in culms, pods, 



leaves, Sec. 



Ju'fum. A yoke; growing in pairs. 

 Juita-position. (From juxta, near, and 

 I, to place.) Nearness of place. 



K. 



or the feel. The under lip of a papilionaceous 



flower. 



Kerl'ed. Shaped like the keel of a boat or 

 ship. 



/. See Nucleus. 



',,11,1,1. Heart shaped without 

 the point, and broader than long. 

 Knre. A joint, being genticulate. 

 Knob'bed. In thick lumps, as the potato. 

 Knot. Bee joints. 



La'biate. Having lips as in the class Di- 



dynamia. 



acin'iate. Jagged, irregularly torn, lace- 

 rated. 



Lades' cent. Yielding a juice, unusually 

 white like milk, sometimes red, as in the 

 blood root. 



tir'tui*. Milk white. 

 ocus' tris. Growing about lakes. 

 Smooth, even. 



Lamil' Intnl. In thin plates. 



La in' in n. The liroad or flat end of a petal, 

 in distinction from ils daw. 



La'nate. Woolly. 



Laiicr'-iilnti'. Spear shaped, narrow with 

 both ends acute. 



Lance-o'rate. A compound of lanceolate 

 and ovate, intermediate. 



Lut'i-nil. (From latus.) On one side. 

 La' tint. (From lateo, to hide.) Hidden, 

 concealed 



Lnr'ra. The caterpillar state of an in- 

 sect. 



Lax. Limber, flaccid. 



Leafet. A partial leaf, part of a com- 

 pound leaf. 



Lcaf'-statk. See petiole. 

 rff'uine. A jiot or pericarp, having its 

 seeds attached to one side or suture ; as 

 the pea and IM an. 



',rtru'iitiinniii. Hearing legume*. 



.tpu>i't/iiui. A term used for a petal-like 

 nectary ; like that of the larkspur and 

 monkshood. 



