GLOSSABY. 



LOAM, earth composed of chalk and clay. 



LUNATE, crescent-shaped. 



MEMBRANEOUS, ^ semi-transparent, and of the tex- 



MEMBRANOUS, > ture of skin, or very thin. 



MEMBRANACEOUS, ) parchment (membrana). 



MIDRIB, the main ridge or fibre running down the 



centre of the whole leaf. 



MONOPHYLLOUS, single-leafed ; 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. 

 PELTATE, target-shaped. 

 PENTAGONAL, five-angled or cornered. 

 PERSISTENT, abiding in leaf during the winter. 

 PETIOLE, leaf-stalk. 

 PETIOLED, 



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PETIOLATED ' stalked ' 

 PH^ENOGAMOUS, plants whose flowers are apparent. 

 PINNA, the lateral offshoot from the main stem. 

 PINNATE, having lateral offshoots distinctly cut dowu 

 to the stem. 



