Legume. 



A Leaf with lobes. 



Beet Leaf, show- 

 ing mid-rib. 



Opposite Leaves of 

 Nummularia. 



HIRSUTE: Hiiry; having stiffish or beard- like hairs. 



HORTUS SlCCUS : An herbarium, or collection of dried 

 plants. 



HYBRID : A cross between two allied species. 



INSERTION : The mode or place of attachment of an organ. 



INTERNODE : The part of a stem between the nodes. 



INTRORSK : Turned inwards ; an anther is introrse when 

 it faces the pistils. 



INVOLUCRE : A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, 

 umbel, or head, as shown at G in the engraving. 



LABIATE : Lipped ; bilabiate. 



LACINIATE : Cut irregularly into deep, narrow lobes ; 

 slashed. 



LANCEOLATE : Lance-shaped. 



LEAFLET : One of the parts or divisions of a compound 

 leaf, as seen in the Horsechestnut leaf. (See engrav- 

 ing of digitate leaf.) 



LEGUME : The fruit of a leguminous plant ; as the pod 

 of a pea; a single, two-valved carpel. 



LOBE : Any projection or division, especially of a some- 

 what rounded form. 



LoMENT : A pod like the legume, of two valves, but 

 divided into small cells, each containing a single seed. 



MACULATE : Spotted. 



MARGINATE : Having an edge or margin different from 

 the rest. 



MIDRIB : The middle or main rib of a leaf. 



NEEDLE-SHAPED : Long, slender and rigid, like the 

 leaves of pines. 



NERVE : A name for the ribs or veins of leaves when 

 simple and parallel. 



NETTKD-VEINED : Furnished with branching veins form- 

 ing net- work. 



NODE : A knot ; the joint of a stem from which springs 

 a leaf or a pair of leaves. 



OBCORDATE : Heart-shaped, with the attachment by the 

 pointed end. 



OBLANCEOLATE : Lance-shaped, with the attachment at 

 the tapering point. 



OBOVATE : Ovate, but with the broad end upward. 



OPPOSITE : Placed on opposite sides of some other body ; 

 thus when leaves are opposite they are on opposite sides 

 of the stem ; and petals on opposite sides of flowers. 



ORBICULAR : Circular in outline, or nearly so. 



Orbicular Leaf of 

 Tropaeolum. 



Oval Leaf. 



4-2 



Pistil, with Ovary 

 laid open, show- 

 ing the ovules. 



Leaf of Begonia 

 Rex, showing the 

 netted veins. 



O bcordateLeaflets 

 Oxalis Bowei. 



Oblanceolate Leaf 



Obovate Leaf. 



Ovate Leaf. 



