GLOSSARY. 



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I. 



Icosandrous, having 20 stamens or more. 



Imbricate j , aid ovfir each Qther 1; , 



Imbricated, ) 



Immarginate, without a margin. 



Immersed, buried in ; applied to the leaves of water 

 plants when they grow under water, also to the 

 ovary when it is buried in the disk. 



Impari-pinnate, leaves pinnate, with a terminal or 

 odd leaflet. 



Impressed, pressed into. 



Inarticulated, without joints. 



Inciso-repand, cut and repand. 



Inclined, bending inwards, forming a curve. 



Incomplete, not full. 



Incumbent, lying upon any thing; in Cruciferai 

 when the radicle lies upon the back of the co- 

 tyledons. 



Incurved, bending inwards. 



Indefinite, that which cannot be counted, an irregu- 

 lar number. 



Indehiscent, not dehiscent, not opening. 



Induplicate, doubled inwards, folded inwards. 



Indurated, hardened. 



Indusiuni, the membrane that incloses the thecae in 

 ferns. 



Inferior, any thing placed below the ovary is so 

 called, the lowest of any thing ; the ovary or fruit 

 is said to be inferior when it is crowned by the 

 calyx, petals, and stamens ; a radicle is said to be 

 inferior when it is situated at the lower end of 

 the seed at the hylum. 



Inflexed, bent inwards. 



Inflorescence, disposition of the flowers. 



Infra-axillary, below the axils of the leaves. 



Infracted, bending inwards. 



Inner-angle of the fruit or cells, the central placenta. 



Inspissated, thickened, spoken of sap or other 

 liquor. 



Integument, the outer covering of seeds. 



Intermediate, between two plants ; the middle one 

 of any thing. Intermediate is applied to the 

 styles in Oxalis when they are longer than the 

 outer stamens, and shorter than the inner ones. 



Internodes, the space between the joints in stems. 



Interpetiolar, between the petioles or leafstalks. 



Interrupted, any thing which is not continuous, but 

 is separated by gaps or vacancies. 



Interruptedly-crested, crested at intervals. 



Interruptedly- lyrate, lyratedwith smaller lobes inter- 

 vening between the larger ones. 



Interruptedly-pinnate, pinnate with smaller leaflets 

 intervening between the larger ones. 



Interruptedly-pinnatifid, pinnatifid with smaller 

 lobes intervening between the larger ones. 



Interstices, spaces between one thing and another. 



Intenalvular, in the middle of the valves. 



Intra- axillary, within the axils of leaves. 



Intricate, entangled. 



nverse, i y down, opposed to direct. 

 Inverted, ) ' 



Involucel, a small involucre. 

 Involucelled, having an involucel. 



i the bracteas which surround the flow- 

 ers or umbels, particularly in um- 

 belliferous plants. 



Involucrate, ) , -, 



. ', > having an involucrum. 

 Involucrated, ) 



Involute, rolled inwards. 



3. 



d, cut in a coarse manner. 

 Joints, the places at which the pieces of the stem 

 are articulated with each other. 



K. 



Keel, when the mid-rib of a leaf or petal is sharp 

 and elevated externally, it is called a keel ; in 

 VOL. I. 



papilionaceous flowers the lower petal is called 



the keel. 



Keeled, having a keel. 

 Kneed, knee-jointed, bent like the knee joint. 



L. 



Labellitm, the front segment of an orchideous or 



other flower, the lower petal, the lip. 

 Labiate, having a lip or lips. 



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Involucre, \ 

 Involucrum, | 



Laceratety-tootlwd, toothed in a coarse irregular 



manner. 



Laciniate, \jagged, cut, or divided into unequal 

 Laciniated, ) segments. 

 Lactescent, yielding milky juice. 

 Lacuna;, little pits or depressions, applied to vessels 



when they are full of air. 



Lacunose, covered with little pits or depressions. 

 Lamellate, \ divided by little plates, or covered 

 Lamellated, $ with little plates. 

 Lamellose, having little plates. 

 Lamina, generally applied to a leaf of a plant, con- 



sidered without its petiole. 

 Lanceolate, lance or spear-shaped. 

 Lanceolate, when joined by a hyphen to another 



word, signifies a figure between the two words, as 



lanceolate-linear, lanceolate-spaLnlate, lanceolate- 



oblong, lanceolate-obovate, &c. 

 Lateral, on one side, or on the sides. 

 Lax, loose, not compact. 



Leaflets, small parts of leaves of compound leaves. 

 Leafy, covered with leaves, or the consistence of a 



leaf. 



Leathery, thick, the consistence of leather. 

 Legume, \ a pod, the fruit of leguminous plants, a 

 Legumen,) pea-pod, &c. 

 Leguminous, plants which bear legumes, such as the 



pea, the bean, &c. 



Lenticular, shaped like a lens or pea. 

 Lentiform, shaped like a lens. 

 Lepidoted, covered with prominent dots. 

 Leprous, covered with spots or scales like leprosy. 

 Leprosy, covered with scales or dots resembling the 



leprosy. 



T ( covered with white or silvery 



Leprously- St hery, I d sc ^ s QI gcurf ^^ 



Leprously-wlnte, ^ blin g the leprosy. 



Leprously-tomentose, covered with shaggy down, 

 having the appearance of leprosy. 



Liber, the inner bark. 



Lid, the calyx which falls off from the flower in a 

 single piece, or the lid of a fruit which separates 

 in a single piece. 



Ligula, ) the membrane at the top of the petiole of 



Ligulce, f grasses, and other plants, straps. 



Ligulate, strap-like, having the form of a strap. 



Ligulately-setaceous, between the form of a strap and 

 a bristle. 



Limbate, having a dilated surface. 



Limb, the border of a flower, the spreading part. 



Line, in length the eighth of an inch. 



Linear, narrow, when the two sides are nearly parallel. 



Linear, when joined by a hyphen to another word, 

 signifies a form between the two words, as, linear- 

 filiform, linear-ensate, linear-subulate, linear-lance- 

 olate, linear-spatulate, linear-setaceous, linear- 

 triangular, triangular and linear ; linear-elon- 

 gated, linear and elongated ; linear-sagittate, sa- 

 gittate and linear, &c. 



Linearly-cuneated, between linear and wedge- 

 shaped. 



Lined, having lines or streaks. 



Linguiform, ) ^ , , 



Ungulate, ' J tongue-shaped. 



Lip, the lower petal of any irregular flower. In 

 Aconitum the lower part of the tube of petals or 

 nectaries. 



Lipped, having lips. 



Lithontriptic, having the power of breaking the 

 stone. 



Lobate, divided into lobes. 



Lobately-erenated, having deep crenatures or inden- 

 tations. 



Lobately-winged, having lobed wings. 



Lobe, a division. 



Lobed, divided into lobes. 



Lobulate, having small lobes. 



Lobules, small lobes. 



Located, placed. 



Loculaments, partitions, or cells of a seed-vessel. 



Locular, a fruit is called unilocular if it contains but 

 one cell ; bilocular if it contains two cells ; and 

 trilocular if it contains three cells ; and so on. 



Loculate, having cells. 



Lament, a kind of pod, which falls in pieces when 

 ripe at the joints. 



Lomentaceous, bearing fruit called loments. 



Long, applied to the styles in O'xalis, signifies that 

 they are longer than all the stamens. 



Long-acuminated, having a long taper-point. 



Lorate, shaped like a thong or strap. 



Lubricate, to make slippery. 



Lucid, bright, shining. 



Lunate, ~\ 



Lunulate, > shaped like a half-moon. 



Lunulately, ) 



Lurid, a colour between purple, yellow, and grey. 



Lymphatic, of or belonging to the lymph or sap. 



Lyrate, shaped like a lyre. 



Lyrately-pinnate, pinnate in a lyrate manner. 



Lyrately -pinnatifid, pinnatifid in a lyrate manner. 



M. 



Macerate, to decompose by steeping in water or 



other liquor. 



Mammteform, formed like a nipple or nipples. 

 Marcescent, permanent, when withered not falling off. 

 Margin, edge or border. 

 Marginal, relating to the margin. 

 Marginated, ^ i 

 Margined, '} having a margm. 



Masticatory, grinding or chewing with the teeth. 



Matrix, a place where any thing is generated or 

 formed. 



Medulla, the pith of a plant 



Medullary, relating to the pith of plants. 



Melliferous, bearing honey. 



Membranous, ~\ 



Membraneous, > having the texture of a membrane. 



Membranaceous, ) 



Menstruum, a liquor used as a dissolvent. 



Meshes, the openings of any tissue. 



Micacious, glittering or shining. 



Mica, glittering particles. 



Mid-rib, the middle vein of a leaf which passes from 

 the petiole to the apex. 



Miliary, granulated, resembling many seeds. 



Mitriform, formed like a mitre. 



Monadelphous, having the filaments cohering into a 

 tube. 



Monandrous, having only one stamen. 



Moniliform, formed like a necklace, that is to say, 

 with alternate swellings and contractions, resem- 

 bling a string of beads. 



Monocotyledonous, having only one seed- leaf or coty- 

 ledon. 



Monoecious, having the one sex in one flower, and 

 the other in another on the same plant. 



Monopetalous, having only one petal. 



Monosepalous, having only one sepal. 



Mordant, that which enables vegetable matter or 

 tissue to receive dyes or colouring matter, and to 

 retain them. 



Mottled, marked with blotches of colour of unequal 

 intensity, passing insensibly into each other. 



Mucilage, a turbid slimy fluid. 



Mamma^ j sh ; 



Mucronatea, ) 



Mucronately-acuminated, with a taper-point ending 

 in a mucrone. 



