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GLOSSARY. 



Leguminous. Pertaining to or bearing legumes. 



Lenticular. Lens- or lentil-shaped ; of the form 

 of a double-convex lens. 



Lcntiginous. Covered with minute dots or 

 freckles. 



Liber. The inner and often fibrous layer of 

 bark. 



Lid. The top of a capsule separating by trans- 

 verse dehiscence. 



Ligneous. Woody. 



Ligule. A small tongue-like or strap-shaped 

 body, applied to the corolla of ray flowers in 

 Composite, to the thin appendage at the 

 junction of the blade with the sheath in 

 grasses, etc. 



Ligulate. Furnished with a ligule ; strap- 

 shaped. 



Liguliflorous. Having only flowers with ligu- 

 late corollas, as in certain Composite. 



Liliaceous. Lily-like. 



Limb. The dilated and usually spreading por- 

 tion of a perianth or petal, as distinct from 

 the tubular part or claw ; the blade of a 

 leaf. 



Limbate. Bordered. 



Line. The twelfth part of an inch, nearly 

 equivalent to two millimeters. 



Linear. Narrow and elongated, with parallel 

 margins. 



Lineate. Marked with lines. 



Lineolate. Marked with fine lines. 



Linguiform, Lingulate. Tongue-shaped ; ligu- 

 late. 



Lip. Either of the two divisions of a bilabiate 

 corolla or calyx ; in Orchids, the upper 

 petal, usually very different from the others. 



Littoral. Growing on shores, of the sea, or 

 rivers, etc. 



Lobate, Lobed. Divided into or bearing lobes. 



Lobe. Any division of a leaf, corolla, etc., 

 especially if rounded. 



Locellate. Having its cells subdivided, as the 

 cells of an anther bilocellate by a cross-parti- 

 tion. 



Locular. Celled, as bilocular, trilocular, etc. 



Loculicidal. Used when the cells of a capsule 

 open by dehiscence through the dorsal suture. 



Lodicule. A name applied to the minute hy- 

 aline scales in the flower of grasses. 



Loment. A legume jointed and usually con- 

 stricted between the seeds. 



Lonientaceous. Bearing or resembling a loment. 



Lorate. Strap-shaped ; elongated-linear. 



Loricate. Covered with imbricated scales. 



Lucid. Smooth and shining. 



Lunate. Crescent-shaped. 



Lurid. Of a dull dirty-brown color. 



Lutescent. Yellowish ; pale yellow. 



Lyrate. Pinuatifid with the terminal lobe 

 largest and rounded, the lower lobes small. 



Macro-. A Greek prefix signifying large or 



long. 

 Macrospore. In some cryptogams, the larger of 



the two kinds of spores. 

 Maculate. Marked with spots or blotches. 

 Male. Staminate. 



Mamillate. Bearing nipple-shaped prominences. 



Marcesent. Withering and persistent. 



Marginally. Aloug the edge. 



Marginate, Margined. Furnished with a bor- 

 der peculiar in structure or appearance. 



Maritime. Belonging to the sea or sea-coast. 



Mealy. Covered with a whitish mealy powder. 



Medial, Median. Running through the middle 

 longitudinally. 



Membranous, Membranaceous. Thin and rather 

 soft and translucent, like membrane. 



Microspore. The smaller kind of spore in some 

 cryptogams. 



Midrib, or Midncrve. The central and principal 

 nerve of a leaf. 



Mitriform. Mitre-shaped, i. e. conical and 

 slightly narrowed toward the mouth. 



Monadelphous. Having the stamens all united 

 by their filaments into a column or tube. 



Monandrous. Having a single stamen. 



Moniliform. Resembling a necklace or string 

 of beads ; contracted or interrupted at regular 

 intervals. 



Monocarpellary. Formed of a single carpel. 



Monocarpic. Bearing fruit but once. 



Monocotyledon. A plant whose embryo has a 

 single cotyledon. 



Monoxious. With stamens and pistils (or their 

 equivalents in cryptogams) in separate flowers 

 upon the same plant. 



Monopetalous. Gamopetalous, having the co- 

 rolla in one piece, at least at base. 



Monophyllous. One-leaved ; composed of a sin- 

 gle leaf. 



Monosepalous. Gamosepalous, having the calyx 

 more or less in one piece. 



Monospermous. One-seeded. 



Mucilaginous. Slimy, like mucilage. 



Mucro, Mucronation. A short and small abrupt 

 tip. 



Mucronate. Terminating in a mucro. 



Mucronulate. Ending with a minute mucro. 



Multicipital. Many-headed, applied to a much- 

 branched rootstock. 



Multifarious. Airanged in many ranks. 



Multifid. Cleft into many lobes or segments. 



Multijugate. Consisting of many pairs. 



Multihcular. Many-celled. 



Muricate. Rough, with short hard points. 



Muriculate. Finely muricate. 



Muticous. Blunt ; without a point. 



Naked. Bare ; without its usual appendages 



or covering, as a stem without leaves. 

 Navicidar. Boat-shaped. 

 Nectar. A sweet secretion within a blossom. 

 Nectariferous. Secreting nectar. 

 Nectary. Any part or appendage of a flower 



which may be supposed to secrete nectar. 

 Nerve. A simple vein ; a rib. 

 Nerved. Having nerves. 

 Netted. Reticulated ; cross- veined like a net. 

 Nodding. Hanging down ; somewhat inclined 



from the perpendicular. 

 Node. A knot or swelling ; a place upon a stem 



where a leaf or whorl of leaves is borne. 

 Nodose. Having knqts or swelling joints. 



