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GLOSSARY. 



Greek and Latin. Salverform or sal- 

 ver-shaped; that is, in the form of a 

 salver raised on a central support or 

 stem beneath. Said of a corolla and 

 the like with slender tube abruptly ex- 

 panded into a flat limb; 248. 



IIyj)uy<eous (-CBUS). Growing or remain- 

 ing underground; 19. 



Hypoyynous (-its). Under or free from 

 the gynoecium or pistil ; 182. 



Hypophyllous (-us). Growing on the un- 

 der side of a leaf. 



Jfypophylliiim. An abortive leaf or scale 

 under another leaf, or seeming leaf, as 

 in Asparagus and Kuscus. 



Bypsophylla. Answers to the German 

 " Hochblatter," or high leaves, those 

 of the inflorescence, i. e. bracts and 

 the like; 6. 



Jlysteranthous (-us). With leaves pro- 

 duced later than the blossoms. 



Jcosandria. The Linnaean class with 

 twenty stamens (as the name denotes) 

 or a larger number, inserted on the 

 calyx ; 334. fcosandrous is the corre- 

 sponding adjective ; 249. 



Imberbis. Not bearded. 



imbricate (-atus), Imbricative. Over- 

 lapping so as to "break joints," like 

 tiles or shingles on a roof; either with 

 parts all in one horizontal row or cir- 

 cle, as in the aestivation of a calyx or 

 corolla, when at least one piece must 

 be wholly external and one internal; 

 or with the tips of lower parts covering 

 the bases of higher ones in a succession 

 of rows or spiral ranks ; 135. 



Immarginaie (-atus). Not margined or 

 bordered. 



Immersed (-*). Growing wholly under 

 water. 



Impari-pinnate. Pinnate with an odd 

 terminal leaflet; 101. 



Inequilateral (-alls). Unequal-sided. 



Inanis. Empty, as an anther containing 

 no pollen. 



Inappendiculate (-atus). Not appen- 

 daged. 



Incanescent. Same as Canescent. 



Incanus. Hoary-white. 



Incarnate (-atus). Flesh-colored. See 

 Carneus. 



Incised (-s). Cut irregularly and 

 sharply; 98. 



Included (Inclusus). When the part in 

 question does not protrude beyond the 

 surrounding organ. 



Incomplete (-us). Wanting some essen- 

 tial component part ; 190. 



Incrassate (-atus). Thickened. 



Incubous (-us). The tip of one leaf or 

 other part lying flat over the base of 

 the next above it. 



Incumbent (-ens). Leaning or resting 

 upon. 



incumbent Anther. One lying against 

 the inner face of filament ; 253. 



Incumbent Cotyledons, when the back 

 of one lies against the radicle; 313. 



"Incurved (-us). Bending from without 

 inward. 



Indefinite (-itus). Relates usually to 

 number, this either uncertain or too 

 many for easy counting. 



Indefinite Growth, 49. 



Indefinite Inflorescence, same as Inde- 

 terminate; 144. 



Indthiscent (-ens). Not opening by valves, 

 chinks, or along regular lines; 288. 



Indeterminate. Not terminated abso- 

 lutely, as the inflorescence in which 

 no blossom ends the axis of the flower- 

 cluster; 144, 146. 



Indigenous (-us). Native and original 

 to the country. 



Individuals, 315. 



Jndivisus. Undivided, i. e. not cleft, 

 lobed, or parted. 



Indumentum. Any hairy covering or 

 pubescence which forms a coating. 



Induplicate (-atus). With edges folded 

 in or turned inward. 



Indusium. The proper (often shield- 

 shaped) covering of the sorus or fruit- 

 cluster of a Fern. 



Induviate (-atus). Clothed with with- 

 ered parts or Induvia (clothing). 



Inequilateral. Unequal-sided; 106. 



Inermis. Unarmed, without prickles, 

 thorns, &c. 



Inferior (Inferus). Said of one organ 

 when below another. In the blossom 

 also in the sense of anterior ; 160. An 

 inferior calyx is one below the ovary, 

 or free ; 183. An inferior ovary is one 

 with adnate or superior calyx ; 183. 



Inflated (-atus). Bladdery. 



Infiexed (-us). Bent or turned abruptly 

 inward. 



Inflorescence. Mode of disposition of 

 flowers ; less properly used for a flower- 

 cluster itself; 141. 



Infra-axillary (-aris). Below the axil. 



Infundibuliform (-ormis), Infundibular 

 (-arts). Funnelform, funnel-shaped: 

 249. 



