372 GLOSSARY 



Homogeneous. Without firmer plates or grit, as here used 

 for pith: composed entirely of living cells, as applied by 

 Gris. 



Homologous. Of comparable morphological origin. See mor- 

 phology. 



Honeycombed. Finely spongy (pith of wintergreen). 



Horrid. Used in the classical sense. 



Hypotrophic. More nourished and developed on the lower 

 side (horizontal branches of yew). 



Imbricated. Overlapping like shingles. 



Impressed-veiny or venulose. With sunken veins or veinlets. 



Incipient. Beginning or developing. 



Indefinite or indistinct. Not readily made out: usually be- 

 cause very small or hairy (bud-scales), or because over- 

 grown by a corky layer (bundle-traces). 



Indehiscent. Not opening, as applied to fruits. 



Inequilateral. With unequal sides: the same as oblique when 

 applied to leaves or leaflets. 



Inferior. Applied to a flower or fruit in which the pistil 

 appears to bear the calyx on its side (witch hazel) or 

 top (apple). 



Inflorescence. A flower cluster. 



Inflorescence-scar. The scar from which a flower-cluster has 

 fallen. 



Infra-. Below. Infra-axillary, below the axil or leaf (goose- 

 berry prickle) ; infraspinal, below the spine (bougainvil- 

 lea bud). 



Internode. The part of a stem between two nodes. 



Intricate. Much branched with entangled branches. 



Involucrate. With an involucre or cluster of bracts. 



Involucre. A cluster of modified leaves about a flower-cluster. 



Isodiametric. As broad as high. 



Junctures. The same as winter nodes. The points at which 

 one season's growth is succeeded by the next: they com- 

 prise the interrameal region of Gris. 



