GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



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Imbricate, imbricated, (mbricative: over- 

 lapping, the outer covering the in- 

 ner, and breaking joints, like tiles 

 on a roof, 144, 269. 



Immarginate : not margined. 



Immersed: glowing wholly under water. 



Impari-pinnate: pinnate with an odd 

 leaflet; 163, fig. 288. 



Impeifect flowers: wanting either sta- 

 mens or pistils. 



Impregnation : same as fertilization. 



Inane: empty. 



Incanous: hoary-white. 



Incised: cut irregularly and sharply; 

 159, fig 259. 



Included: not projecting beyond; en- 

 closed. 



Incomplete flower: wanting some one or 

 more kinds of organs, 259. 



Incrassatcd : thickened. 



Incrustations in cells, 58. 



I'ncubous : the apex of each leaf lying 

 over the base of the next, as in 

 many Heparicse. 



Incumbent: leaning or lying upon : 

 said of the cotyledons when the 

 radicle lays against the back of one 

 of them, 390, 326. fig. 705 ; or 

 when the anther lies on the inner 

 side of the filament. 282. 



Incurved: bent or curved inwards. 



Indefinite: either uncertain in num- 

 ber, or too many to be readily 

 counted, 242 



Indefinite gi owl/i , 100. 



Indefinite inflorescence, 210. 



Indeltiscent (fruits) : not opening, at 

 least not in a legular way, 310, 313. 



Indeterminate inflorescence, 210. 



India-rubber, 57. 



Indigenous : of spontaneous and original 

 growth in a country. 



Indigo, 414, 415. 



Individual, 20, 131, 352. 



Individuality, 132,352 



Indumentum: any hairiness or downy 

 covering. 



IndupUcate : bent or folded inwards, 

 145, 273. 



Indiisium: the proper covering of the 

 fi nit-dots of Ferns ;. anv peculiar 

 membranous covering, 501. 



Inequdateial : unequal-sided. 



Infeiior: underneath, 252; or same as 

 anterior : thus the inferior petal, 

 &c. is the same as the anterior one, 

 237. 



Inflated: bladdery. 



Inflered: abruptly bent inwards. 



Inflorescence, 209. 



Infra-at illary : originating below the 

 axil. 



Infundibular, infnndibuliforui : funnel- 

 shaped ; i. e. a tube enlarging up- 

 wards ; 277, fig. 1049. 



Innate: borne directly on the apex of a 

 thing, 282. 



Innovations : new shoots or new growths. 



Inorganic : unorganized. 



Inorganic constituents, 179. 



Inosculating: opening into each other; 

 anastomosing, 49. 



Inserted: attached to, 224, 250. 



Insertion: the place or the mode of junc- 

 tion of leaves with the stem, &,c, 

 133. 



Inter-, in composition : between ; as 



Intercellular : between the cells. 



Intercellular spaces or passages, 24, 50. 



Intercellular sgstein, 50. 



Interlaced tissue, 48. 



Internal glands, 51. 



Internodes, 92. 



Interpe'tiolar : between the petioles, 171. 



Interrupted! if pinnate, 164, fig. 285. 



Inline: the inner coat of a pollen-grain. 



Iiitiafoliaceous: within or before a leaf, 

 171, as the stipules in fig 305. 



Intro flexed : bent strongly inwaids. 



Intioise: turned inwards towards the 

 axis, 282. 



Intruse: appearing as if pushed inwaids 

 or indented. 



Inverse: inverted; suspended. 



Jiuo'uce'llate: furnished with an 



Involuce'ilum, or involucel: a secondary 

 or partial involucre, 216. 



Invo/ucrate: provided with an 



Involiicrum, or involucie: an outer or 

 accessory covering ; a set of bracts 

 surrounding a flower-cluster; 214, 

 fig. 321, &c. 



Involute: rolled inwards, 144, 273. 



Ipecacuanha, 393, 433. 



Iridaccae, 490. 



Inegular : unequal in size or in shape, 

 253, 277. 



Irregular it g, 253. 



Irritability, 345. 



Isdcltroiis : one-colored. 



Isoelincae, 502. 



Isdmerous, or isomeric: the parts equal in 

 number. 



Isoste'monous : the stamens as many as 

 the petals or sepals. 



Jalap, 455. 



Jasminacece, 459. 



Jelly, 55, 310 



Jointed: separate or separable trans- 

 versely into pieces (joints), 92. 



Juba: a loose panicle, ns of Grasses. 



Juga: the jidges of the fruit of Umbel- 

 liforas, 426. 



