60 GLOSSARY. 



LIGULATE, shaped like the blade of a paper-cutter ; 

 linear. 



LINEAR, resembling the broad flat portion of a dinner- 

 knife. 



LOBED, divided more or less deeply down into scallops, 

 or parts rounded at their edges. 



LOBE, scalloped portion of the leaf between its divi- 

 sions ; or leaf itself, or branch, when not cut 

 down quite to the stem ; sometimes used for 

 perfect leaf. 



LOAM, fat, unctuous, earth ; marl. 

 LUXATE, crescent-shaped. 



MEMBRANEOUS, -> sem i-transparent, and of the tex- 

 MEMBRANOUS, L ture of skin, or very thin 

 MEMBRANACEOUsJ parchment (membrana). 



MIDRIB, the main ridge or fibre running down the 

 centre of the whole leaf. 



MONOPHYLLOUS, single-leaved ; undivided ; entire. 

 MONSTER, an anomalous variety. 

 MUCRONATE, ending abruptly in a sharp point. 

 OBOVATE, egg-shaped, the small end downwards. 

 OBSOLETE, contracted ; indistinct ; imperfect. 



OPPOSITE, springing from the same level on both sides 

 of the stem. 



ORBICULAR, round ; globe-shaped. 

 OVATE, egg-shaped, large end downwards. 

 PALEACEOUS, chaffy ; husky. 

 PANICLE, an irregular bunch of flowerets. 

 PECTINATE, apart, like the teeth of a comb. 

 PEDICEL, a little leaf-stalk. 

 PEDICELLATE, having a little leaf-stalk. 



