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Kuj,Mci()iis. l'",illinj,' ;i\\:iv \rvy (\iil\-. 



iMi.iicIc or I'uni.iiliis. rii.. >tnlk ..t' an avulc 



(.1- seed. 

 iMis.'.ius. Cnnisli hn.wn. 

 Kusiforiii. S|,iiHll.-sliap.Ml. 

 (;aiii<)|R'tal()u>. Ilaxiii^' prlals more or Ic-s 



iiiiilcd. 

 (Jil)l)OUS. Swollen or (■.Nti'iulcd on one side. 

 Glabrate. Nearly or beroniiiij,' jilalnous. 

 Glabrous. Smooth — without iiaiis or roii^di- 



iioss of nii\- kind. 

 (;land. Sccrrtin^' .vll or -rou|. of cells or a 



protnlicrancc n-nnlil i ni,' >anic. 

 Clandular. Sn|i|ili.Ml witli /lands. 

 Clanrcscent. jieconiini,' or ncarlv <,dau('ous. 

 Claucous. Kurnislic.i with a' bluish or 



whitish hlocnn. as seen on the cabbage leaf. 

 (Jlobose. S|)lu>ric'al or nearly so. 

 (iyninospenn. (adj. Gyiuiiospermoiis) A 

 plant having naked ovules or seeds not 



inclosed in an ovary, 

 (iynieciuin. The ])istil or pistils collectively. 

 ( lyiio|ihore. Tiie stipe or stalk of a pistil. » 

 Habit. The foiin or general appearance of a 



plant, 

 ilaliitat. The area over wliieh a species is 



found. 

 Hastate. Shaped like an arrow-head but with 



lobes directed outward. 

 Head. A dense cluster of sessile or nearly 



sessile flowers. 

 Heart-wood. The mature and usually darki-r 



colored central portion of an exogenous 



trunk. 

 Hilum. The scar or place of attachment of 



an ovule or seed. 

 Hirsute. Covered with rather coarse stiff 



hairs. 

 Hispid. Covered with bristly stiff hairs. 

 Hoary. Covered with fine grayish pubescence. 

 Hybrid. A cross between two sjiecies. 

 Hypogenons. Crowing from beneath the 



ovarv. 

 Hnbricated. Overlaj.ping like tiie sliingles of 



a roof. 

 Imperfect. .\p]ilied to llowcrs indicates that 



either pistils or stamens are lacking. 

 Incised. Cut into rather deepl\-. 

 Included. Said i>( stamens whi.di do not |)ro- 



ject beyimd the |)erianth. 

 Incom])lete. A])plied to flowers in wiiich one 



or more of the four sets of lioral oigans are 



wanting. 

 Iiu-umbent. Lxing upon, as the radical 



against the ba.'k of a cotyh'.lon. 

 Hidehiscent. Not ojiening at maturitv. 

 Induplicate. With edges folded inwaVd. 

 Inequilateral. I iieipial-sided. 

 Inferior. Said of an ovary when it is adnate 



to the ealyx-tube. 

 Inrtorescence. The aii-angemeiit of a flower- 

 cluster. 

 Innate. Said of an anther when it is seated. 



as it were, on the end of a filament. 

 Internode. Tlie portion of a stem between the 



points from which the leaves grow. 

 Interpetiolar. Between the ]ietioles. 

 Introrse. Facing inward. 



Involucrate. FMirnishe 

 Inxolu.'re. A whorl o 

 Mower. 



Involute. The sides rnlled jnw; 

 Irregular. Said of (lowers in \ 



pa Its dill'er in size or forni. 

 Keel. .\ central ridge: a No tl 



lerior petals of a pa|.ilionaceous llowcr. 

 i\ev. .\ drv winged iM<lehi-cent fruit; a 



til an involucre, 

 acts subtending a 



nilar 

 1 an- 



Laciniate. Cut into long irreg il ir teeth. 

 Lamella. .\ thin llat scale or plate. 

 Lamellate. Comjiosed of lamellap. 

 Laminate. Consisting of plate-. 

 Lanceolate. Lance-sha));'d. wide ludow and 



tapering to apex, but narrower than ovate. 

 Leaflet. One of the small blade- of a com- 

 pound leaf. 

 Legume. A simi)le diy fruit. compo>etl of a 



single carpel and dehiscent usually along 



both sutures; a pod. as of the Pea. ' 

 Leguminous. I'roilucing legumes. 

 Lenticel. Small lens-shape 1 corky growths 



seen in young barks. 

 Lenticular. Lens-shaped. 

 Lepidote. Bearing small s:urfy scales. 

 Ligulate. Strap-shaped, or provided with 



ligules. descriptive of ((iinlhis. etc. 

 Limb. The e.xpanded part of a petal or 



sepal. 

 Linear. Descriptive of a narrow leaf with 



margins approximately |iaiallel. as a blade 



of grass. 

 Lobe. A prominent division of an organ. 

 l^obed. Divided with rather deep simix-s. 

 Loculicida-1. Said of cajjsules which open 



into the cell along the dorsal suture. 

 Loment. A pod constricted between the seeds. 

 Lyrate. J.yre-shai>e(l ; said of pinnatitid 



leaves where the terminal segment is 



largest. 

 Marcescent. Withering but still persisting. 

 Medulla. The central pith-column of exogen- 

 ous stems. 

 Medullary-rays. Lines of specialized cells of 



woods radiating from the i)ith-column to 



the bark. 

 Micropyle. The orilice of an ovule (U- the 



corresponding jioint of a seed. 

 .Midrib. The main central rib <,f a leaf; the 



mid-vein. 

 .Monadelphous. Stamens with filaments 



united. 

 .Moniliform. Itesend.lini; a siring' of beads. 

 Monocotyledonous. With a >ingle cotyledon. 

 Mono'cious. With stamens and pistils on the 



same ]»lant but in ditVerent flowers. 

 Mono])etalous. With petals united, 

 ^[ucro. .\ small abrn|)t tip. 

 Mucronate. Furnished with a nuicro. 

 Muricate. Bough with short rigid points. 

 Naturalized. Said of introduced plants which 



are reproducing by self-sown seeds. 

 Nectar. A sweet secretion in Mowers, which 



becomes honey after being gathered by bees. 

 Nectariferous. Bearing nectar. 

 Nectary. .\n organ -ecreting nectar. 

 Nerve. .\ simple or unbranched vein. 



