GLOSSARY. 



Infra-axillary : situated beneath the axil. 



Infundibuliform or Infundibular : funnel-shaped. 



Innate (anther) : attached by its base to the very apex of the filament. 



Insertion: the place or the mode of attachment of an organ to its sup- 

 port. 



Internode: the part of a stem between two nodes. 



Interruptedly pinnate: pinnate with small leaflets intermixed with larger 

 ones, as in Water Avens. 



Intrafollaceous (stipules, &c.) : placed between the leaf or petiole and the 

 stem. 



Introrse : turned or facing inwards, i. e. towards the axis of the flower. 



Inverse or Inverted : where the apex is in the direction opposite to that of 

 the organ it is compared with. 



fnvolucel: a partial or small involucre. 



Inrolucellate : furnished with an involucel. 



Involucrate: furnished with an involucre. 



Involucre : a whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head. 



Involute, in vernation : rolled inwards from the edges. 



Jointed : separate or separable at one or more places into pieces. 



Keel: a projecting ridge on a surface, like the keel of a boat; the two ante- 

 rior petals of a papilionaceous corolla. 

 Keeled : furnished with a keel or sharp longitudinal ridge. 

 Kidney-shaped: resembling the outline of a kidney. 



Labellum: the odd petal in the Orchis Family. 



Labiate: same as bilabiate or two-lipped. 



Lacmiate: slashed ; cut into deep narrow lobes (called lacinice). 



Lactescent: producing milky juice, as does the Milkweed, &c. 



Lcevigater smooth as if polished. 



Lamellar or Lamellate: consisting of flat plates (lamellae). 



Lamina : a plate or blade : the blade of a leaf, &c. 



Lanate: woolly; clothed with long and soft entangled hairs. 



Lanceolate : lance-shaped. 



Lanuginons : cottony or woolly. 



Latent buds : concealed or undeveloped buds. 



Lateral: belonging to the side. 



Latex: the milky juice, &c. of plants. 



Lax: loose in texture, or sparse ; the opposite of crowded. 



Leaflet : one of the divisions or blades of a compound k-af. 



Leaf-like: same as foliaceoits. 



Leather >/ : of about the consistence of leather; coriaceous. 



Legume : a simple pod, dehiscent into two pieces, like that of the Pea, the 



fruit of the Tea Family (Leguminous), of whatever shape. 

 Lenticular: lens-shaped; i. e. flattish and convex on both sides. 

 Lepidote : leprous ; covered with scurfy scales. 

 Ligneous, or Liynose : woody in texture. 

 Ligulate : furnished with a ligule. 



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