

GLOSSARY. 



Iridescent. (From Iris, the rainbow.) 

 Reflecting colored light. 



Irregularly divided and sub- 

 vided. 



Labiate. With lips, as in class Didy- 

 namia. 



Lamellated. In thin plates. Lamina. 

 Broad or flat end of a petal, in dis- 

 tinction from its claw. Expanded 

 part of a leaf. In general, any thin 

 plate or membrane. 



Lanceolate. Spear-shaped, narrow 

 with both ends acute. 

 Larva. The caterpillar state of an 

 insect. 



Leafet. A partial leaf, part of a com- 

 pound leaf. 



Leaf-stalk. Petiole. 



Legume. A pod or pericarp, having 

 its seeds attached to one side or su- 

 ture ; as the pea and bean. 



Ligneous. Partaking of wood, wood 

 like. 



Ligulate. Strap or riband-like, flat, as 

 the florets of the dandelion. 



Linear Long and narrow, with par- 

 allel sides, as the leaves of grasses 



Lobe. Large division, or distinct por 

 tion of a leaf or petal. 



Lyratf.. Pinnatifid, with a large round- 

 ish leafet at the end. 



Marmalade. Quince and other fruit- 

 juice with sugar. 



Masticatory. A medicine to be 

 chewed. 



Medulla. Pith or pulp of vegetables 

 Centre or heart. 



Morbid. Diseased, inactive, corrupt- 

 ed, without life. 



Narcotic. (From narco, to stupify.) 

 Having the power of procuring sleep, 

 as Opium. 



Niger. Black. 



Offidnalis. Such plants as are kept 

 for sale as medicinal, or of use in 

 the arts. 



Oleaginous. Oily, unctuous. 



Orbicular. Circular. 



Organism. The state of organization, 

 the organs of a body, organic struc- 

 ture. 



Ovate. Egg-shaped, oval with the 

 lower end largest. 



Oxide. A compound of oxygen with 

 another substance, as any of the 

 metals in such proportions as not 

 to form an acid, as the oxide (rust) 



of iron. 



Oxygen. A simple gaseous element in 

 its free state, but entering largely 

 into the composition of various sol- 

 ids and liquids ; it composes 28 of 

 100 parts of atmospheric air and 

 85 of 100 of water. 



Palmate. Hand-shaped ; resembling 

 the hand with the fingers spread. 



Panicle. A loose, irregular bunch of 

 flowers with subdivided branches, 

 as the oat. Panicled. Bearing 

 panicles. 



Panification. Capable of being moul- 

 ded into bread in pans. 



Parisitic. Growing on another plant 

 and deriving nourishment from it. 



Parenchyma. A succulent or cellular 

 vegetable substance ; the thick part 

 of leaves between the opposite sur- 

 faces ; pulpy part of fruits, as in the 

 apple, &c. 



Petalous. Leafy. Petaloid. Like a 

 leaf. 



Pectinate. Like the teeth of a comb, 

 between fimbriate and pinnatifid. 



Peduncle. A stem bearing the flow- 

 er and fruit. 



Perennial. Lasting more than two 

 years. 



Petal. The leaf of a corolla, usually 

 colored. 



Petiole. The stalk which supports the 

 leaf. 



Phosphate, a salt composed of phos- 

 phoric acid (Phosphorous and oxy- 

 gen) and an earthy base, as phos- 

 phate of lime. 



Physiology. A knowledge of na.ure ; 

 natural functions of organized bod- 

 ies. 



Phlegmatic. Sluggish, dull, troubled 

 with phlegm. 



Pinnate. A leaf is pinnate when the 

 leafets are arranged in two rows on 

 the side of a common petiole, as in 

 the rose. Pinnatijid. Cut in a pin- 

 nate manner. It differs from pin- 

 nate in being a simple leaf deeply 



