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\J[fi i btrna f lis. Growing in winter. 

 tfy'brid. A vegetable produced by the mixture of two species j the 



seeds of hybrids are not fertile. 

 Hy'po. From upo, under ; much used in the composition of scientific 



terms. 

 Hypocrater'iform. Salver shaped, with a tube abruptly expanded into 



a flat border. 

 Hypog'ynous. Under the stvl 



fcthyol'ogy. The science of fishes. 



ktfan'drtus. Having about twenty stamens growing on the calyx 



Such plants furnish a great proportion of the most delicious pulpv 



fruits. 



Im'bricate. Lying over, like scales, or the shingles of a roof. 

 Imper'fect. Wanting the stamen or pistil. 

 Incarna'tus. Flesh coloured. ^ 



Inci'sor. Fore tooth. 

 Included. Wholly received, or contained in a cavity ; the opposite 



oi exsert. 

 Incomplete. Flowers destitute of a calyx or corolla are said to be in- 



complete. A term differing from imperfect. 

 Incras'sate. Thickened upward, larger towards the end. 

 In'crement,. The quantity of increase. 

 Incum'bent. Leaning upon or against. 

 Incur'ved. Bent inwards. 

 Indig'enous. Native, growing wild in a country, (some exotics after 



a time, spread and appear as if indigenous.) 

 In'duratcd. Becoming hard. 

 Infe'rior. Below ; a calyx or corolla is inferior wnen it comes out 



below a germ. 



Infla'ted. Appearing as if blown out with wind, hollow. 

 Inflexfed. The same as incurved. 

 Inflores'cence, (from infloresco, to flourish.) The manner in which 



flowers are connected to the plant by the peduncle, as in the whorl, 



raceme, &c. 



Infrac'tus. Bent in with such an acute angle as to appear bioken. 

 liifundibulifor'mis. Funnel form. 

 liiser'ted. Growing out of, or fixed upon 

 l.nsi'dens. Sitting upon. 

 Insigni'tus. Marked. 

 Integer. Entire. 



litierno'de. The space between joints . a m grasses. 

 Interruptedly-pin'nate. When smaller leafets are interposed among 



the principal ones. 

 Intor'tus. Twisted inwards. 



I/Urodtt'cfd. Not originally native. Brought from some other c^untrr. 

 Involu'crum. A kind of general calyx, serving for many flowers, ge- 



nerally situated at the base of an umbel or head. 

 [nrolu'cel. A partial involucrum. 

 Rolled inwards. 



