GLOSSARY 151 



Fan-shaped. Shaped like a fan or the sector of a circle, as 



in Figs. 15, 138. 



Fleshy. Of the general consistency of a ripe apple or pear. 

 Forking. Splitting into two nearly equal structures, as 



branches or veins, as in many of the side veins in 



Fig. 1 80. 

 Fruit. That part of the plant which produces or contains 



the seeds, together with other attached parts. 

 Furrowed. With longitudinal grooves alternating with 



ridges, as in Fig. 273. 



Gland. A name commonly applied to a small protuberance. 

 Glaucous. Covered with a bluish or whitish minute pow- 

 der which is readily removed by the fingers. 



Heart-shaped (leaf). A broad leaf indented (often deeply) 

 at the base, while the apex is commonly pointed, as in 

 Fig. 102. Also applied to the base only. 



Husk. An outer covering, usually somewhat woody or 

 fibrous. Commonly restricted to fruits. 



Incised. With deeply and sharply cut notches, as in 



Figs. 126, 140. 

 Internode. The portion of the stem between two nodes. 



Juicy. Containing much watery sap or juice (e. g., an 

 orange or a cherry). 



Lance-shaped. Very narrowly egg-shaped, with the length 

 two or three times the width, as in Fig. 37. 



Lateral bud. A bud situated on the side of a branch. 



Leaflet. A separate blade of a compound leaf. Fig. 118 is 

 a pinnately once compound leaf with 7 leaflets. 



