8i2 GLOSSARY. 



Indehiscent, fruit not opening at maturity. 



Inflorescence, the arrangement in which flowers are produced. 



Involucre, a whorl of bracts about the base of a single flower ; an 

 umbel or head. 



Joint, that part of a stem from which a leaf or leaves spring ; a 

 node. 



Kernel, the seed or edible substance enclosed in a shell or nut. 



Laverginous, cottony or woolly. 



Layers, side-shoots bent down and buried in the middle in the 

 soil to take root. 



Lay in, selecting and fastening new branches or shoots to a wall 

 or trellis. 



Lay in by the heels, to bury the roots of trees temporarily in a 

 trench. 



Leading shoot, the longest or main shoot of a tree. 



Liber, the innner fibrous bark of exogenous plants. 



Linear, narrow and flat. 



Lobe, a prominent division, as of a leaf. 



Lopping, cutting branches down to the main stem. 



Maiden plant, a tree of one year's growth from the bud or graft. 



Mesocarp, the middle layer of the pericarp. 



Monoecious, a plant with staminate and pistillate flowers on the 

 same individual. 



Naked, destitute of both calyx and corolla. 



Node, that part of the stem from which a leaf or leaves spring. 



Nut, a dry indehiscent fruit having a woody or bony shell. 



Oblate, flattened, so that the least diameter is between the base 

 and apex. 



Oblong, when the length exceeds the width and the sides are 

 nearly parallel. 



Obovate, largest toward the apex or crown. 



Obtuse, rounded or blunt, wide angle. 



Ovate, egg-shaped, largest toward the stem. 



Panicle, a compound raceme. 



Peduncle, the flower or fruit stalk ; the stem. 



Perennial, a plant which lives several or many years. 



Perfect, a flower which has both stamens and pistils. 



Perianth, the floral envelopes. 



Pericarp, the matured ovary or seed-vessel. 



Petals, flower- leaves, usually colored. 



Petiole, stem of a leaf. 



Pilose, hairy. 



Pinch in, to stop the growth of a shoot by pinching off the tip. 



Pistil, the organ in a flower which is fertilized and bears the seed. 



