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EEPATICJE. 



Incubous, base with the lowest angle on 

 the underside of the stem. 



Incumbent, lying upon. 



Incurved, gradually bending from 

 without inwards. 



Indehiscent, without dehiscence, or 

 regular line of suture. 



Inflexed, bent inward. 



Inflorescence, the general arrangement 

 or disposition of the flowers in a 

 plant. 



Infra-axillary, originating below the 

 axil of a leaf. 



Innovations, new growths, or supple- 

 mentary extensions of the stem. 



Insertions, mode of attachment. 



Interruptedly-pinnate, where the pairs 

 of leaflets in a pinnate leaf are 

 alternately larger and smaller. 



Involucre, a whorl of bracts free or 

 united, seated below or surrounding 

 the flower or flowers. 



Involute, rolled inward. 



Irregular, exhibiting a want of sym- 

 metry. 



JuLACEOUS, smooth, slender, and cylin- 

 dric. 



Keel, a central postical ridge like the 

 keel of a boat. 



Lacerate, irregular, cleft as if torn or 

 lacerated. 



Lacini^:, small shreds. 



Laciniate, cut or slashed. 



Lacuna, hollows. 



L^TE-viRENS, bright green. 



LiEViGATE, smooth as if polished. 



Lamella, small plates. 



Lamina, the expansion of a leaf exclu- 

 sive of nerve. 



Lanceolate, narrowly elliptic and taper- 

 ing to each end. 



Lateral, attached to the side (the sides 

 right and left of the axis). 



Lenticular, compressed like a double 

 convex lens. 



Leptodermous, thin-coated. 



Ligneous, woody. 



LiGULATE, strap-shaped. 



Linear, a narrow leaf with parallel 



Lingulate, tongue-shaped. 



LoBATE, or Lobed, divided into or bear- 

 ing lobes. 



Lobe, any division of an organ ; or 

 especially a rounded division or 

 projection. 



Lobulate, divided into small lobes or 

 lobules. 



Loricate, equally narrow through- 

 out. 



Lumen, the internal space or cavity of 

 a cell. 



Lunulate, crescent-shaped. 



LuRiDUS, dirty brown. 



Lutescent, pale yellow. 



Male, a plant or flower which bears 

 antheridia and no pistillidia. 



Mammillae, hemispherical with a pro- 

 jecting papilla. 



Marginal, at the edge. 



Marginatus, having a border of cells 

 different in form or colour. 



Membranaceous, or Membranous, thin 

 and semi-transparent. 



Moniliform, like a necklace of beads. 



Monoicous, male and female inflores- 

 cence separate but on the same 

 plant. 



Multifid, cleft into many lobes or 

 segments. 



Muricate, rough, with sharp promi- 

 nences. 

 I Muriculate, minutely muricate. 



