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GLOSSARY. 



GYN'OPHOBE. The pedicel raising the 

 pistil or ovary above the stamens. 



HEPTAN'DBOUS. Having seven stamens. 



HEKMAPH'EODITE. Containing both sta- 

 mens and pistils. 



HESPERID'IUM. A fruit of the orange kind. 



HETEBOG'AMOUS. Bearing flowers of 

 different kinds, as regards the pistils 

 and stamens. 



HEXAN'DBOUS. Having six stamens. 



HI'LTTM. The scar left on a seed after 

 separation from the placenta. 



HOMOG'AMOUS. Bearing flowers all of 

 one kind as to the pistils and stamens. 



HOBIZON'TAL OVULES. Lying level with 

 the horizon. 



HYPOG'YNOUS. Having the stamens in- 

 serted under the ovary. 



IM'BBICATE ^ESTIVATION. (See ESTIVA- 

 TION.) 



INCLUDED (stamens). Having their en- 

 tire length within the corolla. 



INCUM'BENT COTYLE'DONS Having the 

 radicle folded back on one of them. 



INDEFINITE. Exceeding the number 12. 



INDEHIS'CENT. Not bursting the pod. 



INDUPLICATE (valvate aestivation). See 

 ESTIVATION. 



INDU'SIUM. The scale or covering of a 

 fruit-dot on the fern-leaf. 



INFEBIOB. Below. 



INFLOBES'CENCE. The arrangement of 

 flowers on the stem. 



IN'NATE, or BASIFIXED (anther). With 

 the filament running straight into the 

 base of the connective. 



INSEBTION. The attachment of an organ 

 to its support. 



IN'TEBNODE. The space between two 

 nodes. 



IN'TINE. The inner coat of a pollen- 

 grain. 



INTBO'BSE. Facing inward. 



INVOLU'CRE. The outer green circle of a 

 flower-head. 



IBREGULAB DEHIS'CENCE. When the 

 seeds are discharged from the ovary 

 through chinks or pores, or other irreg- 

 ular opening. 



LACU'NE. A hole or gap in cellular tis- 

 sue, produced by the destruction of 

 cells. 



LATERAL. Pertaining to the side. 



LA'TEX. The milky sap contained in the 

 stalks and leaves of certain plants. 



LATICIF'EROUS VESSELS. Those contain- 

 ing the latex. 



LEGIT 'ME. A pod dehiscent into two 

 valves, leaving the seed attached at 

 one suture. 



LI'BEB. The inner bark next the wood. 



LICH'EN. The plant commonly called 

 rock-moss, tree-moss. 



LIMB. Border of a leaf, etc. 



LIG'ULATE. Tongue-shaped. 



LOBE. A krge division of an organ . 



LOCULICI'DAL DEHIS'CENCE. When the 

 splitting of the ovary opens into the 

 cells by the dorsal suture. 



LO'MENT. An elongated pod with two 

 valves which are divided transversely. 



MALE (flowers). Having stamens, but no 



pistils. 

 MABCES'CENT (floral whorls). Persisting 



in a dry and withered state. 



MEDUL'LABY KAYS, Kays extending 



from pith to bark in exogens. 

 MEDUL'LABY SHEATH. A thin layer of 



vascular tissue surrounding the pith. 

 MEB'ICARP. One half of the fruit of an 



umbellifer. 



MES'OCABP. The middle layer of a peri- 

 carp. 

 Mi'c BOPYLE. The opening into the coats 



of an ovule. 



MIDBIB. The main rib of a leaf. 

 MONADEL'PUOUS. Having the filaments 



grown together in one bundle. 

 MONAN'DBOUS. Having one stamen. 

 MONOCHLAMYD'EOUS. Having only one 



protecting organ, the calyx. 

 MONOECIOUS. Having male and female 



flowers on the same plant. 

 MULTIPLE (pistil). Consisting of several 



distinct carpels. 

 MYCE'LIUM. The filamentous parts of a 



fungus, answering to root, stem, and 



leaves of higher plants. 



! NEC'TARY. A little gland on the claw of 



i a petal, which secretes a sugary liquid. 



NEUTBAL. Having neither stamens nor 



pistils. 

 j NU'CLEUS. The centre of an ovule, where 



the embryo is formed. 

 NUT. A hard, one-seeded, indehiscent 

 fruit. 



OBLONG. Having greater length than 



width. 

 OBSOLETE. Not distinct; rudimental. 



