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GLOSSARY. 



Leaf, Arrangement of, on the stem, 43. 



Compound, 38. 



Forms of, 38. 



Forms of Base and Apex of, 35. 



Forms of Margin of, 37. 



Parts of the, 21. 



Simple, 38. 

 Leaflet, 38. 

 Legume, 100. 

 Limb, the lamina or blade; the border of 



a calyx -tube. 

 Linear, 34. 

 Lobe, 37. 

 Loculicidal, 99. 

 Lament, 100. 



Medullary ray, 15. 



Meter (abbreviation, w.), the metric unit 

 of length,= 39.37 inches. 



Midrib, 26. 



Millimeter (abbreviation, mm.}, a thou- 

 sandth part of a meter,=.03937 inch. 



Modulus of Rupture in woods, 119. 



Monadelphous, 71. 



Monocotyledonous, 109. 



Monoecious, 91. 



Monopetalous, 65. 



Mucronate, 35. 



Multiple Fruits, 100. 



Naked (Flowers), 67. 

 Needle-shaped (leaves), 44. 

 Netted-veined, 28. 

 Neutral (flowers), 67. 

 Node, 43. 

 Nut, 100. 



Oblong, 34. 



Obcordate, 35. 



Oblanceolate, 34. 



Oblique (leaves), 36. 



Obovate, 34. 



Obtuse, 35. 



Opposite (leaves), 43. 



Orbicular, 34. 



Organs of the Flower, Essential, 86. 



Orthotropous, 103. 



Osmosis, 10. 



Oml, 34. 



Ovate, 34. 



Ovary, 75. 



Ovoid, egg-shaped, used of solid forms, 



not of leaves, etc. 

 Ovule, 75. 



Positions in ovary, 105. 



Structure, 102. 



Palmate, 30, 40. 



Panicle, 52. 



Paniculate, arranged in panicles. 



Parallel -veined (leaves), 31. 



Parted (leaves), 37. 



Pedicel, 48. 



Peduncle, 48. 



Persistent, remaining on for a long time, 



as evergreen leaves; or sepals, which 



remain until the maturity of fruit. 

 Pepo, 100. 

 Perfect (flowers), 90. 

 Perianth, 66. 

 Pericarp, 98. 

 Perigynous, 70. 

 Petal, 65. 



Petiolate, furnished with a petiole. 

 Petiole, 21. 

 Petiolule, 38. 

 Phyllotaxy, 43. 



Physical Properties of Woods, 114. 

 Pinnate, 29, 39. 

 Pinnatifid, pinnately cleft. 

 Pistil, 74. 



Closed, 83. 

 Open, 84. 



Pistillate (flowers), 90 

 Pixis, 100. 

 Placenta, 78. 

 Plaited or plicate, folded lengthwise, used 



of certain leaves in the bud, etc. 

 Plumule, 109. 

 Pod, 100. 

 Pollen, 69. 

 Polyadelphous, 71. 

 Polyandrous, having many stamens 

 Polycotyledonous, 109. 

 Polygamous, 91. 

 Polypetalous, 65. 

 Pome, 100. 

 Primine, 102. 

 Pubescent, furnished with a growth of 



short, soft downy hairs. 



Raceme, 52. 



Rachis, 38, 55. 



Radial (section), 15. 



Radiate-veined, 30. 



Radicle, 109. 



Receptacle, 56, 63. 



Regular (flower), 93. 



Repand, 37. 



Resistance to Longitudinal Pressure in 



Woods, 120. 



Resistance to Indentation in Woods, 121. 

 Reticulated, 28. 

 Retuse, 35. 



Revolute, rolled backward. 

 Rotund, 34. 

 Rugose, wrinkled, puckered. 



Samara, 100. 



Sap-wood, the newer, outside wood of 

 exogenous trunks, usually of lighter 

 color than the heart wood and not so 

 durable on exposure. 



Scar (of the seed), 102. 



Scarious, thin, membranous and dry. 



Secundine, 102. 



