in 



ment. 



introrse, turned or facing inward. 



involucel, a small involucre. 



keel, a projecting ridge. 



lacerate, appearing as if torn, 



laciniate, slashed, 



lanate, woolly. 



lanceolate, lanee-Bhaped, 



legume, a simple pod which dehisces 



in 2 pieces. 



lenticular, lens-shaped' 

 ligneous, woody. 

 Jigulate, strap-shaped, 

 limb, the border of a corolla, 

 linear, narrow and flat, the margins 



parallel, 

 loculicidal, dehiscent through the 



back of each cell, 

 lunate, crescent-shaped, 

 lyrate, lyre-shaped, 

 hiarcescent, withering without falling 



off. 



maritime, belonging to the aeacoast. 

 membraneous, thin and soft, like a 



membrane, 

 merous, the number of parts in a 



circle. 



mesoearp, the middle part of a peri- 

 carp, 

 monoecious, having stameng or pistils 



only, 

 mucronate, tipped with an abrupt. 



short point. 



mucronulate, diminutive of the last, 

 muricate, beset with short prickly 



points. 



rnutieous, blunt, pointless, 

 nectar, a sweet secretion in flowers, 

 nectariferous, having nectary, 

 nerve, veins, usually confined to those 



that are parallel, 

 hervose, conspicuously nerved, 

 hodosa, knotty. 



oblong, 2-4 times as long as broad, 

 obovate, inversely ovate, 

 obtuse, blunt or rounded at the end. 

 ochroleucoui*, yel>owi&h-} white, 

 oeulate, with eye-shaped markings, 

 orbicular, circular in outline. 

 orthotropOUs, straight, when the mi- 

 cropyle is on the Opposite end from 



the hilum. 



oval, broadly elliptic, 

 ovate, shaped like art egg, with the 



broad end downward, 

 ovoid, ovate or oval, 

 ovuliferous, ovule-bearing. 



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palea, chaff, 



palmate see digitate. 



panicle, an open and branched cliis 

 ter, a compound raceme. 



papilionaceous, butterfly=shaped. 



papilla, little nipple-shaped protu- 

 berances. 



papillate, papillose, covered With pa* 

 pillae. 



pappus, the bristles, scales, fete., at 

 at the apei of the akenea in the 

 Compositae. 



parasitic, living on another plant or 

 animal. 



parietal, 'attached to the walls of the 



ovary. 



pectinate, pihnatifid into narrow di- 

 visions, like the teeth of a. comb. 



pedate, like a bird's foot. 



pedicel, the stalk of each flower in a 

 cluster. 



pedicellate, pedicelled. 



peltate, shield-shaped, 



pepo, a fruit like the melon. 



perfect, having both Stamens and pis- 

 til 



perianth, the floral leaves the caly* 

 and corolla. 



perigyrtium, bodJTes around a pistil. 



perigynous, the petals and stamens 

 borne on the calyx. 



personate, masked; a bilabiate flower 

 with a palate in the throat. 



r.etaloid, petal-like. 



petiole, a stalk of a leaf. 



petiolulate, a stalked leaflet. 



pilose, clothed with long slender 

 hairs. 



pinnate, with leaflets arranged along 

 the side of a common petiole. 



pinnatifid, cleft in a pinnate manner. 



pistil, the seed-bearing Organ Of a 

 flower. 



pistillate, having a pistil, or pistils, 



placenta, the part of the ovary to 

 which the ovules are attached. 



plaited, folded lengthwise. 



plumose, feathery. 



pollen, the fertilizing powder con- 

 tained in the anthers; the micro- 

 spores. 



polygamous, having some perfect and 

 some unisexual flowers. 



pome, a fleshy fruit, such as the ap- 

 nle and pear. 



posterior, portion of a flower is that 

 toward the axis. 



