TERMS MOST COMMONLY USED IN THE DESCRIPTION OF 



PLANTS. 



Stem. 



Class, — exogenous, endogenous. 



Character, — herbaceous, suflfrutescent, sufFruticose, fruticose, arborescent, 

 arboreous. 



Leaf. 



Insertion, — alternate, opposite, vvhorled. 



Venation, — pinni-netted, palmi-netted, parallel-veined. 



Form, — linear, lanceolate, falcate, oblong, elliptical, oval, ovate, orbicular, 

 oblanceolate, spatulate, deltoid, cuneate, cordate, obcordate, reniform, 

 sagittate, hastate, peltate, pinnately compound, palmately compound. 



Margin, — Entire, serrate, dentate, crenate, wav5^ incised, lobed, cleft, parted, 

 divided. 



Surface, — smooth, glabrous, pubescent, hirsute, hispid. 



Flower. 



Inflorescence, — solitary, raceme, corymb, umbel, spike, head, spadix, catkin, 



panicle, cyme, fascicle, glomerule, scorpioid. 

 Perfectness, — perfect, monoecious, dioecious. 

 Regularity , — regular, irregular. 

 ■' Cohesion, — polype'talous, gamopetalous, apetalous. 



Shape of corolla, — rosaceous, cruciform, papilionaceous, anomalous, rotate, 

 campanulate, funnel-shaped, tubular, salver-shaped, labiate, ligulate. 

 ' hisertion of stamens, — hypogynous, perigynous, epigynous, epipetalous, gynan- 

 drous. 



Ovary. 



Cohesion of carpels, — distinct, compound. 



Shape of ovaty, — long, short, globular, flattened, compressed, lenticular, 

 Place7itation, — axile, parietal, free-central. 



Fruit, — berry, drupe, pome, akene, nut, caryopsis, follicle, legume, capsule, 

 silique, silicle, cone, aggregate, collective. 



Habitat. Fields, marsh, woods, etc. 



Locality. Town and State. 



