BOTANY. GLOSSARY. 



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HEPTAGY'NIA. From the Greek, exa, 

 six, and gune, pistil. Name of an 

 order of plants. 



HEXA'NDRIA. From the Greek exa, 

 six, and oner, stamen. Name of a 

 class of plants. 



HIBER'NATE. From the Latin, hiber- 

 nare, to winter. Animals that 

 retire and sleep throughout the 

 winter are said to hibernate. 



HI'LUM. Latin. The little black 

 spot on a bean. 



HIRSU'TUS. Latin. Hairy. 



HOMOGE'NEOUS. See page 23. 



HOR'DEUM. Latin. Barley. 



HU'MULUS. Latin. Hops. 



HYDROCYA'NIC. From the Greek, 

 udor, water, and kuanos, blue. The 

 name of an intensely poisonous and 

 peculiar acid. 



HYME'NIUM. From the Greek, umen, 

 a membrane. 



HYPOCRATE'RIFORM. From the Greek, 

 vpo, under, krater, cup, and phorme, 

 shape. Salver-shaped. 



HYPOGY'NOUS. From the Greek, upo, 

 under, and gune, pistil. Arising 

 beneath the ovary. 



HYPOPETA'LE^;. From the Greek, 

 upo, beneath, and petalon, petal. 

 Name of a class of plants. 



HYPOPE'TALOUS. Relating to hypo- 

 petaleae. 



HYOSCIA'MUS. From the Greek, us, a 

 swine, and kua?nos, a bean. Hen- 

 bane. 



ID^E'US. Latin. Belonging or relat- 

 ing to Mount Ida. 



IM'BRICATE. Tiled. When the 

 scales of a stalk or calyx lie over 

 one another in the manner of tiles 

 or shingles on a house. 



INCI'SA. Latin. Cut, carved, cut off. 



IN'DICA. Latin. Indian. 



INDI'GENOUS. Native to a country. 



INDEHI'SCENT. See DEHISCENT. 



INFLORE'SCENCE. The flowering of 

 plants. 



INFO'LDED. Folded in. 



INFUNDI'BULAR. From the Latin, in- 

 fundibulum, a funnel. Funnel- 

 shaped. 



INTE'GUMENT. From the Latin, te- 

 gere, to cover. The covering, the 

 skin. 



INTERCE'LLULAR. From the Latin, 



inter, between, and cellula, little 



cells. Placed between cells. 

 INVOLU'CRE. An accessory envelope 



of a flower, formed of bracts. 

 INVOLU'CRUM. Latin. Involucre. 

 IRI'DE^E. Systematic name of a 



family of plants of which the Iris 



is the type. 



I'SOLATED. Separated ; alone. 

 JASMI'NE^E. Systematic name of a 



family of plants of which the jas- 

 mine is the type. 

 LABIA'T^E. Systematic name of a 



family of plants known by having 



a labiate or two-lipped corolla 



(page 125). 

 LABIA'T^E. From the Latin, labium, 



lip. Having lips. 

 LABU'RMJM. Latin. Name of a 



plant. 



LACI'NIATE. See page 35. 

 LACU'NA. Latin. A pit, a hollow, a 



vacuity. 



LACU'N.E. Latin. Flural of lacuna. 

 LA'MINA. Latin. A thin plate. 

 LA'MIN.E. Latin. Plural of lamina. 

 LANCEOLATE. See page 43. 

 LA'TEX. Latin. A peculiar fluid, 



which is usually turbid, and of a 



red, white, or yellow colour. 

 LAURI'NE^E, From the Latin, laurus, 



a laurel or bay tree. Name of a 



family of plants. 

 LEGU'ME. From the Latin, legu'men, 



all kinds of beans, peas, c. A 



form of fruit. 

 LEGUMINO'S^E. Systematic name of a 



family of plants. 



LENTI'CULAR. Shaped like a lens. 

 LIBER. Latin. Bark. 

 LIG'NEOUS. Woody. 

 LIG'NIN. Solid matter found in the 



elongated cells of wood. 

 LIUA'CE^E. Name of a family of 



plants. 

 LIMB. The spreading part or border 



of a leaf or petal. 

 LI'JVEAR. See page 34. 

 LINIARIFO'LIUS. See page 34. 

 LI'NUM. Latin. Flax. 

 LOBED. Composed of lobes. 

 LO'LIUM. Latin. Darnel. 

 LOME'NTUM. A form of fruit. 

 LU'PULUS. Latin. Little hops. 

 LYCOPODIA'CE^E. From Lycopodium, 



formed from the Greek, lukos, wolf, 



